The Partnership wins at the 2021 Modern Law Awards
We are pleased to announce that The Partnership has received the ‘Innovation of the Year’ award at the 2021 Modern Law Conveyancing Awards. Winners were announced at the awards ceremony held at The Rum Warehouse in Liverpool on the 25th... 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 →
The Partnership dominates national awards ceremony
At the ESTAs awards, held at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel in London’s Park Lane, The Partnership swept the board with the most wins of any conveyancers. The award ceremony, for the first time, combined all aspects of the property... 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 →
The best lawyers use paper files
In Billy Ocean’s top hit of 1985 “When the going gets tough, the tough get going” he probably didn’t realise his words would be so prophetic. While some in the property industry coped well with the pressures of the past... Read More →
The Partnership drives conveyancing forward with the launch of Enquiry Explorer
The record number of transactions caused by the Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday brought unprecedented pressure on the house buying and selling process, resulting in frustration and delays. Although some of these delays were due to external factors such as... Read More →
SME News Legal Awards
The Partnership have been awarded Property Solicitors of the Year – South East in the SME News Legal Awards 2021, which recognises the firm’s contribution to the UK legal services industry this year! SME News is a quarterly digital publication... Read More →
“Phew – thank goodness all that SDLT nonsense is over”
Phew – thank goodness all that SDLT nonsense is over. At least for now. Those companies who got one of their student mates to hack together a few web pages and call it an app to revolutionise the house buying... Read More →
“Lawyers – not Jack of all trades – master of one”
A few years ago, in a moment of weakness, I allowed two marketing consultants into our offices who rocked up with their rimless glasses, purple portfolios, and concrete opinions. Lawyers The meeting started alright, but rapidly went downhill when we... Read More →