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Reasons to be cheerful…

25 July 2014
Issue: 7616 / Categories: Features , Profession
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Conveyancers have good reason to be cautiously optimistic about the future, as Perran Moon explains

Earlier this summer, we unveiled findings from our second Conveyancer Sentiment Survey run in conjunction with The Law Society Gazette (see the infographic for a breakdown of facts and figures).

As the leading conveyancing search provider in England and Wales, it’s our aim to make lawyers’ lives easier. Understanding the challenges that conveyancer’s face is an essential part of that strategy.

The Conveyancer Sentiment Survey suggests that confidence has returned to the marketplace with more than half (59%) of conveyancers expecting their business to continue to grow by 10% or more over the year. Within this figure, a quarter of conveyancers (25%) are anticipating growth to exceed 20%. This is despite recent warnings from Nationwide that the housing market—particularly in London—faces a “natural correction”, and the Bank of England citing the property market as representing the biggest risk to macro-economic financial stability and long-term recovery. The challenge for conveyancers will therefore be to maintain competitive edge and ensure growth

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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