
The Beginning Of The End – Commercial Property Searches Are Changing Forever
It’s the beginning of the end for searches as we know them in the commercial property market. And that’s a very good thing.

When Time Forgets, Good Advice Prevails
Most Certainty Will searches are undertaken to prove the last Will, confirm an estate is intestate or by a third party who believes the last Will is being suppressed to benefit the would be beneficiaries. Below is not a typical case but not unusual either. It involves a recently bereaved and grieving widow who was unaware of the whereabouts of her late husband’s Will. In this particular case the solicitor dealing with the matter advised their client to carry out a Certainty Will Search and was duly instructed to carry out the search on their behalf. Within a short period of time the Certainty Will Search located the Will allowing the estate to be distributed correctly.

How UK lawyers are walking the talk on Eurozone trade deals
As the Government’s attempts to open Eurozone trade negotiations continue to stall, they may like to take tips from some of the country’s lawyers, who have been engaging in some unusual trade talks with their European counterparts.

5 ways law firms can save wasted time and increase chargeable hours
Sometimes it just takes a simple idea to improve productivity, such as better reporting to increase visibility. But how do you go about achieving this? Here’s Concert Network’s top 5 tips…

Deadline looming for licensed conveyancers to implement anti-fraud measures
Licensed conveyancers have until Wednesday 1 November to implement mandatory anti-fraud measures, says their regulator the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC).

True Cloud versus Fake Cloud
LEAP legal software has published a white paper, True Cloud versus Hosted Cloud, providing a useful insight into what constitutes True Cloud and how it differs from other cloud-based services, such as Hosted Cloud, that are not of the same technical standard.

‘Understand the ground’ takes centre stage as mortgages refused
Terrafirma, one of tmgroup’s environmental search providers, has today rebranded and launched a new website supported by a new strapline -‘understand the ground’.

Finders to Host Second Deputyship Day for Solicitors and Councils
Finders International is pleased to announce that it will be hosting its second free Deputyship Development Day next month – a free event that brings together the private and public sectors to their mutual benefit.








