
Landmark Legal co-founds Conveyancing Information Executive
Landmark Legal, the property, land and environmental data specialist, has today announced its role as one of the founding members of a brand new trade body for the property search industry; The Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE).

A healthy work/life balance for fee earners
A healthy work/life balance is different from person to person. Whilst work is an important aspect of life for many – it puts a roof over our heads, provides a sense of purpose and feeds our ambitions – it is worth remembering that work is only one ‘part’ of a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

Moneypenny launches live chat visualiser tool
The UK’s leading outsourced communications provider to the legal sector, Moneypenny, has launched an interactive online tool to help firms visualise how a live chat service would look on their website.

Best Companies Day celebrations
This Friday 28th February is annual Best Companies Day. As a Best Companies-accredited business, it’s the perfect excuse to host a celebration as a way of showing our appreciation to everyone at Quill. After all, our brilliant employees are what make Quill 1-star Best Companies standard.

Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for January
The start of the year saw a slight uplift in the property market as the backlog of transactions that were put on hold at the end of 2019 start to be unleashed given the improved political climate at the very end of last year.

PracticeEvolve strengthens its position in the UK market with the acquisition of Linetime
PracticeEvolve, a comprehensive legal practice management solution servicing mid-tier firms, today announced the acquisition of Linetime legal software, a key player servicing top-tier firms, in a strategic move to expand market penetration in the UK legal market.

Will HS2 have the ‘Crossrail effect’ for property prices near stations?
It’s likely there will be some kind of uplift for properties in the vicinity of HS2 hubs and stations. However I would think it unlikely that the effect would be so pronounced as the 30-60% uplift reported around Crossrail stations, given that Crossrail is opening up easy commuting in the very heated London property market.

ICO Guidance Review: Fines and lessons learned
On 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced in the UK amid widespread concerns over the significant fining powers that would now be available to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).








