LFS Conveyancing Awards’ Shortlist For Best Innovation in Conveyancing Shortlist Category
The Law Firm Services Conveyancing Conference and gala dinner with awards ceremony have become a leading conveyancing event in the UK, with its array of innovative ideas, exhibitors and speakers. The 2019 event, which is sponsored by Groundsure, brings together the conveyancing industry to celebrate its achievements in the last 12 months, will take place […]
Billion-Pound Commercial Real Estate League Revealed
Twice as many locations in England and Wales broke the £1bn sales mark in 2018 than 2016 Search Acumen Commercial Real Estate Insights – June 2019 Thirteen local authority districts across England and Wales exceeded £1bn of commercial real estate sales in 2018, compared with only six in 2016 Total value of commercial sales jumped […]
June UK Flooding: Our Vulnerability Exposed Again
After a sun baked February, the UK weather once again confounds us in June. 3 months rainfall in 3 days has left extensive flooding across parts of the Midlands, the South and Lincolnshire. It has led to fresh human dramas and exposed the vulnerability of our infrastructure to locally extreme rainfall and its impact on […]
Council Housing New Builds Reached 29 Year High In 2017/18
The government are ramping up their commitment to solving the housing crisis as more local authorities now own building and development companies than ever before. According to a study conducted by the Royal Town Planning Institute, 78% of local authorities now own their own building company. This has led to the most council owned homes […]
Proptech Expert Discusses Role Of Technology In Conveyancing Process
Legal technology is still in its infancy and law firms are only beginning to scratch the surface in their understanding of how innovative tech can help the conveyancing process. The Government has recently invested £2 million in legaltech innovators, recognising the importance of ensuring the legal sector, currently worth £35 billion a year to our […]
Who Should Report A SAR?
The publication this week of the Law Commission’s report into the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) requirements for the reporting of suspicious activity has prompted firms to return the perennial question of who should be responsible for reporting? It’s been a long-held theory that the quality and quantity of SARs reporting might improve if it was the […]