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It is not always possible to know when your client has passed away which raises the risk that the Will that you hold for them may be overlooked and their estate distributed incorrectly. In the below case study, Louise Salisbury, Partner at AST Hampsons explains how a Certainty Will Search helped notify the firm that their client had passed away and subsequently prevented their estate being distributed as an intestacy and the firm winning the probate work.

Residents on a new-build housing estate in Bradford have been told that their homes are currently worth nothing – as a result of planning and building failures. Penny Andrews, Operations and Compliance Director at Future Climate Info, explains why and the importance to conveyancers of acting on a Further Action result in an environmental search.

Over the course of 2020, those working in residential conveyancing have had a rollercoaster ride of epic proportions. With the effective closing down of the residential property market in the first lockdown, followed by the unprecedented high levels of demand created by the lifting of restrictions, and indeed by the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday.  The deadline for the SDLT holiday is currently set at March 2021.  In conveyancing terms, the deadline is now looming!

SearchFlow, the UK’s leading property search provider in residential and commercial markets, today responds to the latest House Price Index from the Office of National Statistics, which shows a rise of 4.7% in the year to September 2020, with average prices now standing at £245,000, a rise of £11,000 since September 2019.

As of 2 November 2020, new rules came into force that mandate the use of MyHMCTS for most Grant of Probate applications. Paper applications will no longer be accepted as of 30 November 2020

Gone are the days where prospective clients would search through the Yellow Pages for a solicitor, or seek one out on the local high street. Now, especially with the lockdown, people are more likely to do a Google search on their phone during the ad break of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here

New assessment tools, Strategic Data subscription and real-world business development advice enable law and professional services firms to advance business development maturity

Terrafirma’s assessment of risk from coastal hazards in property transactions has won a prestigious award at the virtual 2021 Mortgage Finance Gazette (MFG) Awards.

iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced iManage Knowledge Unlocked, powered by RAVN was named winner of the “Knowledge Management Platform of the Year” award in the LegalTech Breakthrough Awards conducted by Tech Breakthrough, a leading independent market intelligence organisation that recognises the top companies for their groundbreaking technologies and products in highly competitive, global technology sectors.

Tikit, an Advanced company, today announced that its software, Partner for Windows (P4W), has been selected by Bristol-based law firm, Watkins Solicitors.