Tag: Checklist
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The Conveyancing Checklist – The Sharpest Tool in the Box
One reason not to use the latest legal technologies reducing conveyancing risk is that it potentially lulls the lawyer into a false sense of security. Lexsure’s intelligent checklist system COMPLETIONmonitor is sometimes met by such an objection. The phenomenon known as ‘inattentional blindness’ is real. This is when you ask people to look for something…
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No Time for Checklists
An early mentor of mine had a framed print hanging behind his desk showing a Victorian-era solicitor with a client and below it was written: “A lawyer’s time is his stock in trade”. Time is money. Yet I often find it odd, when talking with conveyancing lawyers (as opposed to practice managers or COLPs) about…
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Risk scoring the potential for Money Laundering
When it comes to assessing the risk of money laundering a conveyancing solicitor should adopt common sense approach. Risk factors tend to be cumulative, and often involves that more than one key identifier. I set out below some of the more common risk factors to consider :- Has the client dis-instructed a previous solicitor before…