by Rob | Apr 5, 2017 | News
A parliamentary committee has attacked the legal basis of the government’s new probate fees, saying the lord chancellor could be overstepping her power by introducing fees which bear the hallmark of a tax on estates.
by Rob | Apr 4, 2017 | News
A group campaigning for the reform of money laundering and other accountability laws claims that billions of pounds worth of investment – “much of it driven by overseas corruption” – is flowing into the high-end London property market.
by Rob | Apr 4, 2017 | News
Organisations that use the Land Registry portal will be given greater control over email correspondence management.
by Rob | Apr 4, 2017 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is turning its attention to how law firms handle complaints, commissioning its first piece of research on how firms’ processes can influence the quality of service clients receive.
by Rob | Apr 4, 2017 | News
Solicitors will pay less than £19 a year towards the cost of the Legal Services Board, the oversight regulator said today, unveiling ‘ambitious’ plans for the next 12 months.
by Rob | Apr 4, 2017 | News
International firm Clyde & Co has been fined £50,000 and three of its partners fined £10,000 following a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ruling that they breached money laundering and accountancy rules.
by Rob | Apr 3, 2017 | News
Twenty property-related services were put by pollsters to 1,000 members of the public.
by Rob | Apr 1, 2017 | News
Warning over small print which puts taxpayer’s cash at risk in ‘worst scandal since PPI.
by Rob | Mar 31, 2017 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority will set out a new enforcement policy this summer backed by new insights into what the public wants.
by Rob | Mar 30, 2017 | News
The Property Academy have announced it will be publishing the “Best Estate Agent Guide” at its new event, “The EA Masters”, on 22nd September.
by Rob | Mar 30, 2017 | News
Homeowners may have to publish electronic log books detailing all maintenance work.
by Rob | Mar 30, 2017 | News
Consumers are gradually getting more comfortable with the idea of seeking legal advice from banks and insurance companies but enthusiasm remains muted, new research has found.
by Rob | Mar 30, 2017 | News
Clients are coming round to the idea of banks and insurers providing consumer legal services, a new opinion poll suggests.
by Rob | Mar 29, 2017 | News
A gang figurehead who persuaded law firms to part with thousands of pounds for fake claims has been jailed.A gang figurehead who persuaded law firms to part with thousands of pounds for fake claims has been jailed.
by Rob | Mar 29, 2017 | News
As spring emerges the Property Care Association is urging landowners to be vigilant to the emergence of Japanese knotweed.
by Rob | Mar 29, 2017 | News
A leading housing market analyst has made a stout defence of the growing trend of young buyers relying on their parents to help fund their first property purchase.
by Rob | Mar 28, 2017 | News
The Legal Services Board is to review the conduct of the Law Society since autumn 2014 to determine whether Chancery Lane interfered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s independence, it has emerged.
by Rob | Mar 27, 2017 | News
Conveyancers have called on the Competition and Markets Authority to conduct a specific review into the conveyancing industry.
by Rob | Mar 27, 2017 | News
The ‘super exam’ proposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for would-be solicitors could improve diversity in the profession – but could also create a ‘tiered system’, an independent report commissioned by the regulator says.
by Rob | Mar 27, 2017 | News
One of the founder members of the QualitySolicitors network is leaving the group in order to ‘reinstate its identity’.
