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First legal executives granted historic independent practice rights
Monday, 30 March 2015A member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives who specialises in conveyancing has become the first to receive independent practice rights. A probate specialist and a legal executive who runs his own immigration firm were also granted independent rights.
Tags: chartered legal executives, CILEX Regulation, conveyancing, immigration, practice rights, probate, reserved legal activities
Posted in Latest news, Legal Executives
Large conveyancing firms grab market share as firm numbers fall
Monday, 16 March 2015The biggest conveyancing firms have benefited the most from the recession, while the number of practices involved in conveyancing has continued to fall, a survey has revealed.
Tags: conveyancing, Land Registry, law firms, volume conveyancers
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
5,600 firms sign up to Lender Exchange
Monday, 2 March 2015Over 5,600 law firms have signed up to Lender Exchange, a website which stores information on conveyancing panel firms for mortgage lenders.
Tags: conveyancing, Law Society, Lender Exchange, lenders' panels
Posted in Latest news
CLC criticises Law Society’s “quasi-regulatory” conveyancing schemes
Friday, 27 February 2015The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has criticised “quasi-regulatory” conveyancing schemes launched by the Law Society which could be seen as “duplicating” the CLC’s work.
Tags: conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Law Society, probate
Posted in Latest news, Other lawyers, Regulation, Solicitors
National Accident Helpline moves into conveyancing
Wednesday, 18 February 2015National Accident Helpline has today unveiled its move into the conveyancing market by spending £4.3m to buy a lead generation business specialising in the sector that owns the website of failed alternative business structure In-Deed.
Tags: conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Exclusive: only 13% of home movers choose cheapest conveyancer, major survey reveals
Monday, 26 January 2015A major survey of 4,500 home movers has found that only 13% chose the conveyancer offering the cheapest fee. The survey also found that people were more likely to recommend their estate agent to friends than their conveyancer.
Tags: conveyancing, Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Marketing & PR
Third law firm fined for involvement in SDLT avoidance scheme
Friday, 23 January 2015A third law firm has been fined by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for its involvement in a stamp duty avoidance scheme operated by Inventive Tax Strategies.
Tags: conveyancing, HMRC, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
SRA shuts Manchester firm – four months after banning director from conveyancing
Friday, 9 January 2015The Solicitors Regulation Authority has closed down a Manchester law firm, more than four months after banning its director from conveyancing and ordering him to go on a mortgage fraud and money laundering course.
Tags: conveyancing, money laundering, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Law Society fails to block Find a Solicitor negligence action
Tuesday, 23 December 2014The Law Society has failed in a bid to block a High Court action against it for negligent misrepresentation, after a bogus solicitor got himself listed on the society’s Find a Solicitor website and stole money from a house purchaser.
Tags: conveyancing, Law Society, Solicitors Compensation Fund
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, Solicitors
Compensation Fund could pay the price after High Court buy-to-let ruling
Friday, 7 November 2014The Solicitors Compensation Fund could be hit by a new wave of property claims after a High Court ruling on two test cases relating to a buy-to-let scheme.
Tags: compensation fund, conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Regulation, 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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