by Rob | Oct 5, 2016 | News
Solicitors and conveyancers are once again stuck between a rock and a hard place.
by Rob | Oct 4, 2016 | News
Legal executives are increasingly less likely to want to train as solicitors, and switching to a trainee contract after having been a paralegal can involve a decrease in contact with clients, a major survey has found.
by Rob | Oct 4, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority today reignited the controversial issue of a central examination for all would-be solicitors by publishing a new set of proposals.
by Rob | Oct 3, 2016 | News
Government should be addressing real housing issues rather than consulting on changes to SDLT filing and payment processes, says The society of Licensed Conveyancers.
by Rob | Sep 30, 2016 | News
It was been confirmed today recently that the Help to Buy scheme will not continue to operate after the end of the year.
by Rob | Sep 29, 2016 | News
Conveyancers are to discuss the possibility of “skinny” Home Information Packs being introduced by the Government.
by Rob | Sep 29, 2016 | News
New data from Knight Frank shows that prime property prices have dipped by 0.1 per cent in the three months following the UK’s vote to leave the EU – but it says any problems affecting this sector of the market are down to stamp duty rather than Brexit.
by Rob | Sep 28, 2016 | News
The government are continuing to welcome comments on the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) filing and payment process until Friday 7 October 2016.
by Rob | Sep 28, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has been ordered to pay £14,000 in costs by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal after a law firm senior partner was cleared of a number of allegations.
by Rob | Sep 27, 2016 | News
Home buyers who are scammed by fraudsters posing as estate agents or conveyancers into parting with their purchase money are part of the focus of a super-complaint made by Which?
by Rob | Sep 27, 2016 | News
The time taken by the Legal Ombudsman to resolve cases increased over the summer, new figures have shown.
by Rob | Sep 27, 2016 | News
The Legal Services Consumer Panel and the Legal Ombudsman are the latest organisations to come out against the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposal that practising solicitors be allowed to handle unreserved legal work for the public from unregulated...
by Rob | Sep 26, 2016 | News
Land Registry have sent out a warning regarding recent email scams received by their customers.
by Rob | Sep 26, 2016 | News
Co-op Legal Services has posted a first-half profit, the group revealed today in its interim results, continuing its steady recovery over the last two years.
by Rob | Sep 24, 2016 | News
Thousands who let strangers stay in their homes via the property website may well be breaking law says judge.
by Rob | Sep 23, 2016 | News
Several agencies have refused to market properties on a social housing estate which was bought by private investors in January.
by Rob | Sep 23, 2016 | News
Law firms and their clients continue to make national headlines as the number one target for cyber criminals, with new research from chartered accountancy firm Hazlewoods finding that from November 2015 to April 2016, a total of £2.53 million was transferred to cyber...
by Rob | Sep 23, 2016 | News
82% of respondents think that permitting solicitors to work in unregulated firms will damage the solicitor brand.
by Rob | Sep 23, 2016 | News
The Legal Ombudsman has warned consumers will be frustrated by plans to allow solicitors to work for firms outside of regulation.
by Rob | Sep 22, 2016 | News
Saga, the over-50s insurance and travel company, has closed its legal services business, Legal Futures can reveal – but said it may yet return to the market in future.
