Going home

The hot topic feature this month is a deep dive into the world of conveyancing. For those of you who don’t know, or don’t care to know, this high volume, low margin area of work – perhaps because your firm focuses on having a close relationship with your clients and ‘how can a practice area such as conveyancing ever compare?’ – let me just stop you there. Full-service firms and firms with other specialisms could learn a lot about the way conveyancers approach work – including having a client-first approach and leveraging technology to streamline processes. But don’t don’t take my word for it, take it from some of your peers and competitors starting on p17.

HOMEWORK REPORT

Conveyancing is one area – with its particular requirements around risk and compliance, use of technology, and understanding of law and client demand – that could shed light on ways other practice areas can or should adapt.

THINK HEALTHY

Steve Bradley, practice manager at Greenhalgh Kerr Solicitors, on the steps he took to get a workplace wellbeing programme up and running

TURBULENT TECH

Technology use in law firms has changed dramatically in recent years, and even more so over the past couple of months. Adam Bullion, marketing manager at InfoTrack, offers a few thoughts on how conveyancing law firms can use tech to adapt

TESTING TRENDS

Tom Quirke, managing director at SearchFlow, discusses the acceleration of three trends in legal as a result of the pandemic, and the impact of tech on conveyancing