National Conveyancing Week

The purpose of NCW will be (amongst other things) to Inform; Educate; Assist; Motivate; Reassure; Help recruit new entrants; Improve the profile of conveyancers and conveyancing and ensure fees can be set at and kept at an acceptable level. Conveyancers are, on the whole, undervalued, underappreciated and misunderstood, and there are more leaving the conveyancing profession at the top end than there are joining at the bottom end, and is it any wonder? The profile of conveyancing and conveyancers needs to improve. They are not the bad guys, in fact, they are quite the opposite, they help people buy their dream homes so that they can live in them and enjoy them as they should. And in these times of fraud and scams, they also make sure that the biggest purchase of their lives is carried out diligently. In the 20th Century, conveyancers had maybe 10 plates to keep spinning at any one time, now, in the 21st century, it is many many more. And they still keep being added too. The job now is far more challenging than it was, and despite advances in technology, in some quarters there is still a reluctance to adopt and adapt and create efficiencies to enable productivity and streamline workflow. Something needs to change.