Legal accounts rules: your responsibilities and how to comply
Where duty of care is concerned, protection of client monies is one of the highest priorities for law firms. As well as financial security being an obvious responsibility, it’s a vital regulatory obligation too.
SearchFlow launches free AML Risk Assessment Best Practice guidance
SearchFlow – the UK’s leading provider of conveyancing search solutions and legal reports – has launched a free best practice guide and on-demand webinar for property lawyers and conveyancers, which focuses on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Risk Assessments.
Finding a 40-Year-Old Will and doing everything to distribute the estate safely
It is not often that Wills made over forty years ago are valid but it is not impossible either. The below case study demonstrates how a Certainty Will Search was able to locate a Will made in 1975 which could otherwise never have been discovered.
The rise of fake ID documents
It is estimated that property fraud has cost the UK Land Registry more than £73million over the past 18 years, with an average pay-out to a victim costing upwards of £100,000.
What is a Medallion Signature Guarantee and why might you need one?
When administering an estate with shares traded on the US or Canadian Stock Exchanges, you’ll likely need a Medallion Signature Guarantee before the shares can be transferred or sold.
Building damage, fire and land contamination: Our capital’s painful legacy
We are used to hearing about London labouring under current high air pollution levels, but our capital’s soil bears a poisonous legacy a combination of Blitz bombing and pockets of damage from fire affected buildings and derelict sites. These provide an important example of how commercial property lawyers need to be vigilant about past use and incidents on affected land that could be prepared for redevelopment.
Environmental risk context for lenders and purchasers
This case study provides an interesting example highlighting how timely and pragmatic Groundsure advice can help our customers achieve a substantially better outcome.
What do new lawyers need to succeed?
Getting ahead in the legal sector can be challenging. As the graph above shows, more and more solicitors enter the profession each year. With greater competition than ever before and technology creating a broader range of career paths for ambitious young graduates it can be hard to get ahead.
