A triple threat - Clare Yates is a trainer, speaker and industry game-changer!
Does your team need training? Clare is the one to call. Not your typical trainer, she brings something special to the party - energy, passion and humour that makes learning engaging and unforgettable. With over 30 years of experience, she’s helped law firms and estate agents up and down the country build stronger client relationships, generate more business, and master the art of sales progression. Incidentally, with her clear, practical approach, Clare is TwentyConvey’s go-to trainer for our Convey Alerts.
An award-winning industry expert and sought-after speaker, Clare knows how to command the room. Whether she’s on stage at national events or leading bespoke training sessions, her relatable stories and infectious enthusiasm keep audiences hooked. She doesn’t just teach, she reframes your thinking, giving you the practical tools to tackle fee objections, handle tricky clients and convert more leads.
Her philosophy? Great communication = more instructions, more referrals, happier clients and higher fees. Too many law firms and agents miss out on opportunities because they don’t make the most of the leads they already have - she’s here to fix that!
From conveyancing desk to industry disruptor, Rob is a property lawyer heavyweight. With nearly five decades under his belt, his reputation stretches far and wide.
Rob is the face behind The Bold Legal Group. This conveyancing community send out weekly bulletins covering the latest property and legal updates. Alongside this, the group offers a must-attend conference, webinars and training to keep everyone sharp, as well as a thriving online forum where 2000+ conveyancing pros swap advice and support one another.
Rob knows the grind - he’s walked the walk and understands just how tough property law can be. That’s why he’s got your back. His mission? Make the whole conveyancing game better for everyone involved. He’s all about championing conveyancers, which is why he was appointed as an ambassador of The Conveyancing Foundation, which promotes property lawyer wellbeing and founded National Conveyancing Week. His goal? To educate the general public and all stakeholders about the role of the conveyancer. As if that wasn’t enough, Rob is also chairman and co-founder of VacantC Legal Recruitment, a premium legal sector recruitment service.
In 2022, he was awarded Leap-sponsored Modern Law Lifetime Achievement Award and Today’s Conveyancer Industry Champion in 2024, a testament to his valued input into the sector. If you don’t already follow Rob on LinkedIn and you haven’t yet signed up to The Bold Legal Group, now’s the time!
Want to transform your law firm’s digital presence? Rich Dibbins of Staxton Digital is your guy. A legal digital marketing powerhouse with over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing and business development, Rich helps law firms to stop wasting hard-earned fees and start generating more revenue. Social media expert? Tick. Business development pro? Tick. Digital strategist? Tick. He’s the one-man marketing machine your law firm needs.
Rich guides law firms on how to use social media effectively, making their content engaging, the brand stand out and getting their audience to actually pay attention. Through 1-2-1 LinkedIn coaching, video content, blogs and social strategies, Rich ensures firms aren’t just online but their leading the conversation. His digital marketing courses are packed with practical, out-of-the-box ideas that leave attendees energised, confident and armed with game-changing strategies. A natural presenter with an excellent reputation in the legal sector, his sessions are thought-provoking, entertaining - and most importantly of all - effective!
Rich has his ear to the ground and will go the extra mile to ensure the law firms he works with have a marketing budget that works smarter, not harder. He’s the expert you need if you’re looking to transform your digital presence.
What is conveyancing without the friendly face of Beth Rudolf? She carries significant influence in the sector and plays a key role in driving improvements in the home buying and selling process. She advocates for a smoother, faster and more transparent conveyancing process.
Beth has touched almost every part of the industry, starting as an estate agent, onto a conveyancer, a consultant and a trainer. She’s been the CEO of the Society of Licensed Conveyancers, MD for a top 20 law firm, and currently holds the position of Director of Delivery for the Conveyancing Association. As co-chair of the Home Buying and Selling Council, she also works on several projects with government backing to speed up and simplify homebuying.
Beth’s no stranger to TV or radio and is always putting pen to paper to spread the word on the latest developments in the industry. She’s got that type of infectious personality that it’s little wonder she excelled as a motivational speaker, trainer and consultant.
With 21 years in the game, Richard’s voice carries weight – and rightly so. He’s a familiar face on LinkedIn, so if you’re not following him yet, you’re missing out on his sharp insights and fresh takes on everything property law. Working closely with law firms and estate agents, Richard knows his stuff.
As Sales Director of Law Firm Services Limited (LFS), he’s helped shape software that tackles the UK legal sector’s biggest challenges head-on. One standout? The award-winning Minerva, a smart, secure and easy client onboarding tool trusted by law firms across the country. There’s an annual Minerva conference, which subsequently raised over £5000 for Martin House Children’s Hospice and brought together top speakers from across the legal scene.
Talking of Minerva, check out the Minerva Seminar Series 2025. It’s a must-attend event for conveyancers and partners. Expect practical tips on winning clients, marketing that works and guidance on navigating the legal landscape!
