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21 May 2021
Issue: 7933 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Technology , Conveyancing , Property
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NLJ this week: Conveyancing goes digital

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With the property sector currently ‘a hive of activity’, digital conveyancing is enjoying its own mini-boom, according to Bronwyn Townsend, senior marketing manager, InfoTrack.

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Townsend explains how social distancing requirements during the pandemic meant digitisation ‘seeped into places it had still yet to actively engage’. She writes that the benefits of automation are more than time saving and efficiency, they reduce ‘the risk of rekeying errors’.

Also in NLJ, barrister and journalist Veronica Cowan reports on the compliance benefits of electronic conveyancing and the rapid move from manual to digital ID checks in the past year.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Walkers—Muriel Marseille

Walkers—Muriel Marseille

Ashurst's Chief Risk Officer joins Walkers

Excello Law—John Osborne

Excello Law—John Osborne

Northern family lawyer John Osborne joins Excello

mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths

mfg Solicitors—Rebecca Rogers, Kennedy Langley & Victoria Griffiths

Trio of promotions announced at Kidderminster law firm mfg Solicitors

NEWS
A sole director can conspire with their own company for the purposes of the tort of unlawful means conspiracy, the High Court has ruled in a judgment with potentially wide implications for business disputes
The Court of Appeal has reinforced that domicile depends on intention rather than residence alone, in a significant post-Brexit ruling on cross-border financial remedy claims
The Chancery Division's long history comes to an end this autumn as it is reborn as the Business and Property Division, prompting questions over whether the shake-up is really necessary
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) continues to show that failing to disclose regulatory issues can attract harsher consequences than the original misconduct itself
Rejecting a generous settlement can prove an expensive mistake, as two recent high-profile cases demonstrate
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