Toni is the Media Officer for Today’s Conveyancer, Today’s Wills & Probate and Today’s Family Lawyer.
I worked for a law firm for 16 years, during my time at the firm I worked as a company commercial legal secretary for 7 years but changed careers and moved into marketing for the remaining 9 years – where I covered all aspects of marketing.
While in the marketing role, I achieved a CIM Professional Certificate in Marketing and CAM Diploma in Digital Marketing.
The month of August is expected to be an even busier time for conveyancers as Friday 30th August is set to be the most popular day to move house this year, according to research carried
The UK is amongst two other affluent countries who have endured a property market decline in 2018, according to new figures. The MSCI Global Annual Property Index revealed that the size of the UK Market
The largest building society in the world with over 15 million members, Nationwide Building Society, are dipping their toes into house building. In a bid to become apart of the elite UK construction sector, the
‘The Bank of Mum and Dad’ (BOMAD) is set to become the 11th largest financial lender in the UK, highlighting its importance in the property market. There has been an increase in financial support from
A leading global provider of information and analytics has revealed that from 2016 – 2019 solicitors leaving larger practices to work in smaller firms has increased from 53% in 2016 to 64% in 2019. The
Association of British Insurers (ABI) warns the Government that millions of pensioners face selling their homes because they have not planned for future social care costs. According to a new report conducted by ABI, nine
A sole practitioner from Preston has agreed to be stripped of his profession regarding a conveyancing transaction which took place 11 years ago. The long-serving solicitor, Clive Leslie Billington of Dowson Billington firm agreed with
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have issued four separate email scam alerts impersonating law firms on the same day. All four scams were reported on 6th June where emails had been falsely claiming to be
In March, 40 house builders and developers signed up to a voluntary 14-point pledge designed to end the practice of unfair and onerous leaseholds, with many house builders committing themselves to the pledge, including the
Proptech firm, One and Only Pro, which helps property investors identify properties with high yield and/or high capital growth potential, has launched a new Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered property investment portal. One and Only Pro’s history
Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers have become the first UK property law firm in legal history to integrate with virtual personal assistant, Alexa, into their system. Launched last week, Simply Conveyancing customers can now ask Alexa,
A new sales progression and communication tool has been launched which claims to significantly cut house fall-throughs and speed up property transactions. The new tool called ‘Mio’, which has been successfully piloted in Cardiff for
Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers have officially become the first property law firm in the UK to integrate with virtual personal assistant, Alexa, into their system. Last week, for the first time in legal history, customers
The Government has revealed that one of the largest housebuilders in the world, Sekisui House, will significantly boost the UK housing market following a multi-million pound deal. Japan’s biggest housebuilder, Sekisui House will be transforming
The Junior Lawyers Division (JLD), who represent students through to solicitors with five years Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), have expressed concern for up and coming solicitors being at risk of exploitation if they are not
A Midlands’ law firm, Sydney Mitchell, which was founded over 250 years ago, has appointed its first female senior partner. Karen Moores, who has been a partner at the city centre firm since 1998, has
A specialist Midland’s based conveyancing firm has expanded its empire by moving into new premises and recruiting more talent to its organisation. Tamworth based, Aconveyancing has opened a meeting space in Shirley, Solihull which allows
Nearly a third (32%) of Brits who are aware of Japanese knotweed are still prepared to buy an affected property, according to new YouGov research commissioned by Environet UK. However, those buyers who would be
Law firms have reported receiving an email inviting them to pitch to represent a property development company in conveyancing transactions. In fact, the email is a scam, probably generated to gain information on individual law
Two thirds (66%) of solicitors are currently experiencing high levels of stress, according to the latest findings from the Bellwether Report 2019 titled ‘Stress in the Legal Profession: Problematic or Inevitable’, published by LexisNexis UK.
