Matrix Water joins the Drainage and Water Searches Network (DWSN)
DWSN are delighted to announce that Matrix Water has joined DWSN as its newest member. Established in 2022, Matrix Water is a relatively new NAV entrant to the sector and is focused on providing high-quality services for customers and developers. By joining DWSN, Matrix Water is seeking to develop a robust and informed approach to […]
Orbital Residential launches a new website to help conveyancers explore specialist AI
Real estate is the world’s largest asset class, yet much of the legal work that underpins residential property transactions still relies on manual review and information spread across multiple documents. Orbital is developing technology to modernise the legal infrastructure behind property transactions, and its residential conveyancing platform, Orbital Residential, is part of that wider mission. […]
Has the UK Digital ID Scheme been scrapped? What it means for digital identity verification
You have most probably seen in recent headlines that Andy Burnham has scrapped the UK digital ID scheme. This has caused some understandable confusion as some reports have created the impression that digital identity verification, digital Right to Work checks and the development of the GOV.UK Wallet have all been abandoned completely, but that is […]
Achieving Lexcel, CQS, or WIQS accreditation: the expert support that makes the difference between success and struggle
In more than two decades of working with law firms on quality standards, we’ve seen two very different accreditation journeys play out repeatedly. The first journey involves firms attempting accreditation alone. They download the standards. They read the requirements. They start trying to align their practices. Months pass. The task feels overwhelming. Documentation multiplies. The […]
PEXA joins forces with Mastercard to explore property payment innovation
A new partnership between PEXA and Mastercard will test account-to-account (A2A) payments for property purchases. A2A is a programmable payment that can be used to securely reserve buyer funds and release them automatically when agreed completion conditions are met. The collaboration will bring together PEXA’s digital property completion expertise with Mastercard’s payment orchestration capabilities to […]
Applications open for government-funded AI lawtech incubator
Applications for a government-funded legal tech incubator launched by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) are now open, with submissions encouraged from across legal services. Legal services is the first sector to participate in the AI Growth Lab (AIGL), a government-led advisory sandbox intended to accelerate the development and deployment of AI products […]
New online community aims to untangle AI for law firm leaders
Compliance firm HiveRisk has launched a community network to help SME law firm leaders keep pace with AI adoption. The HiveMind Circle offers its members an online and in-person community built around an online platform. As well as featuring online discussion forums, the platform will connect leaders with suppliers who specialise in supporting law firm […]
The one judgement in conveyancing you can’t hand to an agent
Agentic AI is arriving in conveyancing, and most of what it does is genuinely useful. But the risk calls that carry a conveyancer’s liability are exactly where an unbounded model is most dangerous. Ed Molyneux on what a system that can be trusted with those calls has to look like, and what Moverly has built […]