Sponsor Spotlight: InfoTrack
The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, simply would not happen without the support of the industry. Thank you to all those who have entered and sponsored the event which this year is hosted as a hybrid event; with an in-person ceremony at the stunning Church House in London, simultaneously live streamed via […]
Legal Bricks have helped to streamline our conveyancing process: a case study from Glover Priest Solicitors
Glover Priest Solicitors are a West Midlands based firm with 7 offices in Birmingham, Staffordshire and Northamptonshire. They offer a range of personal and business legal services, including a thriving conveyancing practice and have been clients of Legal Bricks for around 10 years. They use Legal Bricks to provide their conveyancing searches and additionally […]
Danske Bank UK joins LMS Panel Link®
LMS, the UK’s leading conveyancer and panel management specialist, today announces its partnership with Danske Bank UK, who will become the 30th lender to join LMS Panel Link®. In providing Danske Bank with its unique Panel Link® service, LMS will deliver a fully vetted, secure panel of conveyancing firms that meet the lender’s exact requirements. […]
Cladding: government announces waking watch replacement fund
The government has announced new funding to allow for the removal of costly Waking Watch patrols currently being used in place of fire-safety measures in high-risk buildings amidst the cladding crisis. The £27 million funding will pay for the installation of fire alarm systems in buildings of all heights, rather than just being limited to those over […]
SQE exam results reveal concerning diversity gap
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published its first ever results for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) – the SQE1. The results show that 53% of candidates passed but concerns have been raised over the disparity of pass rates between white and Black, Asian and minority ethnic students. Introduced to provide assurance that all qualifying […]
Sponsor Spotlight: Move Reports UK
The British Conveyancing Awards, sponsored by Dye & Durham, simply would not happen without the support of the industry. Thank you to all those who have entered and sponsored the event which this year is hosted as a hybrid event; with an in-person ceremony at the stunning Church House in London, simultaneously live streamed via […]
Demand outstrips supply in Scotland’s property market in 2021
Latest Scottish Property Trends Report from Landmark Information Group analyses residential property market trends between October to December 2021 The second edition of the Property Trends Report for Scotland, as published by Landmark Information Group, has identified the residential property industry has become more closely aligned to pre-pandemic 2019 volumes, yet a continued lack of […]
Mining under metroland – London’s chalk mines and property risk
London is perhaps the best example of where a landscape has been built over for millennia, but would you associate chalk mining as a potential risk to London Property? As our capital grew, it concealed many stories of its past, chalk mining being one of them. It is easy to look at the web of […]
tmgroup celebrate 4 years of digital AP1 submissions
tmgroup are celebrating 4 years of supporting conveyancers with digital AP1 submissions, via their integrated Post-Completion services – launched back in 2018 for Residential and Commercial property teams. Complete with integrated and smart SDLT & AP1 submission forms – featuring prepopulated case details, alongside built-in validation and error checking – the tmconvey platform helps conveyancers […]
Groundsure webinar: our mining legacy – storing up trouble in the future?
This webinar is part of our new Compliance series. By the end of the session, you will understand the scale and potential impact of past mining in all forms, including coal and other key non-coal minerals such as tin, chalk and limestone. You will also appreciate the growing importance of climate change and how it […]
Groundsure webinar: understanding the impact of railways on property transactions
This session is the second webinar of our Compliance series. By the end of the session, you will understand the scale and potential impact of past, present and planned railway transportation systems on property transactions. Case studies will focus on Crossrail and HS2 and examine the relevant data and reports available to guide clients that […]
Equity release activity climbs 24% as market returns to growth
Record amounts of property wealth were accessed via equity release products in Q4 and across 2021 by more than 76,000 new and returning customers, according to the Equity Release Council. Figures show that the sector has not only maintained its resilience throughout the uncertainty of the pandemic but has now returned to growth for the […]
Government launches service to track remediation of high risk buildings
Under the Leaseholder and Resident Service, those living in tower blocks will have access to updates on the status of their building’s application to the government’s Building Safety Fund. Under the new Leaseholder and Resident Service, those living in tower blocks will have access to updates on the status of their building’s application to the government’s […]
Scam HMRC call reports drop by 97%
Reports of scam HMRC phone calls have fallen by 97% over the last 12 months, latest HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show, which display a downward trend in reports overall throughout the past year. Reports of scammers impersonating HMRC in phone calls peaked at 79,477 in March 2021 and fell to just 2,491 in December 2021. The fall […]
Senior industry figure joins convey law to aid expansion plans
EXPERIENCED conveyancer, Head of Legal Practice and current Deputy Chair of the Society of Licensed Conveyancers Laura Burkinshaw, has joined specialist residential conveyancing practice Convey Law as a Legal Director. Laura will work alongside current Legal Director Phill Edwards and the directorial team at the award-winning South Wales-based conveyancer as it enters a period of […]
More deals, more risk of fraud?
Stewart Title presents a FREE CPD webinar for conveyancers. End of the year figures show that 2021 saw a massive 47% increase in property dealings resulting in over 1,500,000 transactions. Busy conveyancers know that an increase in deals means more opportunities for fraud. Ensure that your firm has the best practices in place to protect […]
SearchFlow wins £30m contract from communities & housing investment consortium
SearchFlow – one of the UK’s largest providers of legal due diligence data for residential and commercial property transactions – is delighted to announce it has been awarded a contract worth £30 million by the Communities & Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC), to provide a comprehensive Conveyancing Framework for CHIC’s membership of over 200 residential providers […]
How to assess new legaltech for your conveyancing firm
Implementing the right technology can be a gamechanger for how conveyancing firms work—but with so many technology solutions on offer, all promising big benefits, how do you decide what the “right” option is for your firm? At Clio, we’ve narrowed this down to a three-step process, which you can use to assess any new tech […]
A brief guide to solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PII) in 2022
An Overview of the Latest Developments Professional indemnity insurance (PII) is among the major overheads UK lawyers and law firms incur in their practice. Although we’ve only just entered 2022, the April 2022 Solicitor’s PII renewal season is rapidly gaining upon us. More importantly, there is a high churn rate of insurance companies entering and […]
Confessions of a cyber conveyancer
In the light of recent scares about the use of technology, while others grab their pitchforks to protect their Sacred Paper, I knew that to offer more innovation, I had to take a punt. After all, I didn’t know if something was going to work unless I tried it. I’d learned from the best – […]