Redbrick Solutions announce series of ‘Law firm Growth and Compliance’ roadshows
Redbrick Solutions are delighted to announce a stellar line-up for their upcoming Law Firm Growth and Compliance seminars.
New Cybercrime Webinar Date Added due to Popular Demand
InfoTrack and Lawyer Checker have announced an added date for the recent cybercrime webinar due to popular demand.
Are you updated on the SRA Risk Outlook updates and the 4MLD?
For fraudsters, conveyancing is a prime target. With transactions involving thousands of pounds and correspondence often occurring online, it’s no wonder that it’s the most popular area of legal practice for criminals to take advantage of.
Cybercrime webinar series designed to help firms recognise risks
InfoTrack has partnered with Lawyer Checker to present the varying types of cybercrime and how law firms can minimise the risk. The webinar is to be held on Wednesday 24th May at 11am and Wednesday 31st May at 11am.
Lawyer Checker to play key role at Modern Law Conveyancing Conference
Chris Harris, MD of Lawyer Checker, will be co-chairing the event taking place on 23rd May 2017 along with Tony Piccirillo, a partner at AVRillo. The Modern Law Conveyancing Conference is an excellent opportunity for conveyancers to learn about the changes and challenges facing their market, including areas such as risk management and due diligence. […]
Help protect client money
With cybercrime on the rise, it is more important than ever that conveyancing solicitors have the correct protection in place to prevent loss of client money.
The recent rebuke of Perry Hay & Co – How does this affect you?
Law firm Perry Hay & Co has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) after sending £333k directly into fraudsters’ pockets during a conveyancing transaction. The money should have gone into the seller’s account, but unfortunately the firm did not undertake sufficient checks to ensure they really knew where their client’s money was being […]
Today’s Conveyancer in conjunction with Lawyer Checker: Latest Fraud Cases
Industry leading conveyancing publication, Today’s Conveyancer, brings you a FREE webinar presented by Lawyer Checker’s Paul Tucker.
Firm avoids £375,000 loss of client money
Lawyer Checker’s Account & Entity Screen saved a South-East property law firm from losing £375,000 of client funds to criminals
The Eclipse Proclaim Modern Law Conveyancing Conference
Modern Law is excited to announce the return of the Eclipse Proclaim Modern Law Conveyancing Conference
Law Society Chief Executive resigns
Citing the Law Society’s failure to embrace governance reform, Chief Executive Catherine Dixon has resigned after two years in the role.
2016 – Lawyer Checker’s Round-Up
Whilst the rest of the world was in turmoil during 2016; the many celebrity losses and the ‘post-truth’ of Brexit and Trump, Lawyer Checker saw a phenomenal year of growth and development. The company was thrilled to enjoy some significant award wins in 2016. In July, at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards, the hard work […]
Lawyer Checker – Winners of Best Anti-Fraud Award 2017
Last night saw a gathering of winners and highly commended businesses at the 16th annual Mortgage Finance Gazette Awards.
Property intelligence specialists SearchFlow to offer award winning Lawyer Checker search products
From today, conveyancers can easily add an Account & Entity Screen search to their order with SearchFlow, adding to the leading search provider’s portfolio offering and their commitment to deliver highly focused, in-depth property intelligence, quickly and efficiently to the conveyancing industry. SearchFlow has over 25 years’ experience in the search industry, carrying out more […]
LFS winners – Using Lawyer Checker proves to be a winning formula!
Wednesday 14th September last week saw the annual prestigious Law Firm Services (LFS) Conference at the brand new VOX Conference Centre in Resorts World – the neighbour to the well-known NEC. A now well-established event for the conveyancing community, the LFS Conference & Awards was well attended with more sponsors and attendees than ever before. […]
24 hour countdown – have you got your ticket?
Lawyer Checker, market leaders in fraud prevention for law firms, will be hosting the Regulation & Compliance break out session at the Law Firm Services Awards this year. The session aims to give further credence to established risk management procedures and helps to bolster them further. We will look at key industry viewpoints on how […]
Lawyer Checker – Innovation of the Year Award winners
Lawyer Checker are delighted to announce we have won the ‘Innovation of the Year’ award at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards 2016. The award criteria states that an innovative project or product must have either: Transformed a key element of a department’s culture or performances; or Broken new ground in the delivery of services to […]
An Insidious Threat: The rise and rise of ransomware
Fraudsters are remarkably adept at escaping fraud prevention methods you put in place, particularly when large sums of money are at stake. Only one or two law firms need to be duped to ensure cyber criminals walk away with millions. Every single firm is vulnerable to cyber attacks which can take many different forms, however […]
Law Firms Beware: The Hacker Hunt Has Begun
Firms are still failing to take basic precautions against cyber-attacks. Lack of employee training around the dangers of cyber security and failure to deliver a consistent message to protect critical client data, may result in your firm being the easiest target. By implementing a routine check, firms undertaking conveyancing could potentially avoid increased insurance premiums, […]
“Fraudsters hacked emails to my solicitor and stole £340,000 from my property sale”
“Fraudsters hacked emails to my solicitor and stole £340,000 from my property sale” What Happened: Paul and Ann Lupton sold the flat they had bought for their daughter for £340,000. Two days before the set completion date, Mr Lupton’s solicitor emailed requesting his bank account details for the sale proceeds to be paid into. Mr […]
