by Rob | Apr 29, 2016 | News
In-house solicitors could benefit from greater regulatory flexibility ahead of the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s much-anticipated new era of simplified regulation.
by Rob | Apr 28, 2016 | News
Two initiatives appear to show efforts by the conveyancing industry to make its house transaction processes quicker and more appropriate to the 21st century.
by Rob | Apr 28, 2016 | News
Law firms need to guard against the type of cybercrime called ‘CEO fraud’, which has netted criminals millions of pounds, according to the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
by Rob | Apr 28, 2016 | News
The legal profession has until early next decade to prepare for massive technological advances that will reshape the industry, according to a renowned legal futurologist.
by Rob | Apr 27, 2016 | News
The Annual General Meeting of members of the Law Society will be held at the Society’s Hall on Thursday, 14 July 2016, at 2.30 p.m
by Rob | Apr 26, 2016 | News
People buying or selling properties should avoid communicating with their solicitors and conveyancers by email, experts warn, as the wave of “Friday afternoon fraud” – where criminals hack into email accounts and divert large payments – continues...
by Rob | Apr 26, 2016 | News
A couple has lost their future home and more than £200,000 to fraudsters after receiving an email claiming to offer new bank account details for their conveyancer.
by Rob | Apr 25, 2016 | News
The government has pledged radical reform of the suspicious activity reports (SARs) regime and its replacement with an intelligence-led, risk-based focus.
by Rob | Apr 25, 2016 | News
A solicitor has avoided an appearance before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal after accepting a rebuke for failing to report his firm’s “serious financial difficulties”.
by Rob | Apr 22, 2016 | News
Home Secretary Theresa May is to consult on new ‘unexplained wealth’ orders, which would give extra responsibilities to estate agents and lawyers.
by Rob | Apr 22, 2016 | News
The SRA has proposed a change to its Participating Insurers Agreement to make it is easier for firms to switch their regulator and improve competition in the market.
by Rob | Apr 22, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is proposing to ease law firms’ insurance obligations should they wish to change regulators.
by Rob | Apr 21, 2016 | News
A new survey suggests that it is the other fees associated with moving house – not estate agents’ charges – that come as the biggest and least welcome surprise to first time buyers.
by Rob | Apr 21, 2016 | News
A rug designer in Wiltshire stumbled upon a hugely significant Roman archaeological find while having a barn on his property converted for his children.
by Rob | Apr 21, 2016 | News
MPs have criticised the Solicitors Regulation Authority for what they say is a failure to examine the conduct of a magic circle firm over its role in a cashback guarantee scheme allegedly mis-sold to consumers.
by Rob | Apr 20, 2016 | News
Volunteers from the Conveyancing Foundation are set to ride 255 miles from Cardiff to Colchester via Bath and Clapham Common in order to raise £10,000 for a children’s charity.
by Rob | Apr 18, 2016 | News
Anyone who owns a home or business premises, buys land or needs to find out who has, should be worried by Government plans to sell off the Land Registry.
by Rob | Apr 18, 2016 | News
Conveyancers on both sides of a transaction are liable for the actions of a rogue seller who committed a £470,000 property fraud, the High Court has ruled.
by Rob | Apr 15, 2016 | News
The chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority admitted that alternative business structures ‘haven’t worked’ as expected, urging solicitors to take advantage of recent rule changes enabling them to team up with accountants in ‘one-stop shop’ advisory...
by Rob | Apr 15, 2016 | News
Some estate agents are having to take responsibility for parts of their property ‘chain’ that belong to other agents.
