Three ways the conveyancing industry can benefit from digitalisation
Conor Murphy, CEO of Smartr365, the end-to-end mortgage and protection platform shares his views on how digitisation can help conveyancing become faster, more fruitful and focused in the future. While digitalisation was introduced with necessary haste throughout various lockdowns in the last 12 months, the world should now take time to carefully explore its long-term […]
Lawyer Checker Thirdfort meets HMLR Digital ID Standard
Lawyer Checker is a trusted brand used by many conveyancers to defend against fraud and cyber threats, most well-known for its commended Account & Entity Screen. Now conveyancers can demonstrate best practice and meet the HM Land Registry’s new Digital ID Standard with Lawyer Checker’s Thirdfort Standard product. Today Thirdfort have launched Thirdfort Standard, an […]
QS Davisons select SOS Legal to support a 185% increase in instructions
QS Davisons have consolidated their legal practice management software into a single solution provided by SOS Legal. to provide Case, Practice and Document management as they seek better connections for their future. With eight offices across the West Midlands, the firm have experienced exponential growth over the last four years, enjoying an increase of 185% […]
Data Innovation Driving Source of Funds
In January 2021 The Legal Sector Advisory Group on anti-money laundering (LSAG) updated its guidance on how law firms should be dealing with the increasing risk of money laundering. Conveyancing continues to be a focus for criminal activity, enabling criminal organisations to filter illegal funds through the sale and purchase of property. One of the […]
What Score Does Your Conveyancing Website Get?
As a conveyancing law firm, with competition for services high, your website needs to be appealing and easy to use for potential legal clients. There’s no room for error or complacency when a competing firm’s website is just a click away from yours. How do you assess if your site is performing at its best? […]
Time-consuming Report on Title preparation is a thing of the past
For many conveyancers, the practice of preparing a Report on Title is an onerous task and one that hasn’t changed for over 30 years, still dependent upon word documents which require editing in every single case. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Did you know… There is an affordable electronic solution which simplifies the […]
LEAP and InfoTrack: End-to-end digital conveyancing
Providing a powerful suite of solutions from client onboarding and searches to post-completion and e-signature services, the InfoTrack integration with LEAP digitises the entire conveyancing process and assures compliance and productivity throughout. Seamless, two-way integration empowers firms to operate more efficiently, achieving savings up to 30% of time per matter. The past year has been […]
Property Lawyers Convey Law working with the Government to prevent crime
Property Lawyers Convey Law can now check information provided by clients against information held by the government to help verify someone’s identity at the start of a property transaction. This is the first such integration with a legal practice in the UK. The Document Checking Service (DCS) pilot is a government initiative designed to offer organisations […]
Shortlist announced for the British Conveyancing Awards 2021
We’re excited to announce the shortlist for the inaugral British Conveyancing Awards! The awards are brought to you by Today’s Conveyancer, alongside headline sponsor, Lawyer Checker and Champagne Sponsor Simplify, and proceedings begin at 3.30pm on 25th May 2021. The shortlist Category Shortlist Best Use of Marketing Sponsored by The Society of Licensed Conveyancers […]
Brokers visiting up to six lender affordability calculators per case
More than eight out of ten brokers use the affordability calculators of up to six lenders when sourcing a single case, new research from mortgage technology expert Mortgage Brain has revealed. Attendees of Mortgage Brain’s Virtual Mortgage Vision Masterclasses in March were polled on their habits when sourcing deals for clients. The survey found that […]
Simplify announced as Champagne Sponsor for The British Conveyancing Awards
We are delighted to welcome Simplify as our Champagne Reception sponsor, for the upcoming British Conveyancing Awards, which are a little over 3 weeks away. Today’s Conveyancer spoke to, Kevin Smith, Chief Operations Officer about their involvement in this year’s awards. Who are Simplify? Simplify is the UK’s leading conveyancing and property services business. Created in March 2019 by the combination of the […]
UK’s #1 Legal Case Management Software Secures Historic Investment
Legal management software provider Clio has marked a historic moment in the growth of legal technology by becoming the first legal practice management unicorn globally. On Tuesday 27 April at 2pm, Clio, the UK’s leading case management software provider, announced a new valuation of US$1.6 billion following the raising of a US$110 million investment in […]
Why a Digital ID Standard is a welcome step for conveyancers
Following on from our chat with Mike Harlow from HM Land Registry about Safe Harbour being a positive catalyst for change, Alastair Johnson is Founder and CEO of Nuggets, a blockchain ecommerce payments and ID platform that is redefining online security and privacy provides his insight on the Digital ID Standard. HM Land Registry (HMLR) […]
The British Conveyacing Awards shortlist is coming!!
In just a few days time we’ll be able to reveal the shortlist for the first ever British Conveyancing Awards, with the shortlisters being revealed on Friday 30th April 2021. The awards are brought to you by Today’s Conveyancer, alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker, a leading risk management service provider. Tom Lyes, Director of Engagement […]
Safe Harbour is a positive catalytic change to sector
The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the projects which have seen technology adopted to help make processes more efficient. The legal sector, and specifically the area of conveyancing has been no different. It has been over a month since HM Land Registry (HMLR) released their “Digital Identity Standard” which enables home buyers to provide the identification […]
Introducing: Perfect Portal and Redbrick Solutions Integration
Perfect Portal and Redbrick Solutions have combined their technology to provide their mutual clients with the platform to convert more leads whilst offering an enhanced consumer experience. “Everything we do is client-centric, and uniting our technologies seemed the natural next step in ensuring our mutual clients could access both Perfect Portal and Redbrick Solutions seamlessly. […]
Your views wanted on cyber loss insurance clause
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) are calling for professionals in the legal sector to give their feedback on a clause which covers for cyber losses explicit in the minimum terms and conditions (MTC) of professional indemnity insurance (PII) policies. On the SRA’s website it states: We are consulting on a proposal to make a change […]
British Conveyancing Awards Sponsor Spotlight: ntitle
In a series of Spotlight pieces, we are thrilled to introduce our supporters of The British Conveyancing Awards 2021 Alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker, we look forward to recognising individuals, teams and companies who have gone above and beyond to support buyers and sellers to move home during the most challenging year the conveyancing industry has perhaps […]
British Conveyancing Awards Sponsor Spotlight: Legal Bricks
In a series of Spotlight pieces, we are thrilled to introduce our supporters of The British Conveyancing Awards 2021 Alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker, we look forward to recognising individuals, teams and companies who have gone above and beyond to support buyers and sellers to move home during the most challenging year the conveyancing industry has perhaps […]
British Conveyancing Awards Sponsor Spotlight: inCase
In a series of Spotlight pieces, we are thrilled to introduce our supporters of The British Conveyancing Awards 2021 Alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker, we look forward to recognising individuals, teams and companies who have gone above and beyond to support buyers and sellers to move home during the most challenging year the conveyancing industry has perhaps […]
