Metamorph vows to buy 60 high street firms (LSG)
A new consolidator has vowed to acquire 60 high street law firms within five years, bringing ‘innovation to a moribund market’.
“Veyo will fail”, predicts CEO of UK’s biggest conveyancer (LF)
The chief executive of Britain’s biggest conveyancing firm, myhomemove, has predicted that Veyo, the online portal launched by the Law Society and Mastek, “will fail”.
E-conveyancing portal to begin rollout today (LSG)
Electronic conveyancing portal Veyo will today begin its rollout across England and Wales, the project, a joint venture between the Law Society and IT services firm Mastek (UK) Ltd, has […]
Veyo gets off the ground with 80 firms (LF)
Veyo, the online conveyancing portal developed by the Law Society and IT giant Mastek, went live today with around 80 law firms taking part in the first phase.
We Need to do More to Protect Our Clients Money (IC)
The recent report of a significant loss suffered by a client following the interception of an email by a gang of fraudsters has sparked a debate about the suitability or […]
Judge castigates “by far the worst solicitor witness I have ever seen” (LF)
A judge has launched an extraordinary attack on “by far the worst solicitor witness I have ever seen giving evidence in the witness box”.
Over a quarter of sales falling through – claim (EAT)
More than one in four house sales in the first quarter of 2015 failed to complete according to a quick sale company.
Search Acumen on track to double its conveyancing search market share (LF)
Search Acumen is on track to double its share of the conveyancing search market and hit its 5% target by its second anniversary.
Hoowla Strengthening Their Links With LR (IC)
Hoowla announces the launch of OC2 in their continued integration with Land Registry Business Gateway. Clients can now request Official Copies of Documents from within Hoowla’s conveyancing case management software.
Lack of clarity on fees causes one in four complaints, major LeO survey finds (LF)
More than a quarter (26%) of complaints to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) are triggered by lack of clarity on fees, a major internal survey has found.
Gove sworn in as lord chancellor (LSG)
Justice secretary Michael Gove was sworn in as lord chancellor at the Royal Courts of Justice, where he took oath to uphold judicial independence, access to justice and the rule […]
Conveyancing Association names Lloyd Davies Director of Operations (TC)
The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced the appointment of Lloyd Davies, Managing Director of Convey Law and long-standing member of the CA Management Committee, as its Director of Operations.