Moving Spencer Elliott property lawyers forward with Redbrick Cloud
“Moving to Redbrick Cloud has changed the way we work for the better.” Property law specialists, Spencer Elliott, have made the move to Redbrick Cloud with ease, benefiting from Redbrick Solutions’ secure, fully managed cloud-based legal case management platform built specifically for law firms. Spencer Elliott takes pride in delivering a personalised, approachable, and efficient […]
Law Firm Services strengthens AI leadership team as Minerva enters next phase of growth
Law Firm Services (LFS) has appointed Richard Mephan as Head of AI Research and Engineering further strengthening the leadership team behind its rapidly growing Minerva platform. Richard brings more than 20 years’ experience architecting and delivering enterprise-grade AI, automation and legal technology solutions. An original founder and former Director of Research & Innovation at Peppermint […]
The Law Society has been clear
As part of its guidance on HMRC’s mandatory tax adviser registration regime (updated on 1st June) the Law Society has set out additional steps for residential conveyancers. Among them is a direct instruction: firms should have a defined process for identifying matters that are complex for SDLT and that require specialist advice. Where complex issues […]
Slight rise in house prices but wide regional variations persist in ‘softened’ market
Nationwide’s June House Price Index (HPI) reveals a slight rise in house prices, but wide regional variations in growth and demand persist. Annual house price growth picked up slightly to 2.2% in June, from 1.7% in May. The average UK house price now stands at £278,784, a month-by-month change of 0.6%. Robert Gardner, Nationwide’s chief […]
Could client account uncertainty be impacting the appetite of private equity to invest in law?
Proposals to reform client account and use the interest to capitalise the justice system, including legal aid, could be affecting the appetite of private equity to invest in law firms. An article in the Sunday Times newspaper suggested private equity companies could be deterred from investing in law firms until the outcome of the Ministry […]
PM Law COFA disqualified and ordered to pay £1350 costs
The Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration (COFA) at failed law firm PM Law has been disqualified from holding senior and compliance roles in law firms under section 99 of the Legal Services Act 2007, according to a Solicitors Regulation Authority decision published this week. Jonathon Bostock, a chartered accountant, was a non-lawyer manager and […]
A third of conveyancing firms delayed investment to await output of home buying and selling reform
Fewer than half (45%) of the property professionals who took part in the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) latest confidence tracker survey said they were confident in current market stability, down from 54% last year. Over a third of respondents (36%) also admitted they had been holding off investing in new technologies or redesigning processes […]
Firm news: Appointments and promotions
Smith & Co Solicitors has strengthened its residential property team with the appointment of Pauline Hodgson (pictured above) as new department head. The appointment recognises more than a decade of specialist legal expertise and an outstanding reputation for client service. Hodgson will oversee the firm’s residential property department, which has offices in Ipswich, Sudbury, Felixstowe […]
AI is now a question on your PII proposal form. Can your firm answer it?
AI questions are landing on professional indemnity proposal forms this renewal cycle. Ed Molyneux explains why the real test of trustworthy AI won’t come from a software demo, but from your underwriter, and why auditable AI is the insurable kind. Last week I argued that you cannot trust a large language model to ‘know’ […]