Upcoming webinars with InfoTrack
Contract of Sale: Why your firm should be CARING about SHARING! 7 December – 11.00 am (45 minutes) Contract Packs can be unwieldy files to manage: Compiling multiple documents in one platform, saving to the matter and Case Management System, and then downloading to your desktop before emailing on to the purchaser’s solicitor doesn’t feel […]
Protect yourself from organised criminal groups
The recent Solicitors Regulation Authority review into AML enforcement trends revealed a rise in AML related reports in 2023. With 249 AML related reports and 522 breach reasons, insights into enforcement action and issues that are seen at client and file level have been highlighted. There are many contributory pitfalls and failings and plenty of ways that […]
Full Material Information guidance published
Parts B and C of the process to improve material information disclosure in property listings are published today within comprehensive new guidance for sales and letting agents. Representing the culmination of a programme of work led by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) alongside industry leaders and the UK’s major property […]
Rushed leasehold bill doesn’t ban new leaseholds
The government’s heralded “Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill” has been published without a key element of the intended legislation. The published bill does not ban developers from selling new build property as leasehold, an admission the government admits was due to the rushed nature of the bill’s drafting so soon after the King’s Speech. First […]
Property Insights Round Up – 4th December 2023
Property Insights Round Up for 4th December 2023. Today’s Conveyancer reported on the latest property transaction data, stating that property transactions were down 17% in October 2023 compared to the same time last year. Propertymark published their Housing Insight Report which covered date for October 2023. Key takeaways included: 13% decrease in the number of […]
CTS Cyber Incident Updates
Over a week ago, Today’s Conveyancer published the first of three pieces (so far) covering the breaking news surrounding the CTS cyber incident and the subsequent updates as they work to restore their systems. On Wednesday 22nd November, Today’s Conveyancer was made aware by its readers of a cyber incident impacting close to 80 firms […]
Diary Of A High Street Conveyancer – 4th December 2023
There are certain things that clients say and they think that you may never have heard anyone say it before – I know it is like that in most walks of life! So this week, I had the first client of 2023 to tell me that she needed to know whether or not to put […]
British Conveyancing Awards 2024 – Enter Now!
There is just over one week remaining to put yourself in the running for one of 22 coveted awards at The British Conveyancing Awards 2024. #BCAwards2024 The awards run by Today’s Media, the publishers of Today’s Conveyancer, will return to 8 Northumberland Avenue in London on Tuesday 12th March 2024, with Groundsure returning as headline sponsor. With […]
Lack of consumer understanding prevents fee increases
A fundamental lack of understanding amongst home movers on the complexity of the conveyancing, and home moving, process is preventing fees from being increased. The failure of conveyancers to properly explain the value of conveyancing; the confidence that you own the property that you think you own, and that you understand everything about it that […]
Confessions Of A Cyber Conveyancer – IT and Technology
If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that we live in pretty judgmental times. Recent events surrounding the IT problems affecting a number of law firms have played into the hands of those who believe that technology doesn’t improve the delivery of conveyancing. I’ve read too many comments by lawyers suggesting that […]
Conveyancing nirvana; the perfect contract pack
Conveyancing nirvana might be the perfect contract pack says Rob Gurney, Managing Director of Ochresoft in the latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast. Rob discusses how the desire for speed has created a rod for our own backs when it comes to transaction timelines. There is this onus on getting the contract out to the other side […]
