Jen is the Senior Media Officer for Today’s Conveyancer, Today’s Wills & Probate and Today’s Family Lawyer.
Having gained a degree in Multimedia Computing, Jen fell into a content role after successfully applying for a job at Cheshire Police. During her 6-year service, she took on the role as personal Press Officer under the first Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire and worked in the busy press office for the force.
Jen has experience in the marketing and communication sphere, which stems from her time in the public sector, private care sector and now here at the Practical Vision Network, where she can utilise her skills and challenge herself further.
Christopher Hugh Gosden and Jane Shirley Kaye have successfully won a High Court appeal against former Manchester law firm Halliwell Landau being awarded £985,300 in damages. The firm failed to register a restriction against a
The Conveyancing Information Executive have shared their views on vendor-driven due diligence reports. As leading suppliers of property due-diligence searches to the UK conveyancing market, Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE) members shared their unique insight with
Landlords stormed back into the UK residential property market in the past week to reach their highest level since last September, while vendors and buyers recorded their first drops of 2021 as uncertainty over whether
We are excited to announce that the entries for the British Conveyancing Awards are now open! The exclusive awards seek to discover and recognise outstanding achievements, highlights progressions and champions innovations amongst firms and individual
HMLR have updated their Execution of deeds (PG8), practice guide. Page summary: Advice on the execution of deeds that are to be submitted to HM Land Registry (practice guide 8). Change made: Section 10 has
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has published its first Compliance Risk Agenda to highlight issues that the firms and individuals it regulates need to be mindful of to ensure that they do not find
Following on from the news reported in the Daily Telegraph over the weekend regarding a potential short-term extension to the stamp duty land tax holiday (SDLT), has sent ripples through the industry. We took to
Today’s Conveyancer is proud to introduce the British Conveyancing Awards 2021, which is coming to a screen near you on Tuesday 25 May 2021! 2020 was an unprecedented time for the property sector, and we
Reports from a national newspaper over the weekend have suggested that there could be a glimmer of hope for buyers and sellers in relation to the ever nearing stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday deadline
Roses are red, Violets are blue, I no longer want this house with you…isn’t the love poem we’re used to or want to hear any day of the week, let alone on Valentines day. Yes
The continual wet weather and subsequent flooding issues that have affected all parts of the UK, are adding to the continual outcry for more measures to be implemented to help the property market tackle the
Addressing Parliament this afternoon, Robert Jenrick has promised an extra £3.5bn of funding to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings over 18m “at no cost to residents”. Jonathan Frankel, head of the Property Litigation Dept
Buyers and landlords steady, with market up strongly overall yr/yr despite lockdown restrictions, website traffic at all-time high. A fresh burst of enquiries from vendors coupled with all-time record volumes of people on own-branded estate
A survey of over 600 property professionals has revealed that more acceptance of digital and remote working has been welcomed by the industry and recognised as an outstanding positive of the COVID-19 outbreak. This is
Robert Jenrick is set to address Parliament today, Wednesday 10 February 2021, to present plans for further funding to address dangerous cladding currently used on walls of high rise buildings. It is reported that he
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed that it will develop and consult on a more robust approach to ensuring lawyers remain competent throughout their careers. In a new report published today, the LSB notes
The New Homes Quality Board, led by Natalie Elphicke MP will be launched this week, and will oversee the consultation on and introduction of a code of practice for the new build sector. Working with
Dye & Durham Limited, a leading provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions designed to improve efficiency and increase productivity for legal and business professionals, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has published new Rules and Guidance to increase transparency on how legal services regulators spend practising certificate fees (PCF). Increased transparency will help empower those who pay the PCF to
The Partners of Bishop & Sewell and Monro Wright & Wasbrough are delighted to announce the merger of their two firms. Monro Wright & Wasbrough (‘MWW’) merged with Bishop & Sewell on 1 February 2021
The Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday deadline is now only 58 days away, but that shouldn’t prevent transactions from still meeting the deadline according to one firm. Understandably, the property market has seen a
The number of legal professionals contacting the charity LawCare for emotional support continues to rise year on year, with 738 legal professionals seeking help in 2020, a rise of 9% on the previous year. The
The Coronavirus pandemic had had a big impact on the issue of confirming client identities, especially in the homebuying and selling market. The virus has in effect sped up the sector’s need to adopt technology,
Fall-throughs and aborted sales are costing UK homebuyers £607 million every year, a number which many predict will rise even further as the stamp duty holiday (SDLT) deadline inevitably arrives. Fears for an increase in
A new year, often means a new start, and here at Today’s Conveyancer, we wanted to share with you the good news we’ve had within in the industry of professionals joining firms and those who
The new Help to Buy Scheme which will help first-time buyers take that first step onto the property ladder, has now opened for applications. Whilst the new scheme keeps most of the features of the
Terrafirma, a provider of ground risk assessment, has today (28th January 2021) become the latest firm to join the Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, as Affiliate members. Established in 2015,
Over half of conveyancers want SDLT on property purchasers under £500,000 to be scrapped if the government continues with its plan to end the SDLT holiday on 31st March, according to a snap poll run
It’s safe to say the last 12 months has been strange to say the least. But one thing that has been a blessing has been the National Health Service (NHS) and all of those who
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has stated that the national lockdown will remain in effect until early March at the earliest, as the UK comes to terms with the news that we have surpassed 100,000 deaths.
New vendors were up 9.28%, or 11.22 points, to end the week on 132.13, some 32% above the average and just 2% below the same week last year. Buyers fell 1.36%, or 1.73 points, to
The antiquated conveyancing system could be more effective if it mirrored some of the best practice from the lettings process, according to Gazeal. The digital platform says that the additional pressure on the conveyancing process