Have you signed the Call for Kindness Pledge?
Following on from the inaugural British Conveyancing Awards, we thought it would be the right time to reaffirm the commitment we’ve all made as an industry to help each other navigate through these tough times, and highlight our Call for Kindness pledge. David Opie, Managing Director of Today’s Media who publish Today’s Conveyancer, said: “At […]
Glitz and glamour as the Conveyancing sector celebrates at British Conveyancing Awards
This afternoon the conveyancing industry came together to celebrate and recognise the herculean efforts of all those involved in the property market over the last 14 months. The inaugural British Conveyancing Awards took to the virtual stage, with multi-award-winning broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed leading the prestigious event alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker and Champagne […]
Law firm diversity – are you ready for this years’ survey?
The bi-annual Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) diversity survey will be run in late Summer this year; the last survey took place in 2019 and saw 96% of firms reporting their data from more than 186,000 people in 9,500 firms. As with the previous survey, there has been slight changes to some of the questions, these […]
New Builds on Brownfield sites – the pros, pitfalls and solutions
Written by Legal Bricks Driven by policies focussed on the redevelopment of brownfield land, an increasing number of new homes (c.50-80%) are constructed on former industrial sites. Whilst these developments aim to regenerate decaying inner urban areas and are seen by many to be preferable to developing on green space, they are not without issues. […]
SRA Chair reappointed for three-year term
Anna Bradley has been reappointed as the Chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Board for a second three-year term. Anna will be the SRA Chair until December 2024, having originally taken up the post in January 2019. Her reappointment was confirmed by an independent panel chaired by Elizabeth Filkin CBE. During her tenure as […]