A Conveyancer’s Armory of Tools
With the Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday fast approaching, the pressure facing the residential legal space continues, unabated. Every day, I’m reading LinkedIn posts from exasperated property lawyers who are facing a torrent of calls and emails from eager homebuyers who are chasing to make sure their transaction completes by 30th June, so they can […]
Environmental Search Report Specialist Announces Product Improvements
Groundsure, a leading environmental search report specialist involved in over half of the UK’s residential property transactions, has today announced that it is revolutionising its residential product portfolio with exciting changes to the popular Avista, Homebuyers and Homescreen reports from 1st July 2021. The enhanced reports will include information from analysis of more than 110 […]
InfoTrack and Osprey announce integration to optimise conveyancing workflows
Osprey clients can now access InfoTrack’s award-winning digital conveyancing platform via their case management system. Connected via seamless two-way integration, solicitors can optimise their conveyancing workflow end-to-end to digitalise internal processes; future-proofing their firm and exceeding client expectations. Creating a centralised solution for information, firms can manage a matter from initial enquiry to case completion […]
The return of the High Street Conveyancer
I’m back! I wrote my last diary entry on the 19th May last year – the property market was coming out of the first lockdown, and there was trepidation as to what was going to happen. There was a feel of pent up action – people had been ‘locked‘ in their houses for weeks and […]
Stamp Duty is on holiday, Money Laundering is not
This article has been written by Nikki Shorto a newly qualified CLC Licensed Conveyancer based in Bournemouth, Dorset. We are all experiencing the pull of the never-ending volume of work to do at the moment, and doing our best to line up as many completions as we can to help our clients enjoy a Stamp […]
Join Cashroom at the Cloud Productivity & Finance Virtual Summit!
We are excited to join one of our valued clients Berkeley Rowe along with other industry leaders, Clio, CloudyIT and Microsoft at the Cloud Productivity & Finance Virtual Summit on 29 June 2021. Promising to inspire staff across all areas of law firms, these experts will demonstrate how your day-to-day working practices can be vastly […]
CEO of The Bold Legal Group urges Solicitors and Conveyancers not to drop their fees!
When I began my conveyancing career back in the mid-70s, conveyancing fees were, taking into account inflation, much higher than they are now. In fact, if memory serves me right, scale fees were still in existence or not long gone. From the 1980s onwards conveyancing fees dropped dramatically, to levels that makes one wonder how […]
An introduction to pre-planning Insurance for developments
CLS Property Insight (CLS PI) offers pre-planning insurance for properties where development is intended, but where planning permission has not yet been obtained. We can offer cover for minor alterations and low limit of indemnity enquiries, for example where an extension is likely to be erected. We can also provide cover for larger limit of […]
Conveyancing from the Cloud: Why Your Firm Needs Cloud-Based Solutions
As of last year, 88% of UK businesses had adopted cloud-based technology. Has your conveyancing firm done so yet for all your practice management needs? Chances are you’re already using some cloud-based technology. Most lawyers use the cloud as part of other internet-related services, whether those be professional or personal: Dropbox, Gmail, Evernote, Facebook, and […]
Praise and support for conveyancers as SDLT deadline is imminent
With 30 June stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday deadline just around the corner, there have been increasing support, praise and kindness for the property sector and practitioners. The Chancellor Rishi Sunak extended the SDLT holiday in the March budget. Once the 30 June deadline passes, which is for properties up to the value of […]
Conveyancers beware as data stolen from listed law firm
Cyber crime hit the headlines again last week as listed city firm Gateley reported client data had been stolen during an attack on its IT network. A statement to the London Stock Exchange on 16th June confirmed that the firm was managing an incident in which its IT system had been breached and client data […]
