New Group Sales Director for Convey Law
Newport-based conveyancing practice Convey Law have announced the appointment of Richard Pickles as its new Group Sales Director. The appointment follows the company’s success at last week’s British Conveyancing Awards, at which Convey Law were recognised as Highly Commended in the “Conveyancing Firm of the Year- National” category. Pickles joins having been National Sales Director at […]
Pre-contract enquiry management tool launched
A pre-contract enquiry management tool, designed to “reduce the amount of time spent on administration by identifying and extracting enquiries and structuring responses at the press of a button” has been formally launched. Enquiry Manager is a standalone enquiry management system which uses technology to identify enquiries in unstructured text, such as email, and formalise […]
London-based Cavendish Legal appoint new Relationship Director with ‘unrivalled’ industry experience
Cavendish Legal Group (CLG), a London-based conveyancing solicitors and part of Movera, have appointed Rob Djemil to the newly created role of Relationship Director. Djemil, described as an individual with ‘unrivalled’ experience, has over three decades of conveyancing knowledge under his belt. He joined CLG in 1997, and was with the company for 12 years […]
New service aims to stop payment fraud
A new service will aim to stop payment fraud by verifying the name of a bank account owner with the name of the intended payee. While confirmation of payee is largely default for consumer banking, Cashroom, who have implemented the service within their client portal, say it is a first in legal services. Confirmation of […]
Suffolk Building Society chooses LMS Secure Link to deliver streamlined, customer-centric conveyancing
LMS, the UK’s largest conveyancing services provider, today announces that Suffolk Building Society has launched with LMS Secure Link to enhance its conveyancing process with more efficient redemption statement and post offer query processes. Secure Link is an innovative service that enables law firms to request redemption statements from the lender in a streamlined, efficient, […]
OnTheMarket sale “a pledge to do something truly transformational in the sector”
A challenger property portal to Rightmove and Zoopla has been sold to American data and tech firm CoStar. OnTheMarket was launched in 2013 and from the outset it was owned and funded as a mutual with the ambition to challenge Rightmove and Zoopla and become nationally recognised online property portal for consumers. Talks had been […]
£1m investment in new office for Northern firm
A fast-growing Northern full service law firm is to invest £1m in relocating to new offices as it plans to create a “state-of-the-art environment” for its lawyers. Burnetts Solicitors LLP, which has offices in Newcastle, Carlisle and Cockermouth, is relocating the Newcastle office from its current location on Dean Street to 1 Citygate. The move […]
Armalytix Legal Year in Review 2023
Against a tide of regulation, Conveyancing remains very much the highest risk area and this was evidenced by the fact that a failure to carry out Source of Funds checks continued to remain the second most common reason for an AML report to be received by the SRA. According to the regulator in their most recent report, understanding the source […]
Senior hires at Steele Raymond
The appointment of a trio of senior hires has been hailed as a “milestone” for regional law firm Steele Raymond. The appointments of Tim Higham and Jane Lynch in their residential property and private client teams respectively has been complemented by Rachel Hadfield as Marketing Manager. Tim Higham joins the partnership from Trethowans and […]
Windsor-based firm expands with acquisition
Windsor-based Charles Coleman has acquired acquires local firm Seakens Solicitors and expanded it’s operations into Virginia Water. The combined business will operate under the Charles Coleman LLP Solicitors name with the Virginia Water office being re-branded. Commenting on the acquisition, Charles Coleman LLP Solicitor’s Managing Partner Nathan Kapoor, said “The development of our Windsor and […]
Muve Conveyancers double lead volume with Compare My Move
Offering upgrades to ‘Fast’ conveyancing services and a 24/7 online portal, Muve is paving the way for home buyers and sellers. Building a relationship with Compare My Move’s Partner Support Team and utilising our conversion tools has allowed Muve Conveyancers to double their conveyancing lead volume in 2023. When asked why Compare My Move stood […]
Cyber incident affects c.80 conveyancing firms
A cyber incident, which was first reported on Wednesday 22nd November, has brought many conveyancing firms, and transactions, to a standstill. Legal sector specialist infrastructure service provider CTS confirmed last week it had been the victim of a “cyber incident” and was working to restore systems “as soon as possible.“ Despite initial reports suggesting up […]
1/2 day law firm leadership symposium
Two legal sector experts are coming together to challenge law firm leaders and partners to answer the “fundamental question” of “What is leadership in a law firm and what role should Partners play in it?” “Partner, Leader?” is a half day symposium hosted by Simon McCrum and Simon Tupman with the aim of coaching law […]
Simplifying the complex world of drainage and water searches
DWSN is developing a series of technical insight videos to support conveyancing professionals and their clients in understanding the complex content of the CON29DW Residential and CON29DW Commercial. The CON29DW products are an essential part of the conveyancing process and provide key information regarding water and sewerage services or assets for prospective property owners, protecting […]
Conference returns to discuss the changing climate of law
Manchester -based law firm referral and fee-share scheme Lawshare is hosting it’s annual Management Conference in Manchester on Thursday 5th October. The conference will again be hosted at The Lowry Hotel and sees key decision makers come together to explore key challenges and opportunities. Titled “Law: The Climate is Changing” this year the Lawshare Conference […]
Key industry figure lands role as new Chair of Women in Residential Property
A well known property industry figure has taken the reins at Women in Residential Property, a popular group aimed at fostering greater collaboration across the property industry. Nicola Broomham, a Director at one of the UK’s leading property recruitment firms deverellsmith, has taken on the role of Chair in the group following an extensive recruitment […]
Martello Joins Mishcon de Reya’s MDR Lab Programme
Martello, a digital platform that is building the first live property search database to help speed up the homebuying process, has today announced that it has joined the summer cohort of MDR Lab, the product-focused innovation programme of Mishcon de Reya, one of the UK’s leading law firms. Over the coming 12 weeks, Martello will […]
Tandem Bank signs up for LMS Panel Link®
LMS, the UK’s leading conveyancer and panel management specialist, has today announced its partnership with Tandem Bank, which will become the 34th lender to join LMS Panel Link®. As part of its unique service, LMS will deliver a fully vetted, secure panel of conveyancing firms that meets Tandem’s exact requirements, across England and Wales. Tandem […]
InfoTrack enhances customer due diligence with new One-click AML
Legal technology pioneer InfoTrack has launched a new enhanced One-click AML check to speed up customer due diligence within the client onboarding process. Embedded within InfoTrack’s digital client onboarding solution eCOS, solicitors can now benefit from this innovative AML check that uses identity data extracted during the Verification of Identity process directly from a scan […]
Fines totalling £25,000 highlight risk of non-compliance
Four SRA regulated law firms have fallen foul of Anti-Money Laundering and Transparency regulations and received fines totalling over £25,000. Some of the first published fines are now coming light following the extension of SRA fining powers in July 2022, which empowered the SRA to fine firms for a broad range of offences without having […]
