associate news

Landmark Information has today announced the publication of the second edition of its Data Insights Report for property and land professionals, which this time delves into the history and origin of land contamination across England and Wales.

With the deadline announced and a clear path to further the digitalisation of the conveyancing process, firms should be on top of the key challenges they need to overcome during the transition.

During the height of the pandemic in 2020, organisations intuitively weathered the uncertainty, breaking free from traditional approaches to business operation, including for business development and marketing. 2021 brought on newer challenges such as labour shortages, the Great Resignation, supply chain issues, and inflationary trends.

Land Data has opened its 2022 Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence and is asking conveyancers to nominate and provide feedback on the local authority Local Land Charges team that has delivered a consistently high level of customer service throughout the past year.

tmgroup have welcomed the announcement of HM Land Registry’s plans for AP1 submission to go fully digital from November 2022. The announcement heralds a significant moment in industry history, as the first time the agency has made a digital channel mandatory.

As part of our continued growth, we’ve welcomed four new colleagues to the Tower Street Finance team over the last month and this week we’re excited to announce another two have joined us to complete our 2021 team. Dan Holland is the new addition to our business development team and Ben Ivory will be strengthening our underwriting operation.

The College of Legal Practice is delighted to announce that it has successfully been awarded New Degree Awarding Powers (NDAPs) by the Office for Students (OfS).

Whilst human error is the cause of 95% of cyber-attacks / data breaches, we all need to recognise that well-informed, well-trained staff are a law firm’s best line of defence against cybercrime. There are so many horror stories increasingly doing the rounds, that it is understandable that staff are terrified of doing something wrong and causing catastrophic consequences for their employers.

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) and conveyancing case management systems expert Redbrick Solutions have become the latest leading organisations to back the Conveyancing Foundation, the not-for-profit organisation serving the conveyancing, legal and property industries. 

The changes to IHT excepted estates rules are vastly approaching and will see the simplification of the administrative burden placed on most estates going through probate or confirmation.   Below, we detail 5 key things you need to know about the changes and explain what they are, what they mean for those administering an estate and how Exizent can help legal service firms continue to show value to clients amidst the changes.