Free online event from Clio: how to improve client intake at your firm
Changing client expectations and staff expectations call for a shift in the client intake process for law firms. With hybrid and remote working more common, and with consumers expecting to do more online, how law firms approach client intake can be crucial to success. If you are still relying on spreadsheets or paper-based client intake […]
Five online marketing tools your firm can use to attract more clients
Online marketing for law firms has become a hot topic—and a highly competitive space—over the past decade. That is because, more than ever before, people are turning to the internet to seek legal help and find a lawyer. If you want to have any chance of succeeding in today’s legal world, you need to have […]
Perfect storm of delays culminates in finger-pointing at the conveyancing process
Available to download now, the latest research from tmgroup, mio and Conveyancing Data Services (CDS) – “The New Normal” report – has revealed that the conveyancing process and searches were predominantly held responsible for delays across the property transaction; owing to sheer volume of transactions, inconsistencies and lack of collaboration, as the reports commentators reflect: […]
Sponsor Spotlight: GlobalX a Dye & Durham Company
The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, simply would not happen without the support of the industry. Thank you to all those who have entered and sponsored the event which this year is hosted as a hybrid event; with an in-person ceremony at the stunning Church House in London, simultaneously live streamed via […]
Thirdfort and Veya partner to offer agents streamlined access to enhanced anti-money laundering checks
Property and legal fintech Thirdfort has partnered with title deed analysis tool Veya. The integration enables estate agents to conduct enhanced Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) checks within the Veya platform, powered by Thirdfort’s best-in-class technology. Thirdfort’s web and mobile app combines Open Banking, data analytics, biometric and cryptographic technology, to automate AML and ID checks, enabling estate […]
What is open banking and what does it mean for legal services?
January marked Open Banking’s fourth birthday, but it is still a foreign concept for many, including the legal sector. Questions as to what Open Banking even is, and how it can be applied, remain unanswered. To help shed some light on this, Open Banking experts, Cashroom and Armalytix, tackled some key questions around the applications […]
teclet joins Coadjute’s blockchain network for the property market
Coadjute announce leading CRM platform teclet, a wholly owned subsidiary of OnTheMarket plc, will be joining blockchain network as rollout continues. Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that aims to transform the ease and speed of home purchasing, has announced that teclet will also be joining the network. teclet is a market-leading, […]
Law Society issues response to levelling up whitepaper
The Law Society of England and Wales has issued a response to the government’s Levelling Up whitepaper, which was unveiled by Michael Gove last week. “The government will struggle to achieve its levelling up mission without a properly funded justice system”, said the Law Society in a press statement last week. It noted that the […]
HMLR Practice Guide update: PG79
HM Land Registry has published details of changes to Practice Guide 79. Local land charges (PG79) This is the guidance for: applications to register a local land charge or to vary or cancel the registration of a local land charge applications for an official search or personal search of the local land charges register This […]
