Legal Sector Embrace Technology Thanks To Pandemic
The legal sector isn’t well known as an industry that embraces technology. Often relying on laws that are hundreds of years old, the public perception of this archaic sense of working can be understandable. But who would have known that in 2020 a global pandemic would sweep over the world, with various countries initiating lockdowns […]
Law Society Survey Results Revealed In Application To Legal Services Board
In an application to the Legal Services Board (LSB) that has the Law Society asking for the Practising Certificate (PC) fee to remain the same, the results from a recent survey, regarding the fee, have been revealed. The survey, undertaken between the 8 June and 10 July, asked solicitors whether they felt the current fees […]
Time-Poor Legal Firms Too Busy For New Business
Legal professionals are too busy to win new business, despite the average value of a case being £4,000, according to a new research report. Commissioned by leading outsourced communications provider Moneypenny, the report polled 250 senior legal decision makers from across the UK and discovered that 92% of firms struggle to handle new enquiries due […]
Today’s Training: A Comprehensive Guide To Unregistered Conveyancing
Next month, Today’s Training will be hosting four webinars over consecutive week covering the conveyancing process regarding unregistered land, which is ideal for conveyancers who require a refresher on unregistered land. The course is also suitable for newly qualified staff who are unfamiliar with the process. The course counts towards your continuing competence, and costs […]
The Impact Of Lockdown On Employee Engagement In The Legal Sector
Over the past few months, for employees whose responsibilities can be carried out remotely, working from home has long-since become the “new normal.” Like other businesses, many firms have had to adapt in order to keep functioning. Managing partners need to consider the impact of lockdown on a whole range of things, of which employee […]
Confidence Is High For Firms, But Concerns Remain
The LexisNexis Bellwether Report has revealed that confidence among law firms with regards to their financial prospects is ‘surprisingly high’, but there are still concerns. The report is based on the analysis of small firms and small offices of larger firms. It demonstrates that this new research paints a different post pandemic picture as opposed […]
How Tech Can Capture Conveyancing Leads
Written by Carole Ankers, Chief Product and Technology Officer. Consumer confidence in visiting the high street has dropped. According to research by data company Springboard, retail footfall has fallen by 65 per cent when compared with figures from June last year. With vendors and buyers more reluctant to meet face-to-face, how can conveyancers capture new […]
Search Acumen Comments On HMRC’s Stamp Duty Receipts for Q2 2020 And Nationwide House Price Data
Total Stamp Duty Land Tax receipts in Q2 2020 were 41% lower than in Q1 2020 and 43% lower than in Q2 2019.1 House prices have increased by 1.5% yoy in July 2020 versus the -0.1% decline which was seen in June 2020. 2 Andy Sommerville, Director of Search Acumen, comments: “The latest Stamp Duty data […]
Conveyancing Digital Discussion Group Continues To Grow
The Today’s Conveyancer Weekly Discussion LinkedIn Group has continued to grow throughout the coronavirus pandemic, with more and more professionals wanting to share their knowledge and virtually network with their peers during lockdown and the return to ‘normality’. The group now has over 680 members, with many more people requesting to join on a daily […]
BAME Progression To Be Addressed By Law Society
With figures showing that 25% of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) solicitors make partner compared to 35% of their white counterparts, the Law Society of England and Wales is launching a series of virtual round table discussions to explore why this group is under-represented at the senior level. The Society’s Ethnic Minority Lawyers Division […]
Industry Reacts To Land Registry eSignature News
Yesterday, HM Land Registry made the announcement that they will accept ‘witnessed electronic signatures’. It is a move which is deemed as bringing the conveyancing process into the 21st Century, and something that many in the profession have been asking for. Reacting to the news, Adam Forshaw, Managing Director for O’Neill Patient, commented: “This is a […]
Ombudsman Takes Too Long To Respond
The Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) has published its annual report for 2019/20, and shown that complainants are still waiting too long for the Ombudsman to reply to their issues. The report demonstrated that throughout the year, improvements were seen with regards to time taken to investigate complains and people weren’t waiting too long for […]
Property Logbooks What Does The Future Hold?
Property logbooks seem to be gaining some momentum in the property market. Tom Lyes from Today’s Conveyancer spoke to Stuart Young from PropertyLogbook.co.uk, Angela Hesketh, Director and Property Head at Jackson Lees and Maria Lati, Partner and Head of Residential Property at Grant Saw to get their views. Although many of us understand the concept […]
National Accident Helpline Pre-close Trading Update
The National Accident Helpline Group PLC (the “Group”) has today released its Pre-close Trading Update and Revised Banking Facility document. Despite the results being significantly impacted by the pandemic, NAHL has responded well, with the revenue for the period covering the six months to 30 June 2020, is expected to be £20.4m. This, as to […]
Search Acumen Comments On MHCLG’s Latest Help To Buy Statistics
The total number of properties purchased through the Help to Buy scheme dropped 9% on the same quarter last year, falling to 9,515 in Q1 2020, down from 10,405 in Q1 2019(1) The total value of properties sold through the Help to Buy scheme dropped 4% on the same quarter last year, falling to £2.9bn […]
Equity Release Figures Latest Victim Of Pandemic
It seems the far-reaching effects of the coronavirus pandemic are never ending. The latest casualty is the equity release sector which have fallen in quarter two. Figures released by Key, have revealed that in quarter two there was a 45% drop in the amount of equity being released and a 27% fall of customers utilising […]
Selling Your House During A Pandemic
Moving house is said to be one of the most stressful things a person can do in their life time. Attempting to progress a house transaction when the country is under threat from a deadly virus can easily crank the pressure up. My fiancé and I decided to put our house on the market at […]
Challenges To Collaboration In The Residential Property Sector
Managing Director at mio Emma Vigus talks to Chris Harris about the challenges to collaboration in the residential property sector, how organisations can come together to work more effectively, and discusses the success she’s had within popular networking group Women in Residential Property. Emma said: “Collaboration is a bit of a buzzword in the residential […]
Recruitment And The Legal Sector Following A Pandemic
Now that the coronavirus pandemic seems to be on the backfoot, and the Government are attempting to kick start the UK economy, we wanted to take a look at what effect the pandemic has had on the legal job market. Previously, we’ve spoken to Realm Recruit who revealed that the pandemic had seemingly woken up […]
“5 Years of Innovation in the next 18 months” – Part 4
In this last part of the series, I’m going to talk a little about the Cashroom, what we’re doing to change things up and innovate in the post COVID environment. First, a quick recap on where we are, and how the lockdown affected us. We decided to “lockdown” about a week before the official announcement. […]
