by Rob | Feb 24, 2016 | News
Interest aroused as semi at 69 Cock Lane in Fetcham hits the market.
by Rob | Feb 24, 2016 | News
The Chartered Institute of Taxation has called on government to introduce an exemption from the stamp duty surcharge for parents buying a home for their child to live in.
by Rob | Feb 24, 2016 | News
The Conveyancing Association is launching a training course for estate agents, as the debate swirls over whether a shortage of conveyancers is leading to long delays in transactions.
by Rob | Feb 24, 2016 | News
“I am really pleased that The Safe Move Scheme has pro-actively prevented another property buyer suffering what happened to myself and my wife.”
by Rob | Feb 23, 2016 | News
Haart says a shortage of conveyancers and lawyers is leading to delays in transactions, made worse by the high volume of buy to let apartments and houses being purchased ahead of the April 1 stamp duty surcharge deadline.
by Rob | Feb 23, 2016 | News
Goldsmith Williams, the national conveyancers, has just launched a free Buy to Let Tool Box for brokers to help them when dealing with Buy to Let clients.
by Rob | Feb 22, 2016 | News
The average pay in the property industry is £54,839, Property Week has reported.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2016 | News
An estate agency in Cornwall has opened on the site of a former filling station and allows people to drive up, take property brochures, and go – the agency version of a drive-thru burger bar or coffee shop.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2016 | News
A woman’s fight to keep the home she shared with her now deceased partner for almost 20 years has highlighted the need to update cohabitation laws, lawyers have said.
by Rob | Feb 18, 2016 | News
With the Stamp Duty changes just six weeks away, landlords and second-home buyers are in a race against time to complete their purchases.
by Rob | Feb 18, 2016 | News
The Law Society has warned that allowing people to enter the profession without a degree-level qualification will adversely affect clients and dilute professional standards.
by Rob | Feb 18, 2016 | News
A sole practitioner who brought a “cataclysm” upon himself by failing to protect the interests of children when acting as a trustee, leading to them not receiving the legacies they should have done from two wills, has been struck off and ordered to pay £65,000 in...
by Rob | Feb 16, 2016 | News
The Law Society has today launched a new webpage dedicated to helping firms protect themselves against being scammed and providing them with help and support if they have fallen victim to fraudsters.
by Rob | Feb 16, 2016 | News
The specialist regulator for conveyancers has outlined its objectives for 2016 following a year of ‘significant’ change.
by Rob | Feb 16, 2016 | News
The Law Society and Solicitors Regulation Authority yesterday drew the battle lines that will define the argument over independent regulation of the legal profession.
by Rob | Feb 15, 2016 | News
The SRA are consulting on technical changes to the minimum terms and conditions that need to be included in professional indemnity insurance policies.
by Rob | Feb 15, 2016 | News
Are you ready for PSC (Person with Significant Control) registers?
by Rob | Feb 15, 2016 | News
The Law Society has today called for a single regulator of legal services and statutory protection for the ‘lawyer’ title, ahead of a government consultation on reforming the 2007 Legal Services Act.
by Rob | Feb 15, 2016 | News
Consumer and business needs are changing and the legal services sector must adapt. The Law Society is determined to ensure solicitors are right at the forefront of this evolution.
by Rob | Feb 15, 2016 | News
Plans to create three new breeds of lawyer – probate practitioners, conveyancing technicians and probate technicians – are being published today by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers.
