by Rob | Jun 27, 2016 | News
The legal profession is today digesting the UK’s historic decision to vote to leave the European Union.
by Rob | Jun 27, 2016 | News
Controversial plans to transfer Land Registry operations to the private sector will come under parliamentary scrutiny on Thursday.
by Rob | Jun 24, 2016 | News
A stunned UK woke up this morning to news that the Leave campaign has won and that there is to be a Brexit.
by Rob | Jun 24, 2016 | News
The legal profession has started to respond to the UK’s historic decision to vote to leave the European Union.
by Rob | Jun 23, 2016 | News
A conveyancing firm have been cleared of negligence over allegations they failed to explain a Declaration of Trust covering a home to a woman who subsequently divorced her husband, as well as having a conflict of interest.
by Rob | Jun 23, 2016 | News
Ahead of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills call for evidence on the home buying process, the Conveyancing Association has announced a working group to deliver a response.
by Rob | Jun 23, 2016 | News
Conveyancers have established a working group to deliver their response to the forthcoming ‘call for evidence’ on the home-buying process from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
by Rob | Jun 23, 2016 | News
The Conveyancing Association is setting up a working group to consider how to increase transparency, cut unnecessary delays and costs, and provide more information during the fraught house-buying process.
by Rob | Jun 23, 2016 | News
The Competition and Markets Authority has published a follow-up on their response to the Land Registry privatisation consultation.
by Rob | Jun 23, 2016 | News
A client cannot blame the failure of solicitors to send a land transaction return to the taxman so as to avoid a fine for late filing, a tribunal has ruled.
by Rob | Jun 22, 2016 | News
According to a survey by Post Office Money, the average fee paid to an estate agent is now £5,697.
by Rob | Jun 22, 2016 | News
Legal comparison site The Law Superstore says it will be ready for business from August after securing 150 firms willing to be ranked.
by Rob | Jun 21, 2016 | News
Estate agents believe that a Remain vote will be a far safer option for the housing market than one to Leave.
by Rob | Jun 21, 2016 | News
Canadian legal comparison and referral website LawyerLocate.ca is set to launch in the UK in September.
by Rob | Jun 20, 2016 | News
What this will mean in practice for the home-buying and selling public, estate agents, conveyancers and removal firms?http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/todays-the-day-as-longer-chaps-hours-kick-in-but-how-will-this-affect-completions/
by Rob | Jun 20, 2016 | News
A search company says the introduction of new search forms aimed at making council reporting easier to understand may lead to slight delays.
by Rob | Jun 20, 2016 | News
The news that the government is to look at how the home buying process can be improved has received a mixed reaction from conveyancers.
by Rob | Jun 20, 2016 | News
The Law Society has suffered a £5m loss on a botched internal IT project to go with the £7m loss caused by failed conveyancing portal Veyo, it has emerged.
by Rob | Jun 17, 2016 | News
Solicitors could pay £30 less for their practising certificate fee this year.
by Rob | Jun 17, 2016 | News
A court has ruled a firm was not negligent in the advice it gave a couple who were dividing their shares in a property, after the judge said the firm did not need to advise them to seek separate advice.