All the latest innovations brought together in a regular round up of news, updates and upgrades for conveyancing firms.
Legalito, the technology provider created by The Partnership property lawyers, has released a new source of wealth reporting functionality.
According to the company’s own research, lawyers spend up to 25% of their time on the administrative process, much of which is manual work.
Often confused with the source of funds process, source of wealth checks require thorough review of every aspect of a buyer’s funds.
Peter Ambrose, managing director of Legalito, said: “As practising conveyancers, we know this part of the process is critical but it’s extremely stressful and takes up a lot of our time.
“What makes it even more challenging is that although there is guidance about what we should be looking for, this is open to interpretation making it very difficult to proscribe how we should do this.”
The report will be demonstrated during a live webinar on Tuesday 7th July at 1pm: register here.
Newly launched proptech platform myMoveToday has introduced a dedicated portal designed to eliminate administrative friction, secure client data and reduce correspondence in the transaction process.
Built in alignment with modern digital property logbook standards and the latest UK Finance Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook updates, myMoveToday serves as a single source of truth. It allows conveyancers to securely and automatically share milestone updates with agents and clients, protecting billable hours from constant phone calls and emails.
“Conveyancers are trapped under mountains of administrative updates,” CEO Steve Wanless said.
“myMoveToday isn’t here to replace the legal professional; it’s here to liberate them. We automate the transactional noise so lawyers can focus purely on title checking and legal risk management.”
Register at www.mymovetoday.com.
Platform law firm Setfords has launched an in-house technology platform that will be used by all 650 of its consultant lawyers.
Halo is a legal intelligence platform that combines case, accounts and practice management, and was designed and built in-house.
The launch is part of Setfords’ strategy to build a vertically integrated business that combines a law firm, a technology company and data capability in one group.
Guy Setford, co-CEO of Setfords, said: “Twenty years ago, we built Setfords around a different model for practising law. We believed if lawyers had more freedom, clients would get a better service.
“Halo is the next stage of that same thinking. The platform model changed the way law firms can work. Now we are changing the technology that sits underneath them.”
Halo is the largest technology programme in Setfords’ history. The firm has migrated millions of historical documents from its previous system and moved all its consultants and back-office teams onto the new platform
“Halo did not happen overnight,” Setford added. “It has taken years to build the business, find the talent, architect the product and develop a platform that could be deployed across hundreds of lawyers working in different practice areas across the country.”
Halo was built by Setfords Technology Solutions Limited, a dedicated technology company established by Setfords last year. The in-house technology team has grown from eight to more than 30 specialists across software, data, digital, security and UX over the past two years.
LMS has added Fleet Mortgages to Panel Link, a growing platform connecting lenders with law firms who meet quality, security, and compliance criteria.
Fleet Mortgages, established in 2014 and acquired by Starling Bank in 2021, is an intermediary only lender specialising in buy-to-let lending across England and Wales.
Mark Elliott, chief legal and compliance officer at Fleet Mortgages, said: “At Fleet Mortgages, we’re committed to helping our intermediary partners and customers achieve successful outcomes. Everything starts with a good conversation, building strong relationships with brokers to secure finance for landlords and limited companies.
“With the increased efficiency and connectivity that LMS provides, through eCOT, Secure Link, and the other services on offer, we’ll be able to focus on what we do best. We greatly value this relationship with LMS and look forward to working together.”
Copious Ltd has launched an AI-powered legal intelligence system to help law firms process complex evidence and reduce administrative workload.
Created in collaboration with the University of Salford, the Litigated.com platform can handle financial claims, disclosure analysis, chronology building and litigation workflows. Tasks that take up to six hours to complete manually can be processed within minutes, the company claims.
The platform has been built from more than 14,500 indexed legal datasets, including case law, statute law, common law authorities, procedural rules and regulatory decisions.
Samantha Holloway, director at Copious Limited, said: ‘The legal sector still faces major operational challenges around document review, evidence handling, and administrative workload. Litigated.com was built to reduce those pressures using AI specifically designed for real-world legal workflows.
“What makes this platform different is that it combines advanced extraction technology with legal intelligence. It is not simply identifying information; it is helping legal professionals organise and contextualise complex datasets at scale.
“We have already seen the technology being used commercially across disclosure review, litigation support and financial claims environments, and we believe this is only the beginning of what Legal AI can achieve within regulated legal services.”
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