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UK average house prices increased by 10.0% over the year to November 2021, up from 9.8% in October 2021. Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen, says: “November’s figures point to continued strong demand that is outstripping supply and pushing up prices. This demonstrates the scale of Covid-19’s impact on how and where people want to live.

The National Will Register today unveiled their new online platform for Will registration and Will Search services. Used by the legal profession, will writers, PI insurers, government agencies, charities, and the public, The National Will Register is the UK’s established and trusted provider of Will registration and Certainty Will Searches with over 9.4 million Will records in the system.

Following the COVID-19 health crisis and with it, the transition to hybrid working, the legal sector has been forced to re-evaluate how they conduct business. Law firms and barristers’ chambers alike must adapt to changing client demands, enabled by technology, to ensure longevity and success.

Leading outsourced communications provider, Moneypenny, has launched a world-first integration with Microsoft Teams to minimise interruptions for time-poor lawyers, improve clients’ call experience and support new hybrid-work behaviours.

The latest blog from Title Research discusses how the Wills Act 1837 has been amended to allow video witnessing and the potential risks to be aware of when Wills are witnessed online. Also, industry professionals share their opinions on virtual witnessing and the extension, with comments from…

With an ever-increasing demand for remote document signing and customer onboarding processes that can speed up completions and reduce the risk of identity fraud, the use of Electronic Signatures has become the norm for many law firms. 

According to John Espley, CEO of LEAP UK, this single source of truth (SSOT) is important, as it means your data and information sources are always up to date, relevant to business decisions and eliminates duplication of work and any version control issues.

Quill, the leading legal software and outsourced legal services provider, has announced a new offer that promises to give law firms ‘a month back in 2022’ if they book in a software demo before the end of February and then sign up as a new customer.

London Legal Support Trust (LLST), which supports free legal advice agencies in London and the South East, is delighted to announce the date for the biggest fundraising event in the legal calendar, the London Legal Walk. The charity is excited to have the event returning to its usual summer fixture on Tuesday 28 June.

In December, some of the most notable data breaches included Gumtree advertisers’ information being leaked via a simple security vulnerability, an NHS trust exposing the data of Covid vaccine trialists and Sainsbury’s being hit by a cyber-attack against their payroll provider Kronos.