PI giant moves in to conveyancing (LSG)
Personal injury services provider NAHL, which operates the National Accident Helpline brand, has moved in to conveyancing with the £4.3m acquisition of Fitzalan Partners, a lead-generation business.
Report: look after ‘Generation Y’, or they’ll move on (LSG)
Lawyers are happier with their careers than the average worker, but the increasingly footloose young are posing a big retention problem for legal employers.
Joint research looks at innovation in the legal services market (SRA)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Legal Services Board (are continuing research into how law firms, and others providing legal services, are changing the way they operate.
Trainee numbers in 2014 – clarification
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is aware that information about trainee solicitor numbers, published as a result of information provided by the SRA in response to a Freedom of Information […]
OnTheMarket records million visits – and says it is targeting Rightmove (EAT)
New portal OnTheMarket says that it has recorded one million unique visits.
Leading Estate Agent Adopts New Conveyancing Panel Management Software (IC)
Dawsons estate agents have implemented the Hoowla Panel Management Software Solution to help save time generating quotes and improve reporting and feedback from solicitors.
National Accident Helpline moves into conveyancing (LF)
National Accident Helpline has today unveiled its move into the conveyancing market by spending £4.3m to buy a lead generation business specialising in the sector.
Veyo makes appointment to Board of Directors (TC)
Veyo announces the appointment of Jonathan Smithers as a non-executive member to the Board. Jonathan Smithers is vice-president of the Law Society and a Partner at CooperBurnett Solicitors in Tunbridge […]
Just how well do you really know your conveyancing clients? (LF)
The biggest trend, building on 2013, was that 87% of home movers did not choose the cheapest conveyancer.
Magna Carta 800th anniversary
The Law Society is a proud supporter of the Magna Carta 800th anniversary celebrations.
The truth about conveyancing (TM)
Bethany de Montjoie Rudolf CFILEx Soc Legal Services Consultant at De Montjoie Consulting Ltd tries to explain why conveyancing lawyers are not complete idiots.
It’s not what you’ve Scot, it’s what you haven’t Scot! (EAT)
Last Thursday I spent two hours in Dunfermline talking to Kyle Peddie, the CEO of Your Conveyancer, about the Scottish conveyancing process versus the conveyancing process in England and Wales.