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The route to qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales has changed. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has introduced the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) which will eventually replace the current Legal Practice Course (LPC).

Whatever your commercial property transaction may be, don’t sign on the dotted line without carrying out an official Commercial Drainage and Water Enquiry first (rebranded as the CON29DW Commercial).

Tower Street Finance has partnered with Executor Solutions to offer its clients a simple, risk-free way to fund the administration of estates. Following the launch of its Estate Expense Funding, Tower Street Finance was able to adapt the product to be specific to the needs of Executor Solution’s clients.

Law firms are becoming increasingly frustrated with how long they have to wait for the information they need to complete probate, according to the latest research from digital probate platform Exizent.

The rise of Covid-19 and the subsequent global pandemic in 2020 changed so much for so many. We are now in the second year of the pandemic and still trying to adjust to our new reality. But with the relaxation of rules and the rollout of the vaccination programme in the UK, there is a move towards rebuilding and recovery.

A survey of over 200 senior leaders in US and UK corporates and 100 law firms found Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) priorities are clearly more important now than 12-months ago, yet only 11% of corporates suggested that it is due to having targets in place to improve ESG performance.

Landmark Information Group, the leading provider of information to the UK property market, has today announced the launch of a new Property Trends Report for Scotland, which provides cross-market trend analysis for the residential property market pipeline in Scotland – spanning account transaction movements from estate agency to legal conveyancing sectors.

On the 13 October, the shortlists for all 17 categories of the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards 2021 were announced. These prestigious awards, launched in 2016, have become an annual highlight of the conveyancing calendar, with firms and service providers from across the industry competing for the accolade.

The legal sector has made it through the pandemic, due to law firms applying a mixture of cost-cutting measures and staff going above and beyond to meet client expectations. Week in and week out, for over eighteen months. People have been raising issues of stress, wellbeing and mental health in the legal sector for years now. And recently LexisNexis Bellwether report, found 38% of lawyers saying they would not go into law if they were starting over.

Working through overseas probate is never easy nor straightforward due to differing laws and regulations between countries. As a result, unforeseen challenges frequently occur when working on overseas probate cases, making the process strenuous and time-consuming.