Mental Health Survey – how are you feeling?
We’re re-running our mental health survey to establish how our conveyancing friends and readers are feeling as the impending Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday looms, and whether the gradual lifting of restrictions across the country has impacted our mood. The survey takes a couple of minutes and you can have your say here. The […]
Have you signed the Call for Kindness Pledge?
Following on from the inaugural British Conveyancing Awards, we thought it would be the right time to reaffirm the commitment we’ve all made as an industry to help each other navigate through these tough times, and highlight our Call for Kindness pledge. David Opie, Managing Director of Today’s Media who publish Today’s Conveyancer, said: “At […]
Glitz and glamour as the Conveyancing sector celebrates at British Conveyancing Awards
This afternoon the conveyancing industry came together to celebrate and recognise the herculean efforts of all those involved in the property market over the last 14 months. The inaugural British Conveyancing Awards took to the virtual stage, with multi-award-winning broadcaster and journalist Samira Ahmed leading the prestigious event alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker and Champagne […]
Call for Kindness – what more can we do?
As Aconveyancing backs the Today’s Conveyancer Call for Kindness campaign, Director Natalie Moore writes about how the industry needs to turn support into action. ‘This global pandemic has exposed the deep-rooted problems that overstretched conveyancers experience as a result of firms undercutting on fees.’ High pressured, emotionally charged and enormous financial responsibility, conveyancers face stress […]
8 days till the British Conveyancing Awards!
There’s only 8 days until the very first British Conveyancing Awards, a time when we can all come together to recognise the herculean efforts of the sector over the past 14 months. The shortlist for the ceremony, and that registrations were now open to book your seat. Just because the awards are taking to the […]
Digital ID at the forefront of people’s minds
Embracing technology and the positive impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the legal sector in regards to adopting technology has been a hot topic of conversation. Here at Today’s Conveyancer we’ve been at the forefront of these discussions and recently welcomed a panel of esteemed guests to discuss the importance of the digital ID […]
Fee Earners not coping – an alternative view
Conveyancing fee earners are all over social media rightly complaining about the stress they are under and I thought a discussion about what’s happening and how to solve it might be worthwhile. It is not just about the stress it’s also about the errors and risks. The #AnonymousConveyancer on Twitter posted this week “I’ve screwed […]
tmgroup & mio become ESTAS partners
ESTAS has announced today that tmgroup and sales progression solution mio have signed up as ESTAS partners for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. ESTAS Founder Simon Brown said “The ESTAS Forum & Awards in October will be attended by agents, conveyancers and brokers with the theme of ‘Working Together Better’. We will […]
Tips and tricks to keep the balance on mental health
I’ve had the opportunity to help a conveyancing firm over the last year implement new tools and processes aimed to create a simpler, more effective and better experience for case managers and home movers. This has been helped by working with case managers that are dedicated to clients, always striving to do their best (at […]
49% of Conveyancers surveyed have seen colleagues leave the profession in the last 6 months
A survey completed by Today’s Conveyancer into the mental health and well-being of our readers has revealed an astonishing 49% of conveyancers have seen colleagues leave the profession in the last 6 months because their role was negatively impacting their mental health. Conducted to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week the survey laid bare the […]
Lawyer Checker Thirdfort meets HMLR Digital ID Standard
Lawyer Checker is a trusted brand used by many conveyancers to defend against fraud and cyber threats, most well-known for its commended Account & Entity Screen. Now conveyancers can demonstrate best practice and meet the HM Land Registry’s new Digital ID Standard with Lawyer Checker’s Thirdfort Standard product. Today Thirdfort have launched Thirdfort Standard, an […]
QS Davisons select SOS Legal to support a 185% increase in instructions
QS Davisons have consolidated their legal practice management software into a single solution provided by SOS Legal. to provide Case, Practice and Document management as they seek better connections for their future. With eight offices across the West Midlands, the firm have experienced exponential growth over the last four years, enjoying an increase of 185% […]
New Shadow Housing Minister in Labour Re-Shuffle
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s shadow cabinet re-shuffle has seen Manchester MP Lucy Powell replace Thangam Debbonaire as Shadow Housing Secretary. Debonnaire has been promoted to shadow Leader of the House Commons. Commenting on social media she wrote; “I’m really honoured to be trusted with the role of Shadow Leader of the House I thank […]
Ground rent doubling negligence claim
A case has been brought against a conveyancing firm for failure to notify their client of the incremental increases in ground rent on their leasehold property. The case relates to the previously common practice of builders selling new-build properties with leasehold tenures, with an agreement that the ground rent would double every 5-10 years. Carole […]
New Build Conveyancing guide to share knowledge with industry
As with any job there can be some subtle changes depending on what you deal with. Conveyancing is no different, and recently I had the pleasure of speaking to Paul Sams, Partner and Head of Property and Rebecca East, Residential Property Solicitor, at Dutton Gregory Solicitors, who spent their time in lockdown penning a new […]
Perfect Portal shortlisted for the British Conveyancing Awards
On 30th April 2021, The British Conveyancing Awards announced which law firms, teams, individuals, and legal technology providers were shortlisted for the seventeen separate categories for this year’s awards. The judges have factored in the uncustomary nature of the past year, by considering how the nominated candidates have worked through such adversities to best support […]
App Based Digital Onboarding Solution: InfoTrack eCOS + Perfect Portal App Integration
Perfect Portal invite you to join this webinar to learn how this exciting new integration from InfoTrack and Perfect Portal can accelerate your firm’s onboarding process by accessing eCOS through a convenient and fully branded mobile app for your firm. In this 45-minute session, they will be demonstrating how these two market-leading technologies can speed […]
LEAP and InfoTrack: End-to-end digital conveyancing
Providing a powerful suite of solutions from client onboarding and searches to post-completion and e-signature services, the InfoTrack integration with LEAP digitises the entire conveyancing process and assures compliance and productivity throughout. Seamless, two-way integration empowers firms to operate more efficiently, achieving savings up to 30% of time per matter. The past year has been […]
Conveyancing Association appoints new Non-Executive Chair
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (6th May 2021) announced the appointment of a new Non-Executive Chair. Nicky Heathcote, who has over 30 years’ experience in the public sector, takes over as Non-Executive Chair from Paul Smee with immediate effect. As with Paul, Nicky will be an […]
Survey provides insight into early impact of pandemic on medium-size law firms
In its 20th year, the Law Management Section’s Financial Benchmarking report provides a vital insight into how medium-sized law firms have been hit by the unprecedented conditions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic with profits projected to be down just shy of a quarter. Looking back to early 2020, many firms were performing well, with […]