If he wasn’t busy enough with all that, Richard is also Director of National Search Service, one of the country’s largest search providers. He’s an accomplished public speaker, a great networker and industry champion with a track record of results. He’s all about raising the bar. In 2022, he took home the industry-voted award of Today’s Conveyancer Industry Champion at the British Conveyancing Awards, a nod to his relentless drive to improve the sector.
David is a big name in legal media - fast-paced, sharp and always ahead of the game. He is Managing Director of Today’s Media, which includes the top-tier publications Today's Conveyancer, Today's Wills & Probate and Today's Family Lawyer. Each is a go-to source for daily news, best practice advice and updates on the latest legislation. These sites are a morning go-to for legal pros, scrolling through as they sip their first coffee of the day.
Alongside these publications, there are three dynamic sub-brands. First up is Today’s Legal Content, designed to help improve your marketing. Next, there’s Today’s Training, offering premium online training for practitioners. Finally, Today’s Events presents an engaging events programme filled with networking opportunities, discussion groups and thought-provoking roundtables.
That’s not all! Today’s Media also holds two prestigious award programmes, The British Wills and Probate Awards and The British Conveyancing Awards, to celebrate the industry's top achievers, recognising hard work, innovation and resilience. And we can’t forget about the professional networking groups for women set up by the company: Women in Wills and Women in Residential Property.
With his background in searches and the power of Today’s Media, David knows everyone in the industry and regularly rubs shoulders with the sector’s top thought leaders. If you have valuable insights to share, submit them to Today’s Media for consideration; if not just bookmark the pages and soak up the latest news and advice!
Not only does Joe have a considerable amount of industry knowledge, but he’s also a brilliant leader with a big vision and an eye on the future. If only Joe’s determination could be bottled and sold!
But what does Joe do, we hear you ask? Well, for the past ten years, he’s been shaking up the property world with smart tech, bringing fresh solutions to the UK conveyancing and lender markets. He developed the EDM Property Risk Hub, a game-changing platform that helps lenders automate property risk decisions. Big names like Nationwide Building Society, Bank of Ireland and Barclays Bank jumped on board, and the platform was snapped up by Hometrack for a cool £40m.
After that huge win, Joe took the reins as CEO of the leading Prop Tech supplier, tmGroup, where he spearheaded their growth. The company provides conveyancers with a range of digital solutions, offering property data, searches and reports to streamline their processes. After the business was successfully sold for over £90m, Joe set his sights on a fresh challenge, taking the helm as CEO of PEXA. Now he’s leading the charge in transforming and streamlining remortgaging and the home-buying process, working in collaboration with the Bank of England.
A firm believer in modernising conveyancing through digitalisation, Joe is perfectly placed to drive forward initiatives that make home buying and selling smoother for everyone involved. He’s determined to shake off the industry’s reliance on outdated, siloed tech – and replace it with solutions that actually work. Smart, respected and a stand-up guy, Joe is the kind of leader who turns bold ideas into real change.
Meet Mark Evans - the Vice President of The Law Society of England and Wales. A former property lawyer with more than 28 years in practice, he’s seen it all, and then some, in the world of property and private client law.
He’s been a long-reining contributor to the Law Society in one way, shape or another, starting as a member of the Welsh Committee for nine years, where he chaired it for four of those. He also sat on the council for more than eight years and has been a member of the board and president, and chair of the Cheshire and North Wales Law Society. Naturally, that steady marathon of dedication led him to become Deputy Vice President in October 2023, Vice President in 2024, and he’s lacing up for the presidency later this year.
On top of all that, he teaches at the University of Law, where he’s passing his baton of knowledge onto the next generation of solicitors. He’s on a mission to champion the excellence, diversity and innovation of the profession. All while upping the ante in legal education and training. Setting the pace, you could say!
And why all the running puns? Well, Mark is a keen runner and he even set up a running group called LegalRunner to help legal minds keep on track with their mental health and wellbeing. Talk about going the extra mile!
We’ve paired this duo together because of their podcast Bricks and Banter, but make no mistake, Laura and Tom are each powerhouses in their own right! First up, though, let’s talk about their podcast! It’s not stuffy legal chat, these guys dive into all things conveyancing with a fresh, fun and light-hearted twist. They tackle the challenges, sprinkle in some humour and keep things real. We love how they advocate for everyone in the industry to support one another.
Laura works at Bell Lamb & Joynson Solicitors and became head of conveyancing in 2018, followed by partner in 2020. And in November, she took home the coveted Female Trailblazer of the Year at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards – proof of her vision, leadership and unstoppable passion. Laura lifts everyone around her, inspiring her colleagues and beyond.
Meanwhile, Tom is running the show at Rowlinsons Solicitors as Property Department Director and even sits on the board of the Conveyancing Association. He can smash through even the most highly complex of transactions, and those high-value ones to boot!
