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It seems the news has more and more reports about unsafe blocks of flats. I saw one news story over the weekend about a block where it was expected that the council would serve a
I often refer to LinkedIn in my diary entries. I think it shows both the best and the worst of conveyancing. But I saw a post this week and I have to share some of
I switched on my lap top on Monday – yes, I know it’s Bank Holiday but I am sure that we all check our emails at some point over the weekend, even when it is
As conveyancing appears to become more adversarial with never ending queries and some abrupt emails from time to time, it is interesting when I speak with other conveyancers to find out that actually we are
What a week! The thing is – us conveyancers could say that every week! But what I think we need to see is that conveyancing is not really a nine to five job anymore. I
I come back to one of my favourite topics this week – fees! Here is an outline of a telephone conversation I had with a prospective client this week Client: Hello; you wanted me to
So , fellow conveyancers, we are nearly there… in the hope that there are no issues with the completions going ahead today, I salute you all. It wasn’t about ‘pulling our fingers out’ (yes I
So only six (working) days to go… and I note there is now talk of a potential SDLT extension. I think we all await the Spring Statement with bated breath. This gives me so many
There is something reassuring , albeit somewhat alarming, that when emailing another solicitor on a Saturday and not expecting a response, I received an immediate response. This shows the pressure that we are under coming
I am finding this month more stressful already than I had anticipated, and I am not sure if it is just me and the ongoing weariness, but it also feels harder than the previous SDLT
Well, what a week! I have always been of the view that the life of a conveyancer can change within an hour and this week just illustrated how true that was. The news that Nationwide
I am conscious that we are all so busy – it feels to me like the busiest January I have ever known… so why is it then that I seem to be spending most of
Happy New Year to you all! I looked back at what I wrote this time last year as I had a recollection that I had set out the top five New Year resolutions; I thought,
It has been an eventful year and I support , congratulate and thank all conveyancers throughout the country for just being there. It helps that we know that we are all going through the same
I have been thinking this week about how we can all work together to make house moving better for the public. There are so many ‘tech’ promises out there but it is difficult to know
