Redbrick Solutions wins big at SME Business Awards 2025, Winning Gold for Rutland and Leicestershire Business of the Year and Silver for Service Excellence
Redbrick Solutions, a provider of smart, user-friendly case management software designed to simplify conveyancing for law firms, is celebrating a landmark achievement after winning Gold for Business of the Year and Silver for Service Excellence at the SME Business Awards 2025. The SME Business Awards recognise outstanding small and medium-sized enterprises across the UK, spotlighting […]
Fighting fraud in the digital age: What conveyancers need to know in 2025
Fraud is more sophisticated, but so are the tools to stop it. Here’s what every conveyancer should know about risk in 2025. A new wave of fraud The property market has always attracted fraudsters, but in recent years their methods have become smarter and harder to spot. Impersonation fraud, payment redirection scams, and manipulated ID […]
X-Press Legal Services Joins National Compliance Roadshows
X-Press Legal Services is proud to be participating in a new series of CPD-accredited Compliance Roadshows, organised by Practical Property Legal Training. The first event in this nationwide series will take place in London and is designed to help legal professionals meet SRA, CLC, and CQS compliance standards with clarity and confidence. Aimed specifically at […]
Provisional figures suggest Homes England is exceeding targets, with 36,000 homes completed
Provisional figures from Homes England, the government’s housing and regeneration agency, suggest three key housebuilding targets have already been exceeded. According to a provisional annual report due to be published in full this summer, Homes England has enabled the completion of more than 36,000 homes (up 14% from 2023/24), facilitated the start of construction for […]
CPRE claims large developers are ‘hoarding’ planning permission for a million new homes
The countryside charity CPRE claims big housebuilders are maximising profits by hoarding planning permission for up to a million new homes while releasing poor-quality properties to market. In a briefing paper released this week, the charity has rejected government claims that planning committees are responsible for the slow delivery of new homes and says the […]
CA appoints two new directors
Conveyancers Rhodri Howells and Samantha Strong have been appointed directors of the Conveyancing Association and will start working with the other Board members and Executive Team across the full range of CA workstreams. The appointments were ratified at the CA’s Annual General Meeting in the last week. Howells is Head of Legal Practice at Sort […]
BSA and leasehold drive referrals to national fee-share scheme
Transactions involving the Building Safety Act, leasehold and enfranchisement matters and where transactions present a conflict of interest are driving a 45% increase in referrals to fee-sharing scheme LawShare. Launched by JMW in 2011, LawShare mirrors similar schemes like Connect2Law which was pioneered by Manchester’s Pannone Solicitors, offering firms a split of the fees for […]
40% have ‘low financial resilience’ – FCA
One in 10 people have no cash savings and one in five have less than £1,000 to draw upon in an emergency, according to research conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority. The regulator said it considered 40% of people to have ‘low financial resilience’, meaning they have missed payments, are struggling to keep up with […]
Consultant model ‘a fundamental part of the UK legal fabric’
Alternative legal platform providers, otherwise known as consultant-model law firms, continue to demonstrate ‘importance that lawyers are placing on autonomy, work-life balance, and the ability to build a practice supported by strong infrastructure’ say the authors of a report into the size and structure of the market. The sector hit over 4,000 practitioners last year, […]
New LSAG guidance: Practical updates for AML compliance
The Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) has rolled out its updated anti-money laundering guidance, which has been approved by HM Treasury and took effect on 23 April 2025. This isn’t just another regulatory refresh; it’s a call for law firms and lawyers to rethink how we identify and manage risks that can lurk for years […]