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We recently helped out Meadows Ryan solicitors in Weybridge with a case where an estate was locked because the IHT liability couldn’t be paid and professional fees were racking up.

Dye & Durham has further strengthened their commitment to improving the way property and conveyancing risk is reported on, by consolidating the expertise and experience at Terrafirma, Lawyer Checker and Future Climate Info (FCI) into one central Insight & Data team.

In the last 10 years technology as a whole has accelerated at a rapid pace, meaning the user ultimately has more control of what they want to achieve and more means in doing so. Likewise, legal technology has advanced enormously in this time, and law firms now have a wide variety of choice when it comes to their legal practice management software.

Local Land Charges teams at ten local authorities have been recognised at the annual Land Data Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence which took place virtually on 8 & 9 March 2022. 

Bold Legal Group (BLG), the membership organisation for the conveyancing community has announced that it will launch its inaugural summer conference on Tuesday 28th June, at Regent’s Conferences & Events, London. The event has been launched with a view to bringing the conveyancing community together to foster collaboration and share knowledge and ideas from sector leaders.

Today, LexisNexis® Legal & Professional, a leading global provider of legal information and analytics, has announced the official launch of Lexis+ UK. This feature-rich tech solution gives legal professionals access to advanced research, technology-aided insights and practical guidance, all in one easy-to-use ecosystem.

In a sector under considerable strain – particularly due to the aftermath of COVID bringing a stark number of unexpected deaths and unorganised estate affairs – none of those scenarios sound ideal for yourself, for the client in question or for those that get brought into the process. So, what’s the alternative?

February saw several data breaches nationally, many of which were human errors. It is notable that two of the February breaches were in the healthcare sector, with one significant matter concerning sensitive medical details that were mistakenly shared.

Better legal arguments—better ideas—come to mind when you have the space to think. Here’s how to apply the data, setting the stage for your best legal work.

The Health Secretary, Sajid Javid, has confirmed the government is under consultation to U-turn mandatory vaccines for NHS Health and Social Care workers. Javid was faced with mounting pressure to halt the mandate for health workers in England to be double vaccinated by 1 April 2022, with the first jab required no later than Thursday 4 February 2022.