Land Registry picks blockchain partner (LSG)

HM Land Registry has taken a further step towards fully automating the conveyancing process by announcing a partnership with a software company to explore the potential of blockchain technology.

ID and escrow start-up fights conveyancing fraud (LSG)

A digital system aimed at relieving conveyancers of most of the burden of verifying clients’ identity and holding client money is due to begin trials with an estate agent this autumn, the system’s designers have revealed.