“It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish”

At the recent Conveyancing Association Annual Conference, I was reminded of the words to this “Broadway banger” during a number of sessions that took place during the day. Whether it was talking about improving the home buying and selling process in general, or talk about “end-to-end digital conveyancing“, or it was around talk of HIPs […]
Conveyancing Association conference sets out process improvements

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, used its recent Annual Conference “The Conveyancing Revolution – Survival & Success in the Pandemic World” to outline a number of process improvements, either already available or imminent, to help speed up the sale and purchase of property. Taking place on 2nd December, […]
Cladding scandal: Gove expected to announce stricter penalties for developers
Housing minister Michael Gove has announced to Parliament that he will soon reveal a series of measures to tackle the cladding scandal which is currently affecting around 1.2 million leaseholders across the country. Amongst the measures, Gove is expected to announce that developers responsible for dangerous cladding could be barred from public contracts and an […]
Law Society appoints interim CEO

Gerry Walsh has been appointed as the new interim CEO of the Law Society of England and Wales. Born in Northern Ireland, Gerry has spent most of his working life in England, France, Poland and the US, and is now a highly experienced senior executive and consultant. He’s a former interim CEO of the Chartered […]