Today's Conveyancer Podcast

UPRN's, or Unique Property Reference Numbers, have the potential to increase surety and speed up the conveyancing process, according to the guests on this Today's Conveyancer podcast.  David Opie is joined by Nick Chapallaz and Gayle Gander, Managing Director and Head of Marketing at Geoplace; and directors at trade body Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE) Chris Loaring (MD, Landmar...

The 4 day working week is growing in popularity across a range of sectors and is gaining traction in the legal sector as firms adapt to the changing employment landscape, largely influenced by the flexible working approach demanded by the COVID-19 global pandemic.  In this Today's Conveyancer podcast David Opie is joined by the heads of 2 organisations who are implementing the 4 day working w...

In this episode of the Today's Conveyancer podcast David Opie is joined by PEXA UK Chief Executive James Bawa and Heather Crichton, General Manager Industry Readiness.  James and Heather discuss the impending launch of PEXA in the UK and the lessons learned in Australia that they bring with them to help facilitate a more streamlined home move.  Chief amongst the innovations is "PEXA-Pay,...

David Opie is joined by AML expert Amy Bell to discuss what conveyancers need to know about the rising response to the Russia/Ukraine crisis, particularly as more and more sanctions are placed on Russian individuals.  Amy, who is a Director at Teal Legal and a member of The Law Society's Anti-Money Laundering Taskforce, provides some reassurance, useful tips and pointers that conveyancers nee...

How do we solve the home-moving conundrum? Property industry veteran and co-founder of ProperPR Russell Quirk joins David Opie in discussion about the state of the home moving process. In typically robust fashion, Russell challenges the conversation about the current state of play, placing the consumer at the heart of his message. "(Through my involvement in estate agency) I genuinely see and...

In this latest Today's Conveyancer podcast David Opie is joined by Simon McCrum, ex-Managing Partner of Darbys prior to it's sale to Knights in 2016 and now a consultant for law firms. Simon brings his own experience running departments and law firms to his consultancy McCrum and Co. Through working with law firms he encourages them to to become "The Perfect Legal Business" the...

In this latest Today's Conveyancer podcast David Opie speaks to conveyancing industry personality Eddie Goldsmith. Eddie has just launched a new service aimed at better engaging home movers in their transaction; reducing the admin for conveyancers and speeding up the transaction. 40 years in the making, YouConvey is currently being piloted with Eddie commenting “Over my years in practice I ha...

In this episode of the Today's Conveyancer Podcast, David Opie speaks with Stuart Young of MyIdentity about the work being done to improve the process of verifying the identity of home movers in the conveyancing process.  The idea is to create a single verification of an individual's identity which can then be used throughout the home moving process. Not only will this save time and cost...

In this episode of the Today's Conveyancer podcast we introduce Dan Salmons, CEO of Blockchain technology provider Coadjute.  Dan sets out to de-mystify what blockchain technology is, and more importantly how it has the potential to make the "quantum leap" in the battle against seemingly ever increasing transaction timescales.  The discussion comes a week after Coadjute announced pl...