by Rob | Jan 18, 2018 | News
The Legal Ombudsman should focus on high-quality and efficient complaints handling, the Law Society of England and Wales said in its response to LeO’s draft business plan for 2018-19.
by Rob | Jan 18, 2018 | News
An overwhelming 86 per cent of RICS members questioned in a survey claim they have seen no increase in interest from first time buyers, despite the scrapping of stamp duty on their purchases announced by the government.
by Rob | Jan 17, 2018 | News
The war between AllAgents review website and Purplebricks has continued with the site naming the hybrid agency the “worst rated one star firm” for 2017.
by Rob | Jan 17, 2018 | News
A long-running legal battle regarding how the cost of lease extensions are calculated could significantly impact the property industry.
by Rob | Jan 16, 2018 | News
Rules on the 3% Stamp Duty surcharge are so confusing that even an experienced estate agent almost fell foul of them.
by Rob | Jan 16, 2018 | News
Co-op Legal Services today announced the creation of an online divorce service designed to cater around the clock for couples who want to start proceedings immediately on deciding to split up.
by Rob | Jan 15, 2018 | News
The pioneering owner of an innovative law firm that was “ahead of its time” but failed has taken the highly unusual step of laying out the reasons why it did not work, and warned that “innovation is much more difficult and fraught with fiscal peril than most...
by Rob | Jan 14, 2018 | News
Thousands of home buyers remain trapped in their own homes made unsaleable by developers such as Taylor Wimpey.
by Rob | Jan 12, 2018 | News
Official data has suggested a sharp slowdown in the use of the Government’s flagship Help to Buy scheme on the same day that Sajid Javid outlined his newly titled Housing, Communities and Local Government department’s commitment to renew the “dream of British home...
by Rob | Jan 12, 2018 | News
The Law Society is to launch a new ‘quality and standards in education’ committee, after a year in which its training arrangements have come under sustained pressure.
by Rob | Jan 11, 2018 | News
Created in 2009, virtual currency bitcoin has seen a surge over the past year – both in terms of recognition and market value.
by Rob | Jan 10, 2018 | News
The Law Society is establishing a working group to update conveyancing solicitors on how to handle VAT for electronic property searches following a first-tier tribunal ruling.
by Rob | Jan 10, 2018 | News
Referral fees paid by conveyancers to estate agents should not be banned – but their existence and their value should be disclosed.
by Rob | Jan 10, 2018 | News
Estate agents should be banned from selling services, such as conveyancing, to buyers while acting for sellers in the same transaction.
by Rob | Jan 10, 2018 | News
Technology is the key to transforming the home buying and selling process in the UK as a way of providing more relevant information as early as possible, according to conveyancers.
by Rob | Jan 10, 2018 | News
The backlash against Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to allow solicitors to practise as freelancers gained new traction this week with the intervention of a consumer watchdog.
by Rob | Jan 9, 2018 | News
The Legal Services Consumer Panel has warned that the second phase of reforms to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Handbook would “compound existing complexities” and could further confuse consumers.
by Rob | Jan 9, 2018 | News
Solicitor David Gauke was named as lord chancellor and secretary of state for justice in a surprise element of the government reshuffle.
by Rob | Jan 8, 2018 | News
The Department of Communities and Local Government has been rebadged as the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government in what would appear to be a cosmetic-only change announced by Downing Street.
by Rob | Jan 8, 2018 | News
England and Wales is set for its fifth change of lord chancellor since 2012 as incumbent David Lidington MP took centre stage in the government reshuffle.
