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New data strengthens case for homebuying reform as resilient property market remains restrained
Landmark Information Group’s Q2 2026 Residential Property Trends Report suggests underlying market resilience remains, although affordability pressures and wider uncertainty driven by geopolitical instability continue to influence the pace of home moving activity.
BlueCrest Supreme Court judgment — what LLPs need to know about the salaried member rules
The Court dismissed BlueCrest’s appeal and endorsed a relatively narrow interpretation of the ‘significant influence’ test in Condition B.
FCA takes over the SRA’s anti-money laundering role
In October 2025, the UK government confirmed a major overhaul of the anti‑money laundering (AML) and counter‑terrorist financing (CTF) supervisory landscape.
21 AI stats all private practice lawyers need to know
AI is disrupting business as usual for legal professionals. It’s challenging traditional workflows, changing client expectations, and providing new business opportunities for firms
From hype to results: Real productivity gains with Microsoft 365 Copilot
After a year of intense discussion across the legal sector, Generative AI has moved far beyond the hype cycle. The question for most UK law firms is no longer ‘Is this real?’ but rather ‘Where are firms actually seeing value – and how quickly can we achieve the same?’
One in five UK managers have no training on sexual harassment, despite being the first people employees turn to
New data shows most businesses remain unprepared as a tougher standard arrives on 1 October, with gaps in risk assessment, training and manager readiness
Kord secures £6.4m to combat AI-driven fraud and process payments in regulated industries
The platform provides the infrastructure to manage the full lifecycle of a transaction, preventing delays for estate agents & letting agents, law firms & conveyancers, and financial services companies.
Legal firm recovers £3.3 million of lost Bitcoin, making client overnight millionaire
A British man has become an overnight multi-millionaire after cryptocurrency he ‘lost’ for more than a decade was recovered – with scores of UK investors also set to finally cash-in.
BigHand report finds client attrition rising across 95% of law firms, with service delivery concerns the top driver
New report finds law firms are adopting AI across support services without the role clarity and workflow visibility needed to protect client service.
Search Acumen launches dedicated SDLT submission process for commercial property
Search Acumen has extended the capability of its Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) submissions solution, creating a dedicated commercial real estate offering, with direct submissions to HMRC for greater efficiency.
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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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