by Rob | Sep 13, 2016 | News
Four in ten managing partners at leading law firms see alternative providers such as the Big Four accountants and insurers as the biggest threat to the legal profession, according to a survey published today.
by Rob | Sep 13, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation has welcomed the publication of the Legal Services Board’s vision for legislative reform.
by Rob | Sep 13, 2016 | News
The Law Society has formally expressed its opposition to Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to allow solicitors to work for firms outside its regulation.
by Rob | Sep 13, 2016 | News
Radical plans to create a single legal services regulator and potentially overhaul the title of solicitor are unveiled by the Legal Services Board yesterday.
by Rob | Sep 13, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has vowed to press ahead with plans to disseminate more information about firms’ and solicitors’ past mistakes.
by Rob | Sep 12, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off a solicitor who colluded with his non-solicitor employee wife, an estate agent, to misappropriate £10,000 after submitting to the Land Registry that a property had sold for less than the price actually paid.
by Rob | Sep 12, 2016 | News
solicitors buying professional indemnity insurance are enjoying the softest market for years, with quoted premiums down by up to 20%.
by Rob | Sep 12, 2016 | News
More than 1,000 new solicitor firms will be created in 2016, official statistics suggest, a 30% increase on the last two years.
by Rob | Sep 12, 2016 | News
Radical plans to create a single legal services regulator and potentially overhaul the title of solicitor are unveiled by the Legal Services Board today.
by Rob | Sep 9, 2016 | News
By way of and adjustment to their CML Handbook Part 2 instructions Santander have added to their list of acceptable new home warranty schemes.
by Rob | Sep 9, 2016 | News
One-time network Connect2Law (has been reborn as an alternative business structure that has acquired leading referral business Contact Law.
by Rob | Sep 9, 2016 | News
The Law Society has issued a damning critique of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposals for a streamlined code of conduct and – to a lesser extent – its planned overhaul of the accounts rules.
by Rob | Sep 8, 2016 | News
Information received from the Land Registry through a Freedom of Information request, the body recorded 599 complaints in the period from April 2016 – June 2016.
by Rob | Sep 8, 2016 | News
Plans for a sell-off of Land Registry have been dropped from legislation due to be introduced to parliament – but government sources have insisted that privatisation is still under consideration.
by Rob | Sep 7, 2016 | News
Leek United Building Society became the latest lender to to change their requirements concerning the unexpired term of a lease offered as security.
by Rob | Sep 7, 2016 | News
It’s really important when you’re submitting an application via e-DRS to submit it correctly.
by Rob | Sep 7, 2016 | News
Legal & General Mortgage Club, have made the announcement that they are to expand their Conveyancing Service offering with the launch of Legal & General Conveyancing Services.
by Rob | Sep 7, 2016 | News
Online legal services business Rocket Lawyer is expanding into continental Europe on the back of its success in the UK to date.
by Rob | Sep 6, 2016 | News
Countrywide’s current closure programme of around 60 branches could be just the start, the Financial Times is reporting.
by Rob | Sep 6, 2016 | News
Leeds Building Society has become the latest lender to increase its maximum lending age for mortgage borrowers, providing a boost to buyers who are increasingly getting on to the ladder later in life.
