by Rob | Apr 20, 2017 | News
The Legal Services Board has said it expects frontline regulators to introduce compulsory “minimum disclosures” by law firms on price, service, redress and regulatory status.
by Rob | Apr 20, 2017 | News
New anti-money laundering regulations planned by the Treasury would impose “disproportionate and unnecessary” burdens on law firms, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned.
by Rob | Apr 19, 2017 | News
Buyers and sellers have exchanged contracts on a house using electronic signatures.
by Rob | Apr 19, 2017 | News
The first ever electronic e-signature exchange of contracts for a residential property transaction in the UK has been completed this month, it has been revealed.
by Rob | Apr 19, 2017 | News
A woman who fraudulently gained over £700,000 by abusing her position as a solicitor has recently been jailed.
by Rob | Apr 19, 2017 | News
Insurance companies have referred 26 law firms to the Solicitors Regulation Authority in recent months through a new process that aims to “better facilitate exchange of information” between the regulator and the Insurance Fraud Bureau, it has emerged.
by Rob | Apr 14, 2017 | News
This case clearly shows what a complex area of law this is and that the usual rules must not be followed unthinkingly.
by Rob | Apr 14, 2017 | News
Providing a quote for legal fees is like asking a mechanic to quote for a car repair without lifting the bonnet. They may be able to guess what the problem might be from the sound, but once the bonnet is lifted could see a whole host of other issues that need...
by Rob | Apr 12, 2017 | News
Roman Catholic nuns are facing allegations that they fraudulently profited by up £31m from a residential development, after the High Court yesterday granted permission for an action against them to proceed.
by Rob | Apr 12, 2017 | News
The Legal Ombudsman is increasing its budget by £1m for the next financial year – the first time the organisation has increased spending since its formation.
by Rob | Apr 11, 2017 | News
New research claims to have unearthed ‘unambiguous evidence’ of a flagrant disconnect between large law firms and their clients.
by Rob | Apr 10, 2017 | News
The country’s biggest conveyancing business, My Home Move, has consolidated its position by acquiring Advantage Property Lawyers.
by Rob | Apr 10, 2017 | News
The Law Society is pressing the government to retreat on huge probate fee rises, after a parliamentary committee accused embattled lord chancellor Liz Truss of ‘overstepping her powers’.
by Rob | Apr 7, 2017 | News
The Conveyancing Association has criticised a report from the campaign group on leasehold, released earlier this week, that claimed leaseholders were “little more than tenants in the eyes of the law”.
by Rob | Apr 7, 2017 | News
The government may create a criminal offence of failing to keep information on a register of overseas property owners up to date.
by Rob | Apr 7, 2017 | News
A woman who abused her position at law firms to obtain more than £700,000 through property fraud has been jailed for three and a half years.
by Rob | Apr 7, 2017 | News
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of properties being purchased by investors.
by Rob | Apr 7, 2017 | News
More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017, according to a ‘quick buying’ company.
by Rob | Apr 7, 2017 | News
Traditional estate agents have been accused of being stuck in the past.
by Rob | Apr 7, 2017 | News
The Co-operative Group announced that its legal services business is to be integrated with funerals in a new Life Planning Division.
