Optimising Financial Operations: Strategies for Large Firms
The dynamic nature of the legal industry presents enterprise law firms with distinct challenges in managing their financial operations effectively. From complex billing structures to stringent regulatory requirements, navigating the intricacies of financial management requires strategic foresight and innovative solutions. In this blog post, we’ll explore key strategies that large law firms can implement to […]
Top 10 tips for dealing with TA forms to be revealed in free webinar
The Law Society’s TA forms have come under scrutiny in recent weeks due to revisions to their TA6 Property Information Forms. The updates, designed to reflect National Trading Standards guidance, encompass various aspects such as property details, tenure, parking, building safety, restrictive covenants, flood risk and coastal erosion, accessibility, coalfield or mining area, solar panels, […]
LEAP introduces LawY, providing verified AI generated responses to Legal Questions
LEAP, the legal practice management productivity solution announces the launch of its partnership with LawY, a newly integrated AI legal assistant which is exclusively available to users of LEAP. LawY generates fast, accurate responses to legal questions posed by practitioners. While generative AI can be extremely intelligent, precision and accuracy are paramount in legal matters. […]
The LMS Podcast – Exciting progress for remortgage automation
LMS’ latest episode focuses on DART (Decisioning and Automated Remortgaging Technology), an LMS product that improves the remortgaging journey for all stakeholders. Our Commercial Director, Travis Scholes, and Account Director, Suzanne Booth, discuss how the LMS product has evolved since the initial vision and how it can further enhance case completions in the future. They […]
Cashroom: The Premier Partner for Legal Accounting
Rooted in Scotland For over 15 years, Cashroom has been dedicated to its partnership with the Scottish Legal Community. Founded in Scotland by Catherine O’Day, the idea came from law firms needing support with managing their legal accounting whilst complying with strict legal accounting regulations. Catherine partnered with Les Cummings, former Chief Accountant at the […]
ESTAS unveils new Headline Partners for 2024 and beyond
ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform for the property industry, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline Partners of ESTAS with immediate effect and will be the title sponsors at the 2024 awards taking place on 18 October 2024. The announcement was made by Phil Spencer during […]
40% increase in moving house enquiries in Q1
Enquiries from people needing a conveyancer have increased by 40% in the first quarter of 2024 compared to Q4 2023, data from Compare My Move shows. This hike in demand for conveyancers and solicitors proves that the UK isn’t put off by the current mortgage rates. People needing a conveyancer for selling and buying at […]
Sales fees 23% lower than purchase fees – Analysis
In the wake of the increased volume of work associated with sales, Today’s Conveyancer has conducted analysis into the comparison between sale and purchase conveyancing quotes. In the Diary of a High Street Conveyancer published earlier this month, the author, an anonymous high street conveyancer who contributes regularly to Today’s Conveyancer, suggested that given the […]
Property Insights Round Up: 29th April
From fluctuations in mortgage rates to changing dynamics in housing supply and demand, March 2024 witnessed activity and shifts within the UK property market. Major lenders, including Barclays, HSBC, NatWest, and Leeds Building Society, initiated increases in mortgage rates, marking a potential shift in borrowing costs. While these adjustments are expected to be moderate for […]
Moving conveyancing ‘up stream’ – an opportunity not to be missed (again!)
Concerns about change are natural, but of course if you didn’t have them, you might think you don’t care enough about the work, and you’re prepared to allow change to happen without fully understanding what the consequences can be. I certainly get that. Change can be scary, particularly if it involves the changing of the […]
Three new ambassadors set to join The Conveyancing Foundation
Three new ambassadors are set to join The Conveyancing Foundation in it’s mission to ‘enhance the lives of those in the property industry’. The foundation have announced they will be adding Natalie Moore from Aconveyancing and ESTAS founders Simon and Sarah Brown to its Ambassadorial team. The new additions will join existing Ambassadors Rob and Lynne Hailstone […]
Conveyancing process in England requires substantial overhaul, CILEX says
Buying and selling a property in England is “inefficient and ineffective” and the process needs “substantial reform”, says CILEX (the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives). CILEX says sellers should have to provide material information about their properties “at the earliest possible stage” and that the government should consider introducing “an auction-style pack – where potential […]
Santander report urges government action on home retrofitting to tackle climate crisis
A recent report titled “Tomorrow’s Homes” by Santander sheds light on the urgent need for government intervention in addressing the lack of action on home energy efficiency improvements among UK homeowners and renters, as recently reported by Property Reporter. Based on a survey of 4,000 individuals, the report highlights a concerning gap between awareness and […]
Diary of a High Street Conveyancer: 29th April 2024
Well what a week! Whoever said the life of a conveyancer was dull. I had four contract packages to review this week and they had all used the new TA6 form – it was relatively straightforward and in fact, many of the questions were not relevant to the sale of a freehold house without solar […]
We’re all human, we all make mistakes
Joining the latest Today’s Conveyancer Podcast is Dan Temple, an expert in acknowledging and understanding the human impact of working, and managing employees and businesses. The discussion centres on creating effective and high performing teams, and what steps law firms can, and should, be taking to enable this in their business. Dan leads Cobalt Human […]
