Landmark Information Group Announces Senior Leadership Appointments

Landmark appointment

Mark Milner to advise DMGT Chairman and Chief Executive on disruptive opportunities in property.  Landmark appoints Simon Brown as CEO and Stephen Stout as Executive Chairman. Landmark Information Group, the UK’s leading provider of land and property search information, today announces the appointment of Simon Brown as its new Chief Executive Officer and Stephen Stout […]

PoweredbyPie Attracts Industry Leading Sales Director

PoweredbyPie

PoweredbyPie (PIE), a technology company for legal services, has attracted Carole Marsden as Group Sales Director to spearhead the business development team as the company continues to grow. Carole Marsden is a senior level business leader with extensive experience in the legal, financial and property data marketplace. She has over 15 years’ experience in the […]

BSA Report Indicates 100% Mortgages Are Desperately Needed

BSA Report Indicates 100% Mortgages Are Desperately Needed

Throughout the past three years the bank of mum and dad have become a legitimate and authoritative presence in the UK lender market. However, with the Building Societies Association (BSA) highlighting that 87% of its members anticipate the dependence on the bank of mum and dad will only grow in the next ten years, it […]

Five Benefits Of Attending A Conveyancing CPD

Conveyancer Training

Since November 2016, the SRA (Solicitor Regulation Authority) rules around how legal Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is undertaken have been relaxed in order to allow practitioners to tailor their approach to professional development. Although the SRA, CLC (Council for Licensed Conveyancers) and CILEx (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) all expect members to undertake CPD activities, […]

My Home Move Wins At The British Legal Technology Awards 2018

My Home Move

My Home Move, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, has won the ‘Most Innovative Firm of the Year’ at this year’s British Legal Technology Awards. The ceremony, which was held on Thursday 1st November 2018, at the Plaisterers’ Hall in London, acknowledged and rewarded excellence in Legal Technology and IT Security within the […]

Searches UK Honoured In 2018 ESTAS Conveyancing Awards

Searches UK

Searches UK has claimed the bronze award for Supplier of the Year in the 2018 ESTAS Conveyancing Awards. The biggest awards event in the UK conveyancing sector, the ESTAS focus solely on standards of service received during the home moving process. Property expert Phil Spencer, presenter of Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location, hosted the event […]

Conveyancing Association Unveil Annual Conference And Dinner Details

Conveyancing Association Conference

The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (25th October 2018) unveiled full details of its Annual Conference & Dinner which takes place for the first time at The Etihad Stadium, Manchester, on the 6th December 2018. This year’s Conference has the theme, ‘Embracing the digital future’, is headlined […]

Phil Spencer Announces UK’s Top Conveyancers At The ESTAS Conveyancer Awards

ESTAS

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards sponsored by SearchFlow are the biggest awards in the UK conveyancing sector. The winners were announced by Phil Spencer, the TV property expert at a glamorous dinner & ceremony at the Grosvenor House on Park Lane in London. The event was attended by 400 of the UK’s top property lawyers. […]

Further Tips On Improving Email Conveyancing Quotes Letters

tips email conveyancing quote

As was stated in the first instalment of this article, the importance of personalising an email quotes letter and ensuring your first contact with the customer is decisive and positive is very important in converting enquiries. Failing to provide a differentiated email quotes letter that clearly states the benefits of using the firm could impact […]

The SLC’s new Chairman elected

Society of Licensed Conveyancers

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (The SLC) welcomed Valerie (Val) Holmes as its new Chairman on 3rd October. Val has been an active SLC Board Member since 2013 and has over 30 years’ experience in conveyancing working for large and small companies. Valerie founded Valerie Holmes Property Lawyer in 2007. Val said: “I’m delighted to […]

National Roadshow To Prepare Your Firm For 2019 And Beyond

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Lawyer Checker have collaborated with Bold Legal Group, InfoTrack, LEAP, Perfect Portal and Riliance to present a series of complimentary seminars, highlighting key issues including GDPR, fraud, risk management, price transparency, best practice, improving the home buying and selling process and many more. Delegates are free to attend this event where you can hear talks […]

Leading law firm involved in offshore investigation with HMRC

Firm involved in HMRC investigation

An international leading legal firm, DAC Beachcroft has been caught in a tussle with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) who have ordered them to hand over a conveyancing file involving an investigation into offshore clients. DAC Beachcroft previously went through a series of mergers and acquisitions and this case shows how responsibilities are passed on […]

My Home Move wins at the Law Firm Services Awards 2018

My Home Move wins Awards 2018

My Home Move, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, has won the ‘Best Training Firm of the Year’ and ‘Most Innovative Use of Technology Firm of the Year’ awards at this year’s Law Firm Services Conveyancing Awards. The ceremony, which was held on Wednesday 19th September 2018, at The Vox Conference Centre in […]

Conveyancing experts debate key issues at Today’s Conveyancer round table

Today’s Conveyancer Second Roundtable Roundup

Representatives from the UK’s most respected conveyancing firms, innovative suppliers to the sector, technology experts and industry commentators gathered yesterday to discuss the hot topics concerning the sector. Hosted by Chris Harris, Managing Director of Lawyer Checker and owner of the Practical Vision network, attendees included partners, directors and senior representatives from Law Firm Services, […]

Your guide to this year’s ESTAS Awards…

ESTAS

In five weeks time on Friday 19th October the biggest and best bash in our industry takes place when The ESTAS Conveyancer Awards are held in London.  So here’s all you need to know about the big day… What makes The ESTAS so special? The ESTAS are the most prestigious awards in the conveyancing sector […]

Conveyancing Association shortlisted for second annual ESTAS Conveyancing Awards

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The ESTAS Group – which highlights the best firms for customer service involved in the home-moving process – has today (5th September 2018) revealed its shortlist for the 2nd annual Conveyancer Awards,  which is supported by the Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry. The results for the Awards are based […]

ESTAS Conveyancing Awards Annual Shortlist Revealed

MDR LAB provides legal tech start-ups with real business insight

The ESTAS Conveyancing Awards has officially announced the yearly shortlist for the upcoming 2nd annual Awards on 19th October. This prestigious black tie event, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair, London, will be hosted by TV property expert and ESTAS Brand Ambassador Phil Spencer. The ESTAS Group highlights the top firms who have […]

Over 7,000 vote in 2nd annual Customer Service Awards for conveyancers…

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The ESTAS Group which highlights the best firms for customer service involved in the home moving process has revealed its annual shortlist for their 2nd annual Conveyancer Awards sponsored by SearchFlow.  The results are based purely on feedback data received from customers who were asked a series of questions about the service they received during […]

LFS Announce record number of tickets sold  

Digital Conveyancing

LFS and headline sponsor Groundsure are proud to announce that over 400 tickets have been sold for the LFS Conveyancing Conference and Awards. Do you have your tickets to the must-have event of the conveyancing calendar? Don’t worry, there are still some available. However, the LFS Conveyancing Conference and Awards is swiftly approaching and tickets are selling fast, […]