East Anglia law firm collaborates with Legal Eye to ensure regulatory compliance
East Anglia-based law firm Clapham & Collinge Solicitors has been established for over 65 years and provides a full range of legal services to businesses and individuals across Norfolk. Soon after the start of the pandemic in 2020, when remote working was enforced, the Clapham & Collinge team sought an independent review of their policies, procedures […]
Confessions of a cyber conveyancer
Since starting The Partnership, I had always been comforted by the reassuring whirring coming the dark and chilly cupboard which housed our servers. This was the beating heart of the business and, given my paranoid fear of hackers, we stored every single byte of data we had ever created behind that locked door. This meant […]
Lawyer Checker Q&A: Lindsay Petzer
Now in its 11th year, Lawyer Checker, a Dye & Durham solution, has become a well-known, trusted brand within the conveyancing sector. Lawyer Checker continues to help firms achieve demonstrable due diligence in some of the most challenging times ever experienced. With a dramatic rise in cyber security scam alerts of almost a third in […]
Sponsor Spotlight: Lawyer Checker, a Dye & Durham Solution
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 […]
58% of homeowners believe SDLT reform is needed
According to new research from London-based Butterfield’s Mortgages, the majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is an outdated form of taxation in need of reform. The mortgage lender commissioned an independent survey of 1,125 homeowners and homebuyers in England and Northern Ireland. It found that 58% want to see an […]
SRA: diversity in the profession is improving, “but more to do”
Diversity within law firms is continuing to slowly improve year-on-year, with smaller firms increasingly more diverse than larger ones. These are among the key findings published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) following its latest collection of diversity data from more than 8,700 law firms employing more than 180,000 people across England and Wales. There […]