CA Affiliate member, Converge Technology Specialists (Converge TS), the cloud provider for law firms,has continued its success and announced £3m of new contracts. New clients include LMS, the UK's leading provider of conveyancing panel management services, and Speed Medical, the UK’s largest…
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) proposal for practices to move away from its Master Policy with an opt-out for Professional Indemnity Insurance to a more competitive open-market approach. Instead, five insurers have…
The Insurance Act, which comes into force on 12 August 2016, represents the greatest change to insurance contract law in this country in over a century. The Act will sweep away certain provisions of the Marine Insurance Act 1906 in…
Firms are still failing to take basic precautions against cyber-attacks. Lack of employee training around the dangers of cyber security and failure to deliver a consistent message to protect critical client data, may result in your firm being the easiest…
CA Affiliate member, Lawyer Checker, sets out how it is important to be aware of the potential for fraud regardless of the client. Trust is given readily when you are dealing with a regular contact day in day out, however…
CA Affiliate members, Lawyer Checker, provide a case study on a recent attempt at conveyancing fraud. What Happened: Paul and Ann Lupton sold the flat they had bought for their daughter for £340,000. Two days before the set completion date,…