by Rob | Jan 8, 2018 | News
The Law Society has been forced to withdraw from an exclusive deal to endorse a training partner for the qualified lawyers transfer scheme after facing a judicial review from another provider, in the latest major stumble by the body that represents solicitors.
by Rob | Jan 5, 2018 | News
Conveyancing solicitors in England and Wales could come under pressure to work more at the weekends after a Scottish-based firm announced a seven-days-a-week service to help buyers gain a competitive edge.
by Rob | Jan 5, 2018 | News
The boss of one of the UK’s largest regional chains has rejected offering any online strategy – on the basis that he cannot see how it can make any money.
by Rob | Jan 5, 2018 | News
The government is to ensure that leaseholders know how to sue their conveyancer where they may have been negligent over escalating ground rents, it has revealed.
by Rob | Jan 4, 2018 | News
In the six weeks since it was announced, the first-time buyer Stamp Duty cut has already helped around 16,000 people access the housing ladder.
by Rob | Jan 3, 2018 | News
Get it wrong and you could be fined or even go to jail.
by Rob | Jan 3, 2018 | News
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in conveyancing firms’ paperwork could be misleading to the public.
by Rob | Jan 2, 2018 | News
The struggles of marketing outfit QualitySolicitors are brought into sharp focus by new accounts that reveal a sharp fall in income and job cuts which leave the business with fewer than 10 full-time staff.
by Rob | Dec 30, 2017 | News
Top 500 conveyancers could be ranked according to their track record of completing TP1s and other Land Registry forms correctly under new proposals to open up data on land and property transactions.
by Rob | Dec 28, 2017 | News
A buyer is suing an estate agent who allegedly failed to tell him that a traveller family was living on a plot next door.
by Rob | Dec 27, 2017 | News
Plant Experts Combat Knotweed Misidentification In Bid To Save Millions In Property Sales.
by Rob | Dec 22, 2017 | News
A specialist leasehold enfranchisement firm has branded government leasehold reforms as “incredibly weak”.
by Rob | Dec 22, 2017 | News
Alternative business structure LegalZoom Legal Services is being sued in the United States as part of a claim that its American parent company is engaged in the unauthorised practice of law.
by Rob | Dec 22, 2017 | News
The data protection watchdog has said MPs who share login and password details on government computers could be breaking the law and it is investigating MPs’ sharing of computers with interns.
by Rob | Dec 22, 2017 | News
Legislation to ban leaseholds on almost all new-build houses is among the measures promised by communities secretary Sajid Javid to cut out unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system.
by Rob | Dec 21, 2017 | News
Sales of new-build houses as leasehold will be banned in England.
by Rob | Dec 21, 2017 | News
Estate agents should have to disclose the actual amount of any referral fees they receive at the very outset, says the Law Society.
by Rob | Dec 21, 2017 | News
The process of publishing up-front price information should be achieved through “prescriptive templates” across the legal profession, the Legal Ombudsman has suggested.
by Rob | Dec 21, 2017 | News
The Law Society calls for further action to enforce existing requirements for transparency.
by Rob | Dec 20, 2017 | News
Kate Williams, of Welsh tax and accountancy firm Green and Co, a taxation and accountancy firm, has warned of a fraud of over £400,000.
