Home-buyers “in the dark” over fees lawyers pay for their work
Most home-buyers do not know if their conveyancer paid a fee for a recommendation from their estate agent, according to new research from specialist property lawyer regulator, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC). A YouGov survey of almost 500 consumers in England and Wales who have bought a property in the last 10 years, reported […]
London’s Commercial Property Transactions More Than Double In Three Years
The number of commercial transactions has grown by 114% from 7,445 in 2014 to 15,939 in 2017, with 2018 set to be another bumper year Commercial transactions now account for almost one in four (23%) property transactions in London in 2018, up from one in ten in 2014 The value of London’s annual commercial transactions […]
Government Invest £10m in AI Development
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s regulators pioneer fund have released £10 million to fifteen regulators tasked with realising the vision of solidifying the UK as a world leader in regulatory innovation within the legal sector. Included within the fifteen regulators, the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) have been given £700,000 that will make […]
Landmark Hosts Emerging Technologies Hackathon To Inspire AI And Machine Learning Innovation
Landmark Information Group, the property, land and environmental data specialist, is hosting its second Emerging Technologies Hackathon of 2018 at multiple locations around the UK this week. With three primary offices connected and collaborating via Surface Hubs, over 50 software engineers, data experts and product specialists are collaborating on a number of projects that will […]
Thirdfort Fight Conveyancing Fraud – Funding Announcement
Thirdfort is delighted to announce a £400,000 pre-seed funding round led by Alex Chesterman (founder of Zoopla) and Lawyer Checker (leading legal anti-fraud specialist). The funding will be used principally to grow the team to develop the platform ahead of product roll-out. Other investors in this funding round include a range of successful entrepreneurs and […]
CLC Responds To Regulatory Movement
Following the news that three firms have taken advantage of the Solicitor Regulation Authority’s (SRA) removal of the six month run-off indemnity insurance for firms leaving the regulator by joining the CLC, it has emerged that more firms are also doing the same. The CLC have announced that at least three more firms have made […]
National Roadshow To Prepare Your Firm For 2019 And Beyond
Lawyer Checker have collaborated with Bold Legal Group, InfoTrack, LEAP, Perfect Portal and Riliance to present a series of complimentary seminars, highlighting key issues including GDPR, fraud, risk management, price transparency, best practice, improving the home buying and selling process and many more. Delegates are free to attend this event where you can hear talks […]
Forfeiture Of Leases – What Do We Tell Clients?
Well, there’s a coincidence! I had started writing an article with the above title before I saw the newspapers this weekend. So now we have the horror story of Mr McCadden who had lost his leasehold flat worth £600,000 due to the lease being forfeited as he had redecorated his flat! Of course, the facts are slightly more complicated […]
Regulatory Threats and Opportunities Webinar With The Cashroom And Today’s Conveyancer
Specialist legal accounting service providers, The Cashroom has teamed up with Today’s Conveyancer to talk about threats and opportunities brought about by regulatory and other change and ways in which you can overcome and take advantage of the challenges ahead. Register Now Over the years, the legal profession has endured many difficult changes, those being […]