Updates – Page 4

  • Wayne Johnson
    Feature

    You should know better

    2018-12-05T10:27:00Z

    Wayne Johnson explains how elements of the know-your-client process could be automated to reduce costs, increase productivity, free up human experts to apply their experience and judgement, and protect firms against money laundering

  • Russell Hewitson
    Feature

    Support system

    2018-12-05T10:21:00Z

    Russell Hewitson, chair of the Conveyancing and Land Law Committee, provides an update on the committee’s work representing and supporting the profession, including around leasehold, fraud and the electronic execution of documents

  • man typing on computer 390x234
    News

    SRA releases new guidance on price transparency

    2018-10-04T10:50:00Z

    Law firms will have to publish details of their employees’ experience and the time work is likely to take – as well as their prices – when new transparency rules come into force in December. 

  • Michael Garson
    News

    PII proposals and increased risk in modern conveyancing

    2018-08-15T09:47:00Z

    Michael Garson outlines the importance of risk management for conveyancing firms, now that the Solicitors Regulation Authority has proposed its changes to professional indemnity insurance

  • Magnifying Glass image
    News

    Law Society publishes new briefing on SRA transparency rules

    2018-07-23T15:53:00Z

    The new briefing will help you get a better understanding of what the changes were, why they were announced, and initial points to consider for risk and compliance within your practice.

  • Freelance working with laptop and coffee
    News

    SRA gives green light to freelance solicitors

    2018-06-19T16:26:00Z

    Last week, the SRA announced a series of decisions on the outcome of its Handbook reforms. Marzena Lipman, policy adviser at the Law Society, gives an overview of the changes.  

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    News

    Firms’ websites must show prices, SRA announces

    2018-06-19T08:11:00Z

    Under new proposals confirmed by the SRA, law firms will now be required to publish the prices they charge. This will cover conveyancing, probate, motoring offences, immigration advice and the cost of bringing claims before an employment tribunal.

  • risk
    Analysis

    Who pays for a property fraud? Determining liability post P&P and Dreamvar

    2018-06-12T11:52:00Z

    Jennifer Meech outlines the facts of the recent high profile Dreamvar and P&P appeals

  • Park homes
    News

    How to assist with pre-owned park home sales in six steps

    2018-06-08T12:07:00Z

    Park homes are not equivalent to bricks and mortar, and the procedure for buying and selling one is not subject to the usual conveyancing protocols. Rawdon Crozier and Ibraheem Dulmeer set out the six steps you need to follow.

  • Blockchain technology
    News

    Blockchain revolution?

    2018-06-08T11:14:00Z

    Blockchain has been branded as the future of just about everything and is soon expected to infiltrate all aspects of our lives, from banking to tax returns and voting. But what is it, and how can it be used in property transactions?

  • Graham Murphy
    Feature

    Plenty of phish

    2018-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Despite a growing awareness of cybercrime, cyber-attacks show no sign of abating. Legal businesses are at particular risk because of the volume of data and money they hold. Graham Murphy looks at how DMARC email authentication can help

  • Warren Gordon
    Feature

    Sign of the times

    2017-06-09T09:33:00Z

    Warren Gordon looks at new Land Registry proposals to roll out the use of electronic signatures for registrable documents, and the potential implications for security and fraud in conveyancing transactions

  • man stealing building
    Feature

    Fighting words

    2017-06-09T09:28:00Z

    The ripples are still being felt from the recent cases of Purrunsing, P&P and Dreamvar. How are law firms responding, especially in the current limbo before the P&P and Dreamvar appeals? Maria Shahid investigates

  • Alex Ktorides
    Feature

    Direct hit

    2017-06-09T09:22:00Z

    The fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive will be transposed into law in England and Wales on 26 June. But, Alex Ktorides cautions, property practitioners may still not be aware of the potentially significant effect of the directive on their work

  • homeless
    News

    The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 - catching mammoths with straw nets?

    2017-05-31T13:33:00Z

    Daniel Fitzpatrick, partner at Hodge Jones & Allen, discusses the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. 

  • mortgage fraud scrabble letters
    Feature

    Mortgage fraud: spotting the warning signs

    2017-05-11T09:27:00Z

    Peter Rodd has been leading our series of fraud and cybersecurity seminars taking place until the end of June. Here, he shares a real-life example of mortgage fraud and the warning signs that the conveyancer failed to spot.