Solicitors volunteer to clean up listed building with a legal history
A team of volunteers from a Lincolnshire law firm have transformed the gardens of a Grade II listed building with a legal history. Wake House is currently home to charities, businesses and community clubs, but started out as the home and practice of solicitor William Worth back in 1820. The renovation is part of Hegarty’s […]
Consultant model ‘a fundamental part of the UK legal fabric’
Alternative legal platform providers, otherwise known as consultant-model law firms, continue to demonstrate ‘importance that lawyers are placing on autonomy, work-life balance, and the ability to build a practice supported by strong infrastructure’ say the authors of a report into the size and structure of the market. The sector hit over 4,000 practitioners last year, […]
Largest deal to date sees PE-backed group grow to £130m
Private-equity backed Lawfront has announced the acquisition of Southern-based Trethowans, taking the total fee income for the group to over £130m. The thirteenth acquisition is part of the group’s strategy to acquire large regional firms with ‘strong’ brands in their localities. In recent months Lawfront has added South-East focused Brachers LLP, North West-based Farleys, and […]
Hugh James and Movera strengthen teams with new partners and senior appointments
Top 100 UK law firm Hugh James has appointed eight new partners and two directors, while home moving group Movera has strengthened its leadership team with a new director of professional standards. Glen Walker brings two decades of experience in client-facing and risk-focused roles to Movera, which carries out over 300,000 conveyancing transactions every year. […]
Change of ownership for property tax specialists Cornerstone
Cornerstone Tax, which specialises in SDLT advice for high-value transactions over £1 million, has been acquired by the firm’s professional connections director Chris Ward. The firm will continue to specialise in SDLT and plans to broaden its services to include capital gains tax, inheritance tax and ‘other private tax matters’. Ward has been with Cornerstone […]
£4 million fine for ‘serious and intentional’ misuse of client funds
The owner and manager of former London-based law firm Kingly Solicitors has been fined over £4 million for ‘serious’ and ‘intentional’ misconduct in the largest penalty the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has ever issued. Nurul Miah, who is not a solicitor, was ordered to pay a financial penalty of £3,984,440, costs of £41,670 and banned […]
New chair for collaboration group Women in Residential Property
Property industry collaboration group Women in Residential Property (WiRP) has announced the appointment of a new chair for the next term, following in the footsteps of Nicola Broomham who steps down after two years. Partner and Head of Conveyancing Services at national law firm Foot Anstey, Rebecca Kibby takes up the role and will work […]
Actionstep expands UK team and signals ‘deep connection’ to legal sector
Legal software provider Actionstep has expanded its UK team from five to 20 people, with new hires in senior leadership and engineering to support the company’s record growth. Since the company with more than 50,000 global users launched in the UK, its practice management platform has been adopted by over 50 law firms including Dutton […]
Sort Legal marks five years since Cardiff expansion and outlines Gosforth plans
Sort Legal is celebrating five years since the opening of its Cardiff office, marking ‘a key milestone’ in the conveyancing firm’s national expansion. Originally established in Derby in 2017, Sort Legal says its Cardiff office ‘was a pivotal moment’ in the firm’s growth and has enabled further expansion into Teesside and South Shields. A fifth […]
Latest private equity acquisition grows North West footprint
Private equity house Blixt has completed its latest acquisition to the Lawfront legal services group with North West firm Farleys’ acquisition of Wigan-based Alker Ball Healds Solicitors (ABH). Farleys was acquired by Blixt in 2022 for a sum in the region of £18m. In April 2023 the firm acquired serious injury and professional negligence claims […]
Novus Strategy appoints Claire Van der Zant as CEO
Novus Strategy, the strategic advisory and technology consultancy for the home buying and selling industry, has appointed Claire Van der Zant as its new chief executive officer. Van der Zant’s appointment marks her progression in a series of senior leadership roles overseeing aspects including commercial strategy, operational excellence and digital adoption initiatives. Her expertise in […]
Osprey’s latest podcast highlights how firms can supercharge their business development and client experience
How to address common business development challenges and deliver excellent client service are just two of the topics covered in the latest episode of Osprey Approach’s popular podcast series, Empowering Law Firm Leaders, which is available now to watch and listen for free on YouTube, Spotify, and Amazon Music. In conversation with Amy Bruce, Osprey’s […]
Legal marketing agency Consortium expands into Australian market
English legal sector marketing agency Consortium has launched in Australia, in an expansion that will see the company’s full range of marketing services offered to legal firms across the country. The Sydney-based operation will be headed by Bree Back and supported remotely by the Consortium team in Worthing. Marketing professional Bree, an Australian native who […]
Record numbers of transactions as conveyancers meet SDLT challenge
Conveyancers up and down the country broke records last week as the latest SDLT deadline passed on 31st March 2025. A sizeable spike in transaction numbers was inevitable following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ decision not to extend the stamp duty reliefs in the Labour Budget in October 2024. From 1st April the threshold at which SDLT […]
Developing better time management skills
Facing the daily challenge of managing multiple cases, clients and deadlines is an easy road to Overwhelm and Stress central. If you don’t find a solution, spending time feeling like this really can affect your productivity, quality of work and most of all, your mental health. Learning some essential tools from a friendly guide could […]
PEXA appoints Miguel Sard as Non-Executive Director as momentum gathers in UK market
PEXA Group Limited (PEXA), the world-leading digital property exchange and data insights platform, today announces the appointment of Miguel Sard as UK Non-Executive Director to bolster the company’s strategic growth in the region. He takes up the role with immediate effect. Sard brings over 20 years of extensive leadership experience in the banking and property […]
Recruitment agency focusing on conveyancing launched in North East
A new recruitment agency focusing on conveyancing and legal services has been launched with offices in located in South Shields and Gosforth in the North East, and Derby in the Midlands. Let’s Recruit says it will operate nationally and will be headed up by legal recruiter Sam Bailey. The ambition of Let’s Recruit is to […]
Former Simply Head of Technology Change joins Flint Bishop
Midlands firm Flint Bishop has appointed former Head of Technology Change at Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers to Brinder Vijsir, to the role of Head of Technology Innovation; a strategic addition that ‘reinforces our commitment to harnessing technological advancements to enhance operational efficiency, client service delivery, and business operations’ say Flint Bishop. Vijsir spent over 20 […]
New head of Residential Property at Boyes Turner
Reading-based Boyes Turner has welcomes a new head of residential property, bolstering the firms’ property team which has maintained its Tier 1 Ranking in the Legal 500 for the last 11 years. Emily Neale joins as a partner and new Head of Residential Property from Seymour Parkes where she was the Head of the Residential […]
A day in the life of a conveyancer in the lead-up to the Stamp Duty change
The days leading up to a major legislative change in the property sector are always intense, but the looming Stamp Duty changes set to take effect on 1st April have created a flurry of activity across the industry. As a property lawyer, I have seen first-hand the pressures this has placed on clients and conveyancers […]