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The security that underpins Checkboard’s onboarding
Onboarding with confidence isn’t just about identifying criminal risk among your clients, it’s also about ensuring the very system you use to onboard these individuals is secure and reliable.
In-house team cuts contract review time by 60% after AI pilot in Microsoft Word
A UK in-house legal team has cut contract review time by 60% after piloting an AI-assisted drafting and review tool embedded directly in Microsoft Word.
Two decades of growth: How Slade Legal scaled with Osprey Approach
From high street roots to multi-branch success, Slade Legal’s journey with Osprey Approach shows the value of adaptable legal technology.
InfoTrack launches Linked Enquiries to transform conveyancing collaboration
InfoTrack UK has today announced the launch of Linked Enquiries, a major enhancement to its Enquiries solution that transforms how law firms collaborate on pre-contract enquiries.
Brabners delivers fourth consecutive year of dealmaking growth
Brabners’ corporate team has delivered a 16% jump in deal making activity in the past year, as the gross total value of deals that the firm advised on surpassed £900 million.
Document Direct findings show how one decision can unlock £75k in revenue
For many legal professionals, document production, transcription and administrative work quietly consume hours that could be better spent on client relationships, or business development.
Ask iManage delivers an AI-powered search experience with trusted answers across firm knowledge
iManage has announced new capabilities for Ask iManage, its native AI assistant, that enables users to ask natural-language questions across the iManage Work platform.
Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s property transaction data for December 2025
“December’s figures show a market holding the line against the usual seasonal slowdown.”
Hold on tightly, let go lightly: Inside the mind of InfoTrack’s CTO
After analysing thousands of AP1 requisitions, InfoTrack’s CTO Rich Hill, discovered something surprising: the requisitions slowing conveyancers down aren’t exotic edge cases.
Property transactions spike at 123 days driving industry to seek greater certainty
Landmark Information Group’s latest report, ‘An industry aligned: Moving towards certainty’, reveals that property transactions are taking longer with instruction-to-completion times averaging 123 days (17.6 weeks).
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The new metrics for success in conveyancing
While technology has made much of the conveyancing process faster, there remains a practical limit to how many matters anyone can manage while still keeping standards intact.
The UK legal market is polarising – and the middle is disappearing
Consolidation and the boutique boom are not contradictory. They are the same market stretching apart at both ends – and it changes what your firm is worth, and to whom.
Conveyancing’s consistency problem is about pressure, not skills
When I qualified, a conveyancer had perhaps 10 or 12 plates to keep spinning. Today’s conveyancers have 20 or 30, and almost none of the room for error I had starting out.
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