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The Law Society Make Changes To Conveyancing Quality Scheme

The Law Society Make Changes To Conveyancing Quality Scheme

3 December 2018

UK Government Signposts A Propdata Revolution To Fuel Housing Reforms

UK Government Signposts A Propdata Revolution To Fuel Housing Reforms

30 November 2018

Lawyer Checker

Lawyer Checker To Embrace The Digital Future At The Conveyancing Association Conference 2018

29 November 2018

Legal Eye

Firms Have High Degree Of Flexibility In Implementing Price And Service Transparency Changes

29 November 2018

Digital Property

Why The Land Registry Is Wrong When It Says We Should Make Conveyancing Cheaper

29 November 2018

Price Transparency Update: One Week To Compliance Deadline

Price Transparency Update: One Week To Compliance Deadline

28 November 2018

October Mortgage Approvals Enjoy Marginal Increase

October Mortgage Approvals Enjoy Marginal Increase

27 November 2018

British Home Buyers Spend £8,113 In Unexpected Fees

British Home Buyers Spend £8,113 In Unexpected Fees

27 November 2018

CLC - Transparency

Transparency Countdown: Are You Ready?

26 November 2018

Creating The Single Environmental Report For Better Certainty

Creating The Single Environmental Report For Better Certainty

23 November 2018

Following the recent mis-selling leasehold scandal, leading industry body The Conveyancing Association has pressed the government and managing agents to provide conveyancers with up to date and relevant information.

Developers Should Be Transparent With Leasehold Information

23 November 2018

Tom Lyes Interview

Interview With Lawyer Checker’s Business Development Executive Tom Lyes

22 November 2018

Conveyancing Association

CA Issues Response To MHCLG Implementing Leasehold Reform Consultation

19 November 2018

Lawyer Checker

Lawyer Checker Celebrates Its Re-certification Of ISO 27001

19 November 2018

Mishcon De Reya Invests In MDR LAB Start-Up Thirdfort

Mishcon De Reya Invests In MDR LAB Start-Up Thirdfort

19 November 2018

The Purgatory Politics Of Brexit Draft Withdrawal Agreement

The Purgatory Politics Of Brexit Draft Withdrawal Agreement

15 November 2018

CLC & SRA Publish Transparency Rules Guidance Before 6th December Deadline

8 November 2018

Government Could Introduce Property Logbooks

Government Could Introduce Property Logbooks

8 November 2018

Law Society Admonishes SRA And LSB Approved Tiered Solicitor Proposal

Law Society Admonishes SRA And LSB Approved Tiered Solicitor Proposal

7 November 2018

https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/055400.article

Conveyancing Firm Fined For Conflict Of Interest Breach

7 November 2018

Future of Hosuing Market

Future Of The UK Housing Market

2 November 2018

Bank transfer Fraud

Conveyancers Will Welcome Banks Fight Against Transfer Fraud

29 October 2018

Conveyancing Association Conference

Conveyancing Association Unveil Annual Conference And Dinner Details

25 October 2018

Automated Algorithms Could Revolutionise The Remortgaging Sector

Automated Algorithms Could Revolutionise Remortgaging Sector

23 October 2018

ESTAS

Phil Spencer Announces UK’s Top Conveyancers At The ESTAS Conveyancer Awards

22 October 2018

Letting Agents' Anxious About Tenants Fees Bill

Letting Agents’ Anxious About Tenants Fees Bill

22 October 2018

Thirdfort Roundtable Discuss Improving Identity Verification In Homemoving Process

22 October 2018

Based in the Truman Brewery building in the heart of London, LegalGeek was poised and ready to open its third annual conference. Having grown exponentially throughout its short life, the quirky, industrial venue reflected the inventive and original startups that were housed within. The cavernous intertwined tombs revealed a vibrant, chaotic cacophony of enthusiastic sounds. As the maze of rooms filled up, an eclectic mix of LawTech startups demonstrated their waresto the 2,000 strong army of technology embracing legal professionals. Following Jimmy Vestbirk’s, Founder of Legal Geek, introduction to the event, he used the help of Siri to announce the morning’s speakers. The Rt Hon Lord Richard Keen, Scottish lawyer and Conservative Party politician, highlighted the wat LawTech has the potential to provide affordable justice for all by simplifying the processes and bringing down costs. His final conclusions that although technology has this capacity, the public may be concerned by the perception that machine learning and algorithms could be used to judge and sentence people in the future. His plea to the LegalTech creators was a need to legitimize smart systems to avoid public objections. Technology must appeal to and reassure the public that its use will not result in an Orwellian dystopia. Christina Blacklaws, President of The Law Society, discussed technology and its applications to the law. Whilst reminiscing about ‘Tomorrow’s World’ inventions, like robot snooker players, paper pants and bike boats failed to mainstream, she insisted that LawTech should. However, only if it benefits the consumer. Her following remarks regarding the importance of all stakeholders collaborating was also well received. The Ministry of Justice’s Amanda Smith spoke on the importance of making technology accessible and understood by all. Insisting that that data literacy will be vital in the future and technology should be more inclusive. Despite the torrent of rain, the afternoon sessions enlightened the LegalGeeks through the myriad of startups demonstrating how their products could improve efficiency, enhance business agility and improve firm security. Jimmy Vestbirk, Founder of LegalGeek, took the time out of his day to inform Today’s readers: The day is going well, so far! “It’s important to bring together the innovators of the legal profession because we bring together people that can be siloed in their law firms. These are the opportunities to reenergize, go back to their practices with a mindset of trying to bring about the changes that are needed. “The technology underpins it. People talk about AI, but actually, this is about a cultural change and technology being adopted, to bring about positive change, whether that is in conveyancing or other areas of law.” It took Amanda Goodman, writer of Robots in Law, to remind us of Mike Tyson’s words of wisdom that ‘everyone has a plan, until you are punched in the face,’ to remind us that innovation is difficult to plan for as you don’t know if it will catch on. Based on the atmosphere throughout the day, it is clear that many firms are willing to take that punch in the face by making the proverbial leap of faith into a legal profession adopting technology.

LegalGeek’s Third Annual Conference A Success

18 October 2018

ESTAS

The ESTAS Conveyancer Awards Are Almost Here

17 October 2018

Public Apathetic To Importance Of Remortgaging

Public Apathetic To Importance Of Remortgaging

17 October 2018

Final Call To Slow Climate Change

Final Call To Slow Climate Change

16 October 2018

New Housing Working Group Announced

New Housing Working Group Announced

16 October 2018