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Whether it’s the vaccination programme, the improving health statistics or just the fact that it’s now British Summer Time, there certainly seems to be a bit more of a spring in everyone’s step.

The latest tm:tv session on ‘Property Transactions and Data’ brought together a panel of experts from across the industry to discuss how data could be better utilised across the chain to make a real difference to the home buying and selling process, both now and in the future.

LexisNexis Enterprise Solutions today announced that Simply Conveyancing, ranked among the UK’s top property law and conveyancing firms, is live on legal workflow and case management solution, Lexis® Visualfiles™.

On 8th July 2020, when the Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the implementation of the Stamp Duty Holiday with immediate effect, estate agents, lenders, buyers, and sellers could exhale with a large sigh of relief.

I grew up in Greece, completed the International Baccalaureate (IB) during the final two years of high school and moved to Bristol when I was 18 to start my LLB. Given that I always had an inclination to more practical subjects such as Maths, Physics, Economics, these were courses I chose while doing the IB together with subjects such as History and English which were compulsory for admission to a LLB at Bristol University.

The spring 2021 edition of Entitlement, Title Research’s news digest, is now available for legal professionals to download completely free of charge. Entitlement is a digital magazine produced by genealogy and asset repatriation specialists, Title Research. It features informative and insightful articles, all written by experts in the legal industry.

A rise in the use of virtual mediation during lockdown has seen another avenue open-up for families to settle their disputes over the Wills and estates left by loved ones.

This Spring, law firms across the UK have been preparing for the imminent challenges of a safe return to office life. As more law practices begin to welcome back their hibernating staff, it is becoming clear that finding the middle ground – where practicality and caution can coexist – requires not a compass but a set of scales.

With all the publicity around the ‘stamp duty holiday’ extension and the debate around whether the tapered rates will only create a new cliff edge in Autumn, it might be possible to lose sight of another significant SDLT change coming into effect, as Joanna King, Product Manager at tmgroup explains.

There’s a really easy way for you to keep up to date with the latest compliance news each month and all it will cost you is half an hour of your lunch break. The first Thursday of each Month, Access Legal’s Regulatory Director, Brian Rogers, holds a Compliance Update Webinar taking you through all of the latest changes in the legal regulatory landscape, picking out the details that you need to know and analysing how these changes will affect you.