Conveyancing and legal roundtable

Purpose

A closed room of six conveyancing firms, three legal tech platforms, three search providers and one professional body observer. Three hours, Chatham House. We test how the legal role operates on logbook and verified identity, and where the commercial model adapts. Output. A shared statement on the legal profession in the 2027 transactional chain.

Audience

Conveyancing firms. Legal tech platforms. Search providers. Property lawyers. Regulatory bodies.

Output

A one page joint statement, Chatham House, signed off within seven days of the event.

Roles in the room

• Chair. Chair from Crosstide. Neutral, holds the frame and keeps the room to time.
• Rapporteur. Rapporteur from Crosstide. Captures the joint statement in near real time.
• Discussants. Two subject experts, invited from the room, briefed a week ahead.
• Observers. Observer seats reserved for a policy or regulator representative where relevant.

Guardrails

• Chatham House by default, quoted attribution only with explicit consent.
• No pricing, exclusivity or bilateral commercial conversation in the room.
• Regulator and policy observers welcome, never named without consent.
• Crosstide is the neutral convener. The spine is provider neutral.