Birchall Blackburn Law

“Our conveyancers spend more time evaluating data and reducing the risk of overlooking important factors.”

Paul Pickering, Head of Compliance at Birchall Blackburn Law

About Birchall Blackburn Law

One of the UK’s leading conveyancers, Birchall Blackburn Law is a long-established provider of legal services with 200 skilled and experienced specialists across the North West. The specialist lawyers at Birchall Blackburn Law deal with a wide range of legal issues facing individuals and businesses and provide the very highest levels of service in a friendly, approachable, and professional manner.

The partnership

With a proven track record in transforming financial data collection across different sectors, Armalytix provides a sophisticated platform that streamlines Source of Funds (SoF) to address long-standing challenges in legal financial processing.

The partnership was designed to deliver operational improvements for Birchall Blackburn Law and its clients. And it achieved that, cutting SoF verification from weeks to an average of 4 days, with 65% of reports returned within 48 hours. This reduction in processing time was a significant improvement on the previously time-consuming manual financial checks, according to Paul Pickering, Head of Compliance at Birchall Blackburn Law:

“Having clients’ funds analysed and presented in a clear, comprehensive report allows our conveyancers to spend more time evaluating data and reduces the risk of overlooking important factors.”

The results

The successful partnership delivered:

• High client satisfaction, with 90% rating the platform 4 star or above
• Full staff adoption
• Minimal additional support, with fewer than 1 in 10 reports needing follow-up
• Measurable reduction in administrative workload

Tailored training and a collaborative approach were crucial to the partnership’s success. By introducing Armalytix 101 – a bi-weekly training session – and working closely with different teams, the technology was smoothly integrated and addressed additional, specific needs across the business as Andrea Fairweather, Partner at Birchall Blackburn Law highlights:

“Not only did we work together to meet our main objective to streamline and secure our SoF verification process, but the depth of our collaboration meant we also identified other daily challenges and came up with innovative solutions,”

The importance of going further

The partnership went beyond simply gathering basic financial information. Through regular Innovation Days, Armalytix continued to develop features like ‘Large Items Insights’, which helped identify and mitigate potential financial risks more effectively.

Tom Lyes, Head of Legal and Property Services at Armalytix, says:

“We’re not just providing a tool, but a comprehensive solution that transforms how legal teams work with financial data. Our partnership with Birchall Blackburn Law demonstrates the powerful potential of technology to streamline complex financial processes.”

You too can make the right conveyancing decisions with fast, secure and specific answers to the questions around risk, regulation, and proving financial position.