Fraud warning as home buyers targeted
Our joint warning about home buyers targeted by fraudsters continues to get pick up. The Daily Express, Metro, the Gazette, Scottish Legal News, Evening Standard podcast, Washington Newsday and local news outlets across England and Wales follow the story.
Our joint release with the National Economic Crime Centre, National Crime Agency and Action Fraud warns that a spike in scams has seen victims lose hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce said: "These frauds can involve huge sums of money and have a devastating lifelong impact on the home buyer and their personal finances. Solicitors and their clients can all play a part in making such crimes more difficult for the criminals."
Diversity in the legal profession
Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce talks to Times Radio this morning about her drive to expand diversity and inclusion in the legal profession during her time in office.
Post-pandemic working adjustments
Legal Futures discusses how law firms are adjusting to post-pandemic working. While many law firms' businesses have prospered, lawyers are reported to be experiencing high levels of stress due to a range of factors.
The piece notes that many who responded to the Law Society's Junior Lawyers Division wellbeing survey in 2019 cited keeping up with client demands was a major cause of stress, and that's become an even more acute issue since, with some firms sending out pre-emptive apologies to their clients for Covid-related delays in their processes.
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