Month: November 2021

This post was originally published on this siteI was almost exclusively paper-based before I started using Casedo. Papers would usually come in to chambers electronically, but they were routinely printed by our junior clerks, and put in lever-arched files for my use. I spent hours dragging these files after me, in wheely suitcases, on and […]

This post was originally published on this siteUK residential transactions in October 2021 were 28.2% lower than October 2020 and 52.0% lower than September 2021. Andy Sommerville, Director at Search Acumen said… The post Search Acumen comments on HMRC’s Monthly Property Transactions for October appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteA future where lawyers act for both sides of divorces as a matter of course and others exit regulation to offer a new kind of service has been sketched out by Resolution. The post Acting for both sides “may become the norm” in divorce work appeared first on […]

This post was originally published on this siteA solicitor whose misconduct has led to the SRA Compensation Fund paying out nearly £600,000 to his former conveyancing clients has been struck off. The post Compensation fund pays out £600,000 to clients of dishonest solicitor appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe law firm leading the new wave of firms balancing profit with social purpose has turned down “quite a lot” of potential clients for ethical reasons, its managing partner revealed last week. The post Leading firm vets clients for conflicts with social purpose appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe majority of conveyancers at the Simplify group are now “back up and running on core systems, and actively working on cases”, it announced yesterday. The post “We’re getting there,” says Simplify as client anger rages on appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThose of you looking for a lateral career shift will be encouraged by the UK government’s announcement in June that UK lawyers will be allowed to practise in Australia without having to requalify The post How to practise in Australia without re-qualifying appeared first on Legal Futures.