Scott Bozinis of InfoTrack on the differences between Australian and UK law, the changing search market and starting from scratch all over again

Scott Bozinis is CEO of InfoTrack which, ten months ago, entered the UK market with a pedigree as the largest one stop shop for legal services in Australia – and a massive 65% of the market over there. Today’s Conveyancer’s Jane Common caught up with Scott at Legalex to ask how the UK launch is […]
Buyer demand dropping at fastest rate since 2008

The demand from buyers for homes dropped for a second consecutive month, with another 33% of property professionals saying demand is falling compared with last month. According to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, demand is now falling aster than any point since the 2008 recession. RICS’s Residential market Survey for May also says that […]
Solicitors Discipliniary Tribunal sees rise in appearances

The number of solicitors appearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has risen, with 140 applicants in 2015. According to the panel’s latest annual report, this represents a substantial rise with 117 applicants in 2013. Of those 140, the overwhelming majority (123) involved practising solicitors, two in respect of solicitors clerks alone with five of those […]
ULS co-founder to step down from board in August

eConveyancer owner ULS has announced that non-executive director and co-founder Nigel Hoath won’t be seeking re-election to his role and will therefore be stepping down in August. Nigel Hoath sold £4.5 million worth of his shares in the company in January in order to fund property investment opportunities, but still has a stake of 11.8% […]
Search Acumen comments on the RICS residential market survey, May 2016

Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments on the RICS residential market survey, May 2016: “The government must be slightly startled that the possibility of a Brexit is engineering, for a very brief window, what it wanted to achieve along – greater affordability in housing. Fear, whether it’s rational or not, is driving the housing […]
GeoSmart launches SuDSmart Due Diligence Reports for Lawyers on Sustainable Drainage

Leading environmental information company supports lawyers’ Duty of Care with a unique report to alert land owners and developers to new drainage requirements