Technological Change At The CA Annual Conference
Delegates attending the Conveyancing Association’s annual conference yesterday heard a series of presentations about how technology is changing the way that conveyancers work; and the ways in which consumers expect to interact with their legal advisers. The theme for the day was that we are living through unprecedented times of change with new technology leading […]
German Consortium Has Purchased Full Service Manchester Law Firm
In recent history UK based legal firms have been extremely dominant in Europe. Following Brexit and the likely event of the UK leaving with no deal, Europe’s reliance on UK legal may start to deteriorate. In fact, a German based legal firm has just bought a UK based Legal firm. Although we have seen many […]
Home Owning Parents Ensure Children Purchase Property
A recent report from the Resolution Foundation has found that by the age of thirty those of us without parental property wealth are 60% less likely to be home owners than people whose parents own property. This importance of parental property wealth has increased throughout the decades. In the 90s and 00s those aged over […]
Regulators Will Support Firms Rather Than Sanction Non-Compliance
As December 6th rushed by, many have speculated as to how the legal sector would enforce regulatory change. Would the Machiavellian amongst us create a compliance witch-hunt by snooping around competitors’ websites for snippets of non-compliance? Or, would the regulators heavily sanction firms from midnight on the sixth? Instead, the regulators have adopted a sensible, supportive […]