And did those feet, in ancient time
If we ignore conventional wisdom and believe Boris, it looks like we’re in the end-game of the pandemic. Looking back over the past two years, social media has been buzzing with claims about the revolution it has brought to every... Read More →
5. Confessions of a cyber conveyancer
In the light of recent scares about the use of technology, while others grab their pitchforks to protect their Sacred Paper, I knew that to offer more innovation, I had to take a punt. Enquiries After all, I didn’t know... Read More →
4. Confessions of a cyber conveyancer
With the new year well and truly behind us, I find us once more back to the subject that has been haunting law firms across the country for the last few months. Risk With dependence on technology only going one... Read More →
3. Confessions of a cyber conveyancer
As we were getting into the last days before Christmas, deals were starting to unwind and exchanges were picking up. Confidence was rising that we’d finally get some transactions through before everything closed. power failures We even decided to treat... Read More →
2. Confessions of a cyber conveyancer
As I mentioned in my last piece, a couple of weeks ago we moved all our documents to the cloud. It was an altogether more positive and friendly cloud than the one we had been sitting under, Eeyore-like, worrying about... Read More →
Two, four, six, eight, regulate, regulate
As a student of the 1980’s I spent a lot of time protesting on London’s streets. It didn’t matter if it was against apartheid, student loan cuts or the Milk Snatcher in chief, Margaret Thatcher, there were always chants that... Read More →
1. Confessions of a cyber conveyancer
As the last few weeks have highlighted the impact that technology has in conveyancing, I thought it might be interesting to share the trials and tribulations of a law firm that has bet its existence on the stuff. I wanted... Read More →
Let’s not forget to give conveyancers the clap
At the start of October, for just a couple of days, something very strange happened. Everywhere you went on social media, lawyers were receiving praise. “Thank you for your hard work … heroes – every one of you … amazing... Read More →
What did computers ever do for us?
The online response to the recent trauma for the Simplify Group reminded me of Monty Python’s “Life of Brian”, when John Cleese’s character Reg, answered the question; “what did the Romans ever do for us?” with “Well, apart from sanitation,... Read More →
Dust down your GCSE knowledge – they’re shipping Boxer off to the glue factory
Last week’s story of Geronimo reminded me of a story from my school days. In case you missed it, he was an Alpaca from Bristol (probably not a native) who had twice tested positive for tuberculosis. He was judged to... Read More →