associate news

A brilliant event and glittering evening that saw the industry come together after what has been a very uncertain and pressured two years for all.  To be announced as the winner of the Legal Supplier of the Year is truly an honour and testament to our commitment to the conveyancing industry. 

As the legal market continues to change, solicitors’ mergers and acquisitions are becoming more and more common. Consolidation within the legal market over the past few years has meant that larger firms are taking a greater share of the legal market, providing them with more power to compete.

We’re still expanding the business for growth and have a new role – head of broker – which Nicholas Partington has just been appointed to. He comes from a background in financial services So it was a very natural move for him when he left education to move into this area of work.

Miller, the leading independent specialist (re)insurance broker, is pleased to announce the launch of its online Private Clients platform, providing digital solutions for clients in the high-net-worth space.

LEAP, the largest independent provider of software to law firms worldwide, has written a white paper on implementing a technology strategy for building a sustainable crime legal aid practice. This follows the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) review, published in December 2021, considering the future and long-term sustainability of the criminal legal aid system. The white paper is written in anticipation of the government publishing its response by the end of March 2022.

InfoTrack have announced the launch of a new fully branded, Safe Harbour-compliant digital onboarding app for law firms. From Thursday 17 March, InfoTrack will offer every law firm access to their own completely branded, state-of-the-art digital onboarding tools, available both via an app and web.

Jan Boothroyd, former Chief Executive of Land Data has today been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Land Data Local Land Charge Awards for Excellence 2022.  

There are a substantial number of commercial lawyers able to offer their clients funding options including ATE insurance, but still many who do not. So what does a lawyer have to do to remain compliant when having these discussions?

From November 2022, HMRC will no longer accept scanned or PDF copies of AP1s for changes to existing titles using the HM Land Registry portal. This means you won’t be able to prepare an AP1 by populating a Word document, converting it to PDF and then uploading it to the portal.

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.