by Rob | Jun 14, 2017 | News
New research has indicated that the housing market has “shattered” since the stamp duty surcharge was introduced last year.
by Rob | Jun 14, 2017 | News
A solicitor has been struck off for the second time and ordered to pay costs of almost £66,000 after dishonestly misleading mortgage lenders in order to service clients of a firm which was barred from lenders’ panels.
by Rob | Jun 14, 2017 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s decision to allow solicitors to practise from unregulated law firms opens up the prospects of insurers and others offering their customers legal advice and law firms restructuring themselves to handle all unreserved work in an...
by Rob | Jun 14, 2017 | News
The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected a complaint by a solicitor that the Law Society misled consumers by claiming that all members of its Conveyancing Quality Scheme go through “rigorous examination and testing to demonstrate that they have a high level of...
by Rob | Jun 13, 2017 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is to press ahead with allowing practising solicitors to deliver unreserved services to the public from unregulated organisations, as part of a radical shake-up of the way it oversees the profession.
by Rob | Jun 13, 2017 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has dropped a new definition of ‘client money’ which would have excluded fees and disbursements in response to the concerns of practitioners, but is otherwise moving ahead with a huge rewrite of the accounts rules that reduces them...
by Rob | Jun 13, 2017 | News
Solicitors will be allowed to practise from unauthorised businesses following a major shake-up of regulation announced today by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
by Rob | Jun 13, 2017 | News
Law firms hold a wealth of sensitive information, all of which will be subject to the General Data Protection Regulation, which will apply in the UK from 25 May 2018.
by Rob | Jun 9, 2017 | News
Last year’s Stamp Duty changes have caused properties worth more than £500,000 to languish on the market while the majority of London vendors are struggling to sell across all values, an agent claims.
by Rob | Jun 8, 2017 | News
There is no doubt that if the obligation to ID buyers is included in the new Money Laundering Regulations, it will create insurmountable problems for agents.
by Rob | Jun 8, 2017 | News
Two partners at a high street firm have each been fined £35,000 by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for multiple accounts rule breaches – very much at the higher end of the financial penalties it usually hands out.
by Rob | Jun 7, 2017 | News
The three government approved redress schemes will in future jointly and publicly name and shame both rogue estate and letting agents.
by Rob | Jun 7, 2017 | News
The president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal has reproached the Law Society for a “deeply unimpressive” explanation of its failure to disclose all the documents it should have done in the Socrates case.
by Rob | Jun 7, 2017 | News
Businesses should brace themselves for more attacks with ’ransomware’ – virus programs which freeze computers until a ransom is paid – experts in cyber security and law have warned.
by Rob | Jun 6, 2017 | News
The fall-out from the decision that the Law Society breached competition law looks set to last for several more months after the Competition Appeal Tribunal laid out the timetable for determining damages.
by Rob | Jun 2, 2017 | News
A sales progression tool claims to have analysed how long it takes to expedite sales chains of different lengths, and to have identified regional variations.
by Rob | Jun 2, 2017 | News
David Beaumont, who provides Property Industry eye with free compliance helpline for its subscribers, has issued some advice to agents about the impending new Money Laundering Regulations.
by Rob | Jun 2, 2017 | News
The Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has launched its new Cyber Newsletter covering off a whole host of topical cyber-related issues and providing tangible advice and support to conveyancing firms to help tackle and...
by Rob | Jun 1, 2017 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is anticipating a bump in claims on its compensation fund as a result of solicitors becoming involved in dodgy high-yield investment schemes, it emerged yesterday.
by Rob | May 30, 2017 | News
A conveyancer who changed her name after being banned from working in the legal profession has been jailed for five years for stealing more than half a million pounds from three employers.
