The old saying about a week being a long time in politics is clearly relevant at the moment, so to look back over the last 18 months in terms of the home buying and selling process is somewhat problematic simply because there has been so much going on, with progress made across a large number […]

When the government published its paper, Improving the home buying and selling process, in April 2019, it made a clear request for technological improvements. The whole lifecycle, from estate agent listing to land registration faces modernisation, with technology led innovation such as digital signatures, ID verification and the adoption of e-conveyancing combined with a closer monitoring […]

How law firms can take ownership There have been multiple attempts to improve the home purchase process. Most have failed but there are, finally, signs of progress from the emergence of an array of ‘prop-tech’ start-ups through to some compelling proposals from the Home Buyers and Sellers Group.   Whilst encouraging, it will be hard to […]

In February 2019 The House of Commons released a briefing paper about Improving the Home buying and selling process across England. The paper identified the main concerns with our current home buying and selling process as: -Time taken to complete a transaction -Transactional failures  -Consumer inexperience -Lack of transparency -Weak regulation of Estate Agents -Lack of […]

Legal Support Network (LSN) is excited to be ending the year on a high! A record-breaking 610 legal professionals are registered for LSN’s last networking event of 2019 in London. Transforming the Anthologist on Monday 18 November, LSN’s prestigious event brings together the brightest legal business professionals for a free evening of fun, games and […]

Global law firm leverages AI-powered search to unlock knowledge and relationships across its 1,000 lawyers and 65 million documents to help streamline financial operations iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that Womble Bond Dickinson – a transatlantic law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers based in 27 UK and US […]

Global law firm leverages AI-powered search to unlock knowledge and relationships across its 1,000 lawyers and 65 million documents to help streamline financial operations iManage, the company dedicated to transforming how professionals work, today announced that Womble Bond Dickinson – a transatlantic law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers based in 27 UK and US […]

The legal industry is utilising more technology than ever before. Law firms understand that in order to be considered as a leader in their respective fields, incorporating both legal IT and the knowledge to power it is now essential. With new technology allowing legal systems to operate more efficiently, there has been an inevitable rise […]

DX Group is pleased to announce achievement of ISO 27001:2013 certification for Information Security Management, for the DX Exchange service. The extension of this certification to include the DX Exchange service, is a demonstration of its commitment to data protection and information security management for DX and our member data. This is a direct response […]

Enable are very pleased to announce that we have appointed Anthony Barrett to head up their sales in the UK. With over 12 years of Legal IT sales experience, Anthony brings with him a strong skill-set and an excellent reputation for client relationship building and high performance. Anthony will play a key role in meeting […]

With 150 staff based in their Welsh HQ, Capital Law operate internationally as specialist providers of commercial legal services, with expertise ranging from banking to construction, energy, real estate and the public sector.  Faced with a Practice Management System no longer suited to achieving their future goals, the firm embarked on a lengthy selection process, […]

Ellisons Solicitors has selected BigHand Speech Recognition to drive internal efficiencies and support flexible working for its team. Ellisons is one of the fastest growing full-service law firms in the East of England, having almost doubled in size over the past four years.  The law firm, which has recently merged with Bury St Edmunds-based firm […]

When you think about compliance, the word workflow doesn’t immediately spring to mind. Yet it should. Workflows allow a firm to provide a consistent level of service to their customers, ensuring that tasks are undertaken by those with appropriate levels of skill. A top-level fee earner shouldn’t be spending time sending out Ts & Cs […]