Access Legal research highlights hybrid working compliance gaps

Access Legal has released new research that is encouraging law firms to review gaps in their compliance, given over two thirds plan to switch to a permanent hybrid way of working once restrictions ease. The legal technology division of The Access Group surveyed a substantial number of law firms and found that 85 per cent […]

Search Acumen launches interactive data tool to provide early warning of property transaction risks

Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider, has launched a new tool that provides real-time property data to lawyers via interactive reports, empowering them to advise clients earlier and progress transactions more efficiently than ever before. Interactive Data Snapshot provides conveyancers and property lawyers with unprecedented access to live property due diligence data that […]

The Conveyancing Foundation’s “Be Kind we Care” Initiative Wins Industry Sponsorship Backing

Digital onboarding platform Thirdfort and industry leading training provider the Conveyancing Academy have become the latest companies to back the Conveyancing Foundation, the not-for-profit organisation serving the conveyancing, legal and property industries.  The Foundation has raised nearly £1 million for charity since its launch. It has also won plaudits for its ‘Be Kind We Care’ initiative which launched this year to […]

Building Beautiful in Britain, says Jenrick

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has this morning previewed his view of the future of British house building in an article in The Times. “Building Beautiful Places” sets out a vision of “a planning system that puts beautiful, environmentally sustainable, and life-enhancing places at its heart.” Having overseen the largest number of new build properties in a […]

Solicitor jailed for SDLT theft

The former owner of a West London law firm has been jailed for three years and four months for SDLT theft.  An HMRC investigation has revealed that Manpreet Singh (formerly Munpreet Singh Virdee), the owner and director of Reemans Solicitors Ltd in Hounslow stole £380,000 by falsifying documents and submitting incorrect information to HMRC. Isleworth […]

Building Safety Bill increases “shoddy workmanship” litigation window

Homeowners in England and Wales will now have 15 years to legally challenge shoddy building work, rather than the current six-year window in which legal action can be brought against developers. The change was introduced in light of the cladding crisis following the Grenfell Tower tragedy and as part of the Building Safety Bill which […]