After analysing thousands of AP1 requisitions, InfoTrack’s CTO Rich Hill, discovered something surprising: the requisitions slowing conveyancers down aren’t exotic edge cases. The post Hold on tightly, let go lightly:…
Landmark Information Group’s latest report, ‘An industry aligned: Moving towards certainty’, reveals that property transactions are taking longer with instruction-to-completion times averaging 123 days (17.6 weeks). The post Property transactions…
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Super swish Linklaters has unveiled its new London headquarters at 20 Ropemaker Street, just one street away from its current base on Silk Street. The new 27-storey City development will…
The amount of money spent by the Solicitors Regulation Authority on investigations and enforcement has spiralled by 61% over six years, new figures have shown. The post Cost of SRA…
An in-house lawyer who said he lied on a number of CVs to create “a persona that he thought was required for a role in private practice” has been struck…
A law firm run by an ex-Law Society president has been fined £68,000 for anti-money laundering failures, including allowing $23m to pass through its client account with no underlying legal…
Private equity-backed HF has acquired most of the assets of the alternative business structure owned by global insurance services firm Crawford & Company. The post PE-backed law firm takes over…
Ross Macgregor defends new business venture A former City lawyer has left the cut and thrust of corporate law to market interview coaching to students at £300 per session. The…
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Legal rookies appear to have entered Jeffrey Epstein’s orbit One of the more unexpected revelations in the latest tranche of the so-called ‘Epstein files’ released in recent days is that…
As technology advances at pace, Lord Reed tells Legal Cheek that the profession has a greater duty than ever to uphold trust in the legal system AI is a “public…
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Regional firms reported the largest revenue growth this year (12%), outpacing their City counterparts. Yet many are not converting that growth into profitability. The post The importance of benchmarking reports…