Growing Revenues With Brighter Law
We work on the premise that conveyancers should convert around 70% of their estimates. Less than this, then there is a problem. Do you know who converts the most enquiries or who the top fee earner is in your firm? From experience of ‘crunching the numbers’ we have found that perception is sometimes not the […]
Hundreds Of Flood Warnings Issued As Storms Wreak Havoc Across UK
Severe weather and flooding plagued the UK over the last night, culminating in transport disruption, home evacuations and extensive property damage. At the weather’s peak force, six severe weather warnings, indicating a threat/danger to life, were put in place with all locations situated along the River Don. An Environment Agency (EA) rain gauge showed the […]
VPNs Can Put Privacy And Security At Risk
When working remotely, it’s important to have a virtual private network (VPN) which enables you to link to your workplace and pass information back and to over a secure network. However, experts have warned that not all VPNs are as safe and secure as we’d like to think, with some applications exposing their users to surveillance and cyber attacks. Many free […]
Diversity In Conveyancing: SRA Outlook 2019/20
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have released their Risk Outlook for 2019/20, citing ‘Diversity in the profession’ as one of their nine challenging key risks which continually needs tackling in the legal industry. Promoting diversity in the legal profession has been a difficult task over many decades and despite many campaigns to address the issue, still more needs to be done. In the 2018/19 Risk Outlook it stated: “Our law firm diversity tool shows that entry into […]
Webinar: Cyber Essentials – The Questions That Law Firms Want Answering
And what’s changing in 2020 Even with £millions continuing to be fraudulently redirected, with the associated reputational impact and knock on effect on professional indemnity insurance premiums, most law firms have not implemented even the most basic cyber security measures. After conducting our own research of 100 law firms, we discovered that 82% of those […]
The Law Society’s Assessment Of Proposed Conveyancing Reform
In August 2019, the Law Society published its latest thinking on the Government’s proposals to reform the process of residential conveyancing, based on the results of a consultation paper published in 2017. Most recently, the Government released new guidance on what residential property conveyancing consumers should expect when buying or selling. What are the proposals […]