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Appears to be fright night for estate agents in the UK today
The provisional seasonally adjusted estimate of the number of UK residential transactions in September 2023 is 85,610, 17% lower than September 2022 and 1% lower than August 2023
Cyber crime: Access Legal offers protection, support and reassurance to firms at risk
Legal software provider Access Legal has launched an ‘Ultimate Cyber Security Guide’ on how law firms and their employees can analyse the risks.
Exciting new additions to Digital Conveyancing Summit agenda released
The newest additions to the Digital Conveyancing Summit agenda have been released, with carefully curated sessions exploring the most pressing topics and challenges in conveyancing.
Human rights work highlighted as Hudgell Solicitors named in Times Best 250 Law Firms list for fourth successive year
Hull-based Hudgell Solicitors has once again been included in The Times ‘Best 250 Law Firms’ in England and Wales list – this year highlighting its human rights work as the firm secured its fourth successive inclusion.
From guesswork to precision: Transform your law firm’s resource management strategy
Law firm Legal work allocation and resource management strategies are evolving, with data-driven analytics replacing traditional guesswork and intuition.
Flexible solutions for difficult cases
One of the key differentiators on which ARAG has built its success in the UK is the company’s flexibility around products and underwriting.
Why enterprise law firms need custom workflows
A legal workflow is a series of standardised tasks and actions designed to navigate processes within a legal matter. Workflows exist to replace mundane, resource-draining administrative duties.
Adapting for justice
Among the characteristics that we prize most highly, ARAG has always striven to be flexible. But our adaptability is more than just a USP.
Your local land charges team needs your vote!
Land Data has opened its 2024 Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence and is asking conveyancers to nominate local authority Local Land Charges teams in England and Wales that have delivered a consistently high level of customer service over the past year.
Getting redundancies right
The findings from our Global Insolvency Outlook show that most countries are seeing a sharp acceleration of business insolvencies in 2023, with little sign of recovery until 2025.
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Forms are evolving – and more interesting than you might think
I have spent much of my working life thinking about something most people would probably prefer not to think about at all: legal forms.
The questions that determine if the SRA’s client money reforms will work
Both reforms respond to real and well-evidenced gaps in the current framework. The SRA’s changes after consultation feedback shows it’s listening. But structural change on paper is only half the job.
The new metrics for success in conveyancing
While technology has made much of the conveyancing process faster, there remains a practical limit to how many matters anyone can manage while still keeping standards intact.
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