Fun fact - Laura also worked at Rowlinsons, just not at the same time – if they had, this dream team could have paired up a lot sooner! Well worth a listen, tune into their Podcast on your next gym session.
Peter coined the phrase “the black hole of conveyancing.” Then he stared into this black hole and decided to light it up!
With a 20-year background in tech and a brain wired for problem-solving, Peter founded The Partnership 15 years ago, a law firm built on old-school customer service and new-school efficiency using tech to speed up and improve processes. The firm quickly realised the tech they were using was too good to keep to themselves and Legalito was born. It’s a game-changing platform that’s banished email chaos and brought calm to conveyancers across the UK to exchange information across parties. It’s award-winning, inbox-slimming software. Peter gets that conveyancers have been burnt by useless clunky technology in the past, but he’s built something different - something that actually works and is simple to use. Administrative work has long been a burden on conveyancers and Legalito saves time and money, as well as reducing risk as all the information is in one place.
Peter is a hands-on, sleeves-rolled-up, go-the-extra-mile leader that’s inspiring. It’s no surprise he’s invited to speak at events; as a gifted communicator, he’s a refreshing voice in the sector!
There’s a need for speed in property transactions – and that’s what prompted Daniel to set up Property Searches Direct, a company that helps to make the moving process more collaborative and efficient.
Having started out in estate agency back in 1993, Daniel then moved into asset management at Move With Us where he wore many hats. It was when he got involved in the Searches industry that he found his calling and wanted to demystify Searches for sellers.
Property Searches Direct expanded to include Conveyancer Insights with mystery shop maestros Mike Stainsby lifting the lid on what really goes on in law firms. Mike is the commercial director of Property Searches Direct. For his work at Conveyancing Insights, he helps conveyancers to understand their local market, dishing out illuminating insights to law firms that they never knew they needed! Conveyancing Insights helps firms truly understand their local market and shows them how to up their game in ways that actually boost the bottom line. How? By doing a bit of undercover work. The team mystery shops your firm - and your competitors - then gives you honest, no-fluff feedback. From how your handler answers the phone to whether your quote is sent - and how good it is if it is sent - to whether your team builds any rapport at all. They go deep with competitor analysis too: what your rivals charge, how customers and estate agents really perceive you and where you’re falling short.
Then comes the good stuff - practical advice on how to improve, staff training tips, advice on responding to online reviews, ways to work better with local agents and new ideas to bring in business. Think of it as a fresh pair of eyes on your law firm, and the results are often eye-opening!
As if Property Searches Direct wasn’t busy enough, the company also launched Instruct A Conveyancer, to keep regional work local and connect good law firms with clients and Wills24-7 to provide their LegallyQuoting technology to private client teams and estate planners.
A podcast extraordinaire, Daniel is very familiar with the microphone, churning out helpful podcasts on his Conveyancer Insights and Property Searches Direct YouTube channels. A passion for the industry just naturally exudes from Daniel!
Mike, meanwhile, also has roots in the industry. He started out as an estate agent, moved into legal services and built up years of expertise in property searches, tech and business development for law firms. So, he knows conveyancing inside out and how to make things better.
People trust Daniel and Mike, people respect them, and when it comes to making meaningful changes in the property world, both Daniel and Mike are leading the charge. Head off to LinkedIn and follow both of these gentlemen pronto!
Straight-talking and seriously sharp, Stephen is the legal trainer everyone in the conveyancing world should know. With his no-nonsense, practical approach, he’s built a rock-solid reputation as someone you can rely on to cut through the fluff and deliver real, usable advice.
As a full-time trainer at his company, Desmond Property Law and a non-practising solicitor, he’s become a go-to figure in the industry – a true conveyancing ambassador. Whether he’s delivering training or sharing powerful, to-the-point insights on LinkedIn, he’s all about helping professionals level up. His posts empower people to reach their potential, and his honest, refreshing take on the industry is a breath of fresh air.
With nearly 2,400 CPD events under his belt (both online and in-person), chances are you’ve seen him in action already. And if you haven’t, you’re missing out! He’s also a major contributor to the legal world’s publications as a contributing editor to Butterworths Property Law Service, published by Lexis Nexis.
Stephen’s training is practical, insightful and focused on helping conveyancers become more effective, more confident and more knowledgeable. He’s on a mission to raise standards across the board – and he’s saying it like it is. In a world of legal jargon and outdated processes, Stephen is the real deal.
Final Thoughts
So, there you have it! Our curated list of the movers, shakers and changemakers in conveyancing. And there are so many more we could have included! These guys are not just reading the rule book, they’re rewriting it. Whether they’re on LinkedIn, on stage or contributing to legal publications, these influencers are raising the bar, one bold move at a time!
