by Rob | Apr 15, 2016 | News
A training provider is suing the Law Society for “six-figure damages” over its claim that Chancery Lane is acting anti-competitively by requiring law firms to buy its training in order to maintain their Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation.
by Rob | Apr 15, 2016 | News
Solicitors that provide a poor service to clients, resulting in complaints to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO), should generally bear a greater proportion of LeO’s operating costs.
by Rob | Apr 14, 2016 | News
The strategy expert hired to turn around the fortunes of the QualitySolicitors network has left after just over two years in the job.
by Rob | Apr 14, 2016 | News
A massive programme of development of railway stations and surrounding land will deliver thousands of new homes, the UK government has announced.
by Rob | Apr 14, 2016 | News
Law firm network QualitySolicitors yesterday announced a greater focus on lead conversion, along with a change in leadership to drive it.
by Rob | Apr 14, 2016 | News
New government plans to sell Land Registry are driven solely by politics and could create an out-of-control private monopoly – with risks to the integrity of the register and the wider economy.
by Rob | Apr 13, 2016 | News
Granny flats will be exempt from stamp duty after a Government U-turn, it emerged last night in a major victory for pensioner groups and elderly campaigners.
by Rob | Apr 13, 2016 | News
The Daily Telegraph – which has been campaigning on the issue for some weeks – quotes former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, as saying the policy had now been changed.
by Rob | Apr 13, 2016 | News
The Legal Services Board has ditched plans to examine what it could do to enhance consumer protection for those who use unregulated providers.
by Rob | Apr 12, 2016 | News
Search Acumen has become the first conveyancing search provider to offer its clients access to My Legal Indemnity Shop, a ground-breaking new tool which gives conveyancers a one-stop shop to source competitive quotes and combine policies for legal indemnity...
by Rob | Apr 12, 2016 | News
The Help to Buy ISA which gives savers a bonus of 25% on savings towards house purchase has seen it’s first first time buyers cash in.
by Rob | Apr 12, 2016 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority today closed a fifth firm in the space of a week following suspicions of dishonesty.
by Rob | Apr 8, 2016 | News
A merger of bodies in the financial sector has taken a step closer after members of the Council of Mortgage Lenders voted in favour of the proposal.
by Rob | Apr 8, 2016 | News
Co-operative Legal Services returned to profit last year, although turnover continued to fall, its annual results have revealed.
by Rob | Apr 5, 2016 | News
Settled is an easy to use online property platform where sellers can manage every aspect of their sale in one place.
by Rob | Apr 5, 2016 | News
The former secretary of state at the Department of Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, is to write to Chancellor George Osborne asking him to exempt ‘granny annexes’ from the controversial stamp duty surcharge.
by Rob | Apr 5, 2016 | News
Not involving expert conveyancers sufficiently was one of several fundamental failings that led to the collapse of the Law Society’s Veyo project, which has cost solicitors £7m, a review has concluded.
by Rob | Apr 5, 2016 | News
Law firms setting fixed fees and publishing them online are likely to be cheaper than their competitors, research for the oversight regulator has found.
by Rob | Apr 5, 2016 | News
New flood protections for homeowners will make the conveyancing process more complex, solicitors have been warned.
by Rob | Apr 4, 2016 | News
At the moment estate agents are having to deal with the perception that some of them don’t give a good enough service.
