Speakers at the Society for Computers and Law’s April meeting called for an acceleration of the Government’s roll-out of electronic conveyancing, saying the sooner it is totally operational, the greater the benefits will be for both law firms and clients.
Jan Boothroyd, the co-ordinator of the National Land Information Service (NLIS), reported that the NLIS hub had handled about 559,000 searches to date and is processing around 66,000 per month, with the NLIS helpdesk receiving about 11 calls an hour.
