Are You Protecting Your Firm From Cyber Risk?
Law firms are failing in their efforts to tackle the rising risk of cyber crime. 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. Cyber Essentials is a Government […]
SearchFlow Launches Free AML Risk Assessment Best Practice guidance
SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing search solutions and legal reports – has launched a free best practice guide and on-demand webinar for property lawyers and conveyancers, which focuses on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Risk Assessments. With the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) sending a strong message to property law professionals that failure to have […]
Buyers, Sellers And Cash Purchasers Fall In October
Year on year, active buyers and housing stock decreased in October. The number of registered house hunters per branch fell by 12% in October to 341 from 487 recorded in September, according to NAEA Propertymark’s Housing Report for October. Whilst October’s activity has reduced since a more buoyant September, the current average buyer numbers suggests a level of […]
Blackhurst Budd Announce Key Promotion
Briony Haley, a specialist commercial property solicitor has been promoted to Director at Blackpool based law firm Blackhurst Budd Solicitors. Briony qualified as a Solicitor in 2008 and moved to the firm in 2015, advising clients on commercial property sales and purchases, leasers and development acquisitions. She will join the Board of Directors, taking an active […]