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PSG conquers the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge
Wednesday, 5 June 20133 Peaks, 25 miles, 7000ft incline in under 12 hours. That’s all it took PSG members to complete the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge.
Tags: conveyancing
Posted in associate news
AIM-listed conveyancing business set to become first ABS casualty
Monday, 3 June 2013In-deed Online plc – the first listed company to buy a law firm – is now set to become the first alternative business structure (ABS) casualty after announcing plans to sell the practice back to one of its founders along with the rest of the online conveyancing company’s business.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor, Other lawyers
High Court backs solicitors in mortgage fraud case
Monday, 3 June 2013The defence protecting honest solicitors duped by mortgage fraudsters that was erected by the Court of Appeal last year has been reinforced by the High Court. A law firm can be relieved of consequential liability for a breach of trust if it acts honestly and reasonably.
Tags: conveyancing, mortgage fraud
Posted in Competence, Indemnity insurance, Latest news
OchreSoft homes in on fast-growing conveyancing team
Thursday, 30 May 2013Legal workflow specialist, OchreSoft, has announced details of its latest win in the conveyancing market. It has been appointed by fast-growing South Wales firm, Keith Evans & Co, to deliver its IntelliworksTM software across the nine-office practice.
Tags: conveyancing
Posted in associate news
Quarter of conveyancers have experienced attempted fraud, while third pay referral fees
Monday, 15 April 2013A quarter of conveyancing firms have experienced a client attempting to commit property-related fraud or money laundering, new research has revealed. This frequency suggests that many firms “might be over-optimistic” about the likelihood of encountering similar attempts in the future
Tags: conveyancing, money laundering, mortgage fraud, referral fees
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
PSG Secures FSA Approval and integrates ConveySure® from CLS
Monday, 25 March 2013PSG Financial Services Limited (PSG), the insurance arm of conveyancing search giant PSG has gained approval from the FSA to provide Insurance services.
Tags: conveyancing, Property Searches, PSG
Posted in associate news
SearchFlow launches ‘Your Area, Your Risk’ seminar programme
Monday, 25 March 2013SearchFlow, the electronic conveyancing search provider, has announced the first ten dates of its 2013 programme of CPD seminars.
Tags: conveyancing, property search provider, SearchFlow
Posted in associate news
ABSs to the fore as Quindell claims 15% of PI market and Countrywide sees profits rise
Friday, 22 February 2013Quindell Portfolio, the alternative business structure that has acquired three law firms in the past 12 months, will have “15% of the UK market for personal injury claims” this year, it has claimed. Meanwhile, another major ABS – Countrywide Conveyancing Services – has reported profits of £8m for last year, up 4% on 2011.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, Jackson report, personal injury
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
SRA: evidence contradicts “popular myth” that conveyancing is low-value work
Thursday, 14 February 2013The “popular myth” that conveyancing is low value is not borne out by the evidence, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has found. But property work is continuing to cause the regulator problems, with stamp duty land tax schemes and ‘right to buy’ negligence litigation firmly on its radar.
Tags: conveyancing, conveyancing quality scheme, CQS, Lexcel, mortgage fraud, Solicitors Compensation Fund, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority, stamp duty land tax
Posted in Latest news, Solicitors
London-based Italian lawyers sanctioned over volume overseas conveyancing
Friday, 8 February 2013The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has ruled that three Italian lawyers based in London committed a host of accounting irregularities while acting for clients in overseas property deals.
Tags: conveyancing, Solicitors Accounts Rules, Solicitors Code of Conduct, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Accounts rules, Latest news, Solicitors
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Five key issues to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech
As generative AI starts to play a bigger role in our working lives, there are some key issues that your law firm needs to consider when adopting an AI-based legal tech.
Bulk litigation – not always working in consumers interests
For consumers to get the benefit, bulk litigation needs to be done well, and we are increasingly concerned that there are significant problems in some areas of this market.
ABSs, cost and audits – fixing regulation after Axiom Ince
A feature of law firm collapses and frauds has sometimes been the over-concentration of power in outdated and overburdened systems of control.
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