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 Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) last month published a report which gives an interesting overview of how technology can help modernise and drive innovation in legal services. The report seeks to educate law firms on
An expert has predicted that in only five years law firms will stop using emails to be replaced with a more secure means of communication. Cyber crime is happening all the time and becoming more
These brand-new awards will recognise and reward the achievements of Paralegals across the UK. There are 12 categories including Best Employment Paralegal, Best Local Authority Paralegal, Will Writing Organisation of the Year and Best Paralegal
Demand for legal skills across the UK increased sharply this year and law firms being ever busier will increasingly require the pick of a diverse pool of talented and skilled individuals in order that they
Research reveals more than £23bn could be available to over-55s living in Yorkshire via equity release, according to new estimates published by Canada Life. The statistics which are based on public data on UK property
In answer to the nation’s housing predicament, the Prime Minster Theresa May announced in her speech to the National Housing Federation in September that the UK Government would be spending £2bn to boost the country’s
British TV property expert, Phil Spencer, launched a property data company, MoveIQ, whose research identified Stratford District Council as the slowest in the UK to complete conveyancing searches. After using Freedom of Information requests, the
Proptech is a growing industry that is forcing legal service providers to consider how they interact and use technology to improve the property moving process. The most well-known examples are real estate websites like Rightmove
The world’s first fully digital property chain transaction took place last week, powered by Shieldpay’s instant digital escrow facility Shieldpay’s digital payments is transforming moving day across the UK by making simultaneous morning key releases
My Home Move, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, has won the ‘Most Innovative Firm of the Year’ at this year’s British Legal Technology Awards. The ceremony, which was held on Thursday 1st
Figures from the Nationwide House Price Index revealed that annual house price growth is now the lowest since May 2013, with growth slowing to just 1.6% in October. Furthermore, while there were 1.2 million transactions
In 2017, a mother found her home of 25 years being repossessed by her bank after her son committed mortgage fraud and conned her out of more than £100,000. While her son, Ashley Fletcher, was
Under the new rules announced in Monday’s Autumn Budget, Reallymoving’s research data has revealed over a third of homebuyers who took advantage of a Government Help to Buy Equity loan to purchase a new home
In August 2017, HM Land Registry announced plans to trial a wider set of rejection criteria on first registration applications (FR1). The ultimate aim being the achievement of “simpler, faster and cheaper conveyancing”. The trial
According to mystery shoppers, law firms are underperforming when dealing with clients remotely. The Client Journey Project 2018, which is now in its third year, was conducted earlier this year. It highlights a number of
Chancellor Philip Hammond potentially delivers the last budget before Britain leaves the European Union with an eye-watering £100 billion spend over 5 years. The spending taps are firmly back on again as Hammond says ‘the
Consumers are pressing the conveyancing sector for new technology that will give them better access to information, but according to a survey of conveyancers, only a small fraction of conveyancing firms are dedicated to innovation.
In a proactive move to eliminate transfer fraud, lenders will begin to check that names on transfers match the account in a bid to stop fraudsters in their tracks. Current lender practices mean they only
First time buyers along with other housebuyers with small deposits had a bigger stake of the housing market in September than in August 2018 – while overall mortgage approvals were higher compared to August. With
Almost 40,000 families have used equity release products in the first six months of 2018, according to data from the Equity Release Council. Equity release gives homeowners flexibility to access investment held in their homes,
