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Search Acumen’s analysis reveals that the conveyancing market across England and Wales registered a record 306,237 completed transactions between October and December last year.

As we approach the pandemic’s second anniversary it’s fair to say that the world is a different place to when Covid-19 struck back in March 2020. For the vast majority of property professionals, the virus has been a catalyst for change, heralding the widespread digitalisation of many of the industry’s working practices.

Whilst vaccination remains the first line of defence against COVID-19 as the Prime Minister sets out the Government’s plans to live with and manage the virus.

iManage, the company dedicated to Making Knowledge WorkTM, today announced that Carey — ranked by Chambers and Partners as the Chilean law firm of the year eight separate times, including in 2021 — has selected iManage Cloud as the comprehensive platform for document and email management and secure collaboration across the organisation. As an iManage customer for almost two decades, Carey saw the move to iManage Cloud as a way to reduce the complexity of managing IT in-house alongside modernising its user experience by leveraging iManage Work 10.

Last month, we conducted a survey among legal professionals to understand their experience of working life pre- and post-pandemic, and the impact on their mental health, wellbeing and day-to-day processes and practices.

For commercial disputes there is a perception that litigation insurance is only for claimants – and not for insuring defendants. Here at Temple, whilst the vast majority of our insured are claimants we are only occasionally asked about insuring defendants. In this article we get under the skin of why that perception exists with commercial litigators.

Last year’s iconic anthem, ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ by Gerry & The Pacemakers, was the number one choice for funeral music. The song, which reappeared in the charts thanks to being covered by Michael Ball, Sir Captain Tom Moore and the NHS Voices of Care Choir to raise money for NHS charities, was played at an estimated 9,500 funerals, according to data gathered by the Co-op Funeralcare directors.

Tower Street Finance is continuing to expand its team with two more new hires. As the company scales up the business development team has expanded, so David Crooke has been recruited to head up the team. In addition Jordan Jonas has been appointed to the finance team.

This time last year The Law Society announced that a number of leading organisations in the conveyancing profession had agreed to work together, known as ‘The Conveyancing Task Force’ work together to agree and discuss the reform and improvement of the conveyancing process for the benefit of consumers and lawyers alike.

Landmark Information Group, the leading provider of information to the UK property market, has today announced the launch of Landmark Scotland to provide dedicated technology and data-driven product and service solutions for the Scottish property market.