Balancing flexibility with compliance: Best practice in supervising remote workers
Remote and hybrid working are no longer reactive measures introduced during a period of disruption. They are now defining features of how modern law firms operate. For many firms, the question has shifted from whether remote working should exist, to how it can be embedded safely, sustainably and in a way that compliments professional standards. Done well, supervision in […]
Land registration: Practice guides (PG68, PG63)
Amending deeds that effect dispositions of registered land (PG68) Page summary: Guidance about practice and requirements for applications supported by a transfer or deed to update the register (practice guide 68). Change made: Section 4.3.2 has been amended to clarify that the words of grant/reservation should be contained in the deed of variation where the […]
Conveyancer fined and ordered to pay costs of £50,000 for failing to protect client money
A partner in a conveyancing firm has been fined £7,500 and ordered to pay costs of £50,000 by a Council for Licensed Conveyancers adjudication panel after approving transfers of over £363,000 from the firm’s client account to its office account. The decision of the disciplinary hearing was published on the CLC’s website in November but […]
Real-term fall in conveyancing pricing, with four in 10 clients opting for cheapest quote
A scrabble for instructions in the final quarter of 2025 has resulted in a real-term fall in the cost of conveyancing, with a quarterly average purchase and sale fee (including disbursements and expenses) of £2440 in the first quarter of 2026, compared with £2437 a year ago. With inflation currently at 3%, conveyancing costs have […]
Legal-technology founder launches AI powered conveyancing firm
The founder of a conveyancing technology provider has launched a CLC-regulated law firm “to show that the variability that has long characterised the conveyancing process is not inevitable”. Ed Boulle is the co-founder of Orbital, an AI-powered property due diligence platform which provides summarised title documents, leases, deeds, searches and lender requirements for conveyancers. Announcing […]
Law Society issues Mazur practice note
A new practice note aimed at providing guidance on how firms can ensure they are compliant with the recent Mazur decision has been published by the Law Society of England and Wales. The practice note provides advice on how firms can make sure that only those authorised to do so carry on the conduct of […]