Updated conveyancing guidance during coronavirus (January 2021)
The Law Society has updated our guidance as the pandemic and the ongoing restrictions continue to cause uncertainty, not only for buyers and sellers but also for conveyancers.
Help the SRA pilot quality indicators in conveyancing
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is looking to recruit law firms to help shape its ideas on quality indicators in conveyancing.
New requirements for verifying digital IDs in conveyancing
HM Land Registry has unveiled a new set of requirements to encourage digital identity checks in the conveyancing process.
Lockdown: Law firm offices allowed to open and clients can visit
The Law Society has met with various government departments and secured agreement that law firm offices can remain open during the new national lockdown in England.
Features and opinion
Tuning the pipeline
John Humpherson and Barry Wilkinson look at how to use pipeline management at different stages of your conveyancing process, to assess and improve everything from cashflow to time-recording
Racial diversity
Francine Blanc looks at the problem of racism and a lack of diversity in the legal sector, including property law, and offers some ideas for what firms can do to improve racial diversity
Riding out the storm
Steven Petty explains how his specialist commercial property firm has weathered the COVID-19 storm – and why the firm has continued to award bonuses and recruit new staff
Pick a side
Lorraine Richardson provides a reminder of conflicts of interest in conveyancing, focusing on a key area where risk can arise: acting for both the buyer and seller in a transaction
On the money
Alison Matthews outlines the changes made by the Fifth Money Laundering Directive, and what fee-earners and firms need to do now to ensure compliance
Quality time
Peter Rodd looks at the plans for the Conveyancing Quality Scheme, the effect of coronavirus, and what scheme member firms should be focusing on now
