In this latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast David Opie speaks to conveyancing industry personality Eddie Goldsmith. Eddie has just launched a new service aimed at better engaging home movers in their transaction; reducing the admin for conveyancers and speeding up the transaction. 40 years in the making, YouConvey is currently being piloted with Eddie commenting “Over […]Read More
I expect conveyancers throughout the land are bracing themselves for the onslaught of queries today with clients wanting to know which boundaries belong to them as the fence panel needs to be replaced following Storm Eunice. Boundaries are interesting. A client’s perception as to ownership of boundaries is interesting. A quick look on gov.uk regarding […]Read More
You never stop learning. Oh, and making mistakes. Especially when you’re running a technology-led organisation like The Partnership, when things are always changing as you adapt to new requirements. I know I’ve been banging on for months about our migration to the cloud and its positive impact. Well, most of that positivity comes from me […]Read More
The Today's Conveyancer High Street Conveyancer considers how the conveyancing process has changed with more information now required to transact propertyRead More
When talking about conveyancing and the people involved, we talk about buyers and sellers, solicitors and estate agents, but there is one group who we tend to forget about. This group are vital for the majority of house movers, and it may surprise you to learn that they are asked to act in the process […]Read More
I have read a lot this week on LinkedIn about the relationship between estate agents and solicitors. I am not sure if any agents read this but if you know any agents who would be interested in what I am going to say, please feel free to share with them! There have been a lot […]Read More
One of my teenagers volunteers on a Saturday afternoon in the local Oxfam book and record shop. I popped in to see her this weekend, and as always, I am staggered at how many good quality, recent books are available. I think that is to do with the “buy one, get one free” approach of […]Read More
Part 1 outlined the basics of MDR for standard purchases involving several dwellings and for mixed purchases of dwellings and non-residential property. This part concerns the more contentions area of Granny Annexes and Subsidiary Dwellings. Part 3 covers MDR and building projects and also the main exclusions and post completion events which trigger clawback. The […]Read More
Mitigating risk in your conveyancing business was on the agenda at the latest Today’s Conveyancer industry roundtable. Welcoming Marc Rowson of Lockton Companies LLP and Hannah Mackinlay of SDLT Compass, the discussion centred on the ways in which firms can demonstrate to their insurers how they are taking a proactive approach to client service and […]Read More
One of the hot topics around SDLT these days is MDR which I intend to deal with in 3 articles. This week Part 1 outlines the main issues. Next week Part 2 covers what is a dwelling for MDR and how it applies to annexes. Part 3 covers MDR and building projects and also the […]Read More
Rishi Sunak’s latest budget spoke positively about the way in which the UK is responding to the global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. And while we’re not out of the woods yet, the latest budget launched a with a stirring defence of current policy. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has revised growth forecasts up […]Read More
It is estimated that the Residential Property Developer’s Tax (RPDT) could contribute around £205m to support efforts to deal with unsafe cladding. In yesterday’s budget, Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed further details of the tax which was announced back in February. The RPDT will be introduced in April 2022 and will be levied on housebuilder’s whose […]Read More
Last year I was lucky enough to be mentored by an industry-leading expert, someone who has established, grown and sold iconic property businesses. He was impressed that our relatively new conveyancing firm had grown so quickly and retained its ‘family business feel, but when he asked me what we stood for, what our values were, […]Read More
The Today’s Conveyancer podcast returns with an episode dedicated to de-mystifying blockchain. In this episode we introduce Dan Salmons, CEO of Blockchain technology provider Coadjute. Dan sets out to de-mystify what blockchain technology is, and more importantly how it has the potential to make the “quantum leap” in the battle against seemingly ever increasing transaction […]Read More
A ‘new broom’ sweeps clean so they say. When it comes to our sector having a new Secretary of State for the Department for Levelling up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC), let’s hope not. When looking at the current political situation with regards to the housing market, it is possible that we might get too ‘worked […]Read More
Running a law firm can be one of the most rewarding undertakings a legal professional will undertake, and the right support and resources can make that experience all the more rewarding. That is why legal practice management software provider Clio has just launched a brand-new learning hub, called The Making of a Law Firm Hub. […]Read More
As the Stamp Duty holiday ends, Managing Director of Convey Law and the Conveyancing Academy Lloyd Davies talks about how training has been crucial to recruiting staff during a difficult time for the industry: Having worked as a Managing Director of a conveyancing practice for over 25 years I fully appreciate how difficult it […]Read More
Action Fraud’s latest fraud reports show that there were £2.35bn of reported losses in the last 12 months (to March 2021), with 80% of all reported fraud being cyber enabled. The pandemic has exacerbated levels of fraud as the volume of digital transactions across all sectors has increased by an estimated 40%, leaving consumers more […]Read More
Legal mental health charity LawCare has today released the findings of its research study Life in the Law. The research into wellbeing in the profession captured data between October 2020 and January 2021 from over 1,700 legal professionals in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey, and Isle of Man. The aim of the research […]Read More
With SDLT holiday transactions tailing off, now is a good time to look at where the overworked conveyancing market has left solicitors and think about what comes next. To help us do this, the Digital Solicitor podcast is joined by Rob Hailstone of the Bold Legal Group, an ex-residential property conveyancer with over 40 years’ […]Read More
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