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 →
When is abuse acceptable?
When is abuse acceptable? I was on holiday in Suffolk last week when I spotted a sign in a pasty shop which said “Abuse will not be tolerated here”. Which set me thinking – how did it come to this?... Read More →
“Conveyancing Technology – When you don’t know what you don’t know”
“CONVEYANCING TECHNOLOGY – WHEN YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW”. The title of this piece might come across as somewhat negative. It’s actually the phrase we use during interviews when an inexperienced candidate claims “a lot of expertise in... Read More →
Lawyers vs Agents – We need a war, not a truce
The climate activist, Greta Thunberg, asks great questions. In a recent documentary, she questioned whether planting trees reduces carbon dioxide. The answer was, in the short term, no. It takes 15 to 20 years before they absorb more carbon dioxide... Read More →
“That inflatable David Hasselhoff doll was a terrible mistake”
Cast your mind back ten years, when you could go to the pub, drink 12 pints of snakebite, stumble back home via the kebab van and fall asleep on your mum’s sofa. In those days, usually, the only repercussions would... Read More →