by Rob | Dec 10, 2015 | News
More than 60,000 homes have been bought with a Help-to-Buy scheme in the last two and a half years according to statistics released by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
by Rob | Dec 9, 2015 | News
The average home buyer is £4,500 better-off under the new progressive structure of stamp duty introduced on 4 December 2014, according to Halifax.
by Rob | Dec 9, 2015 | News
Knotweed is losing the UK “hundreds of millions of pounds” each year and far outstripping Government estimates of £166 million according to experts.
by Rob | Dec 9, 2015 | News
A clear statement of a conveyancer’s duties under CML 5.1.2. That at least must be welcomed by all conveyancers.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2015 | News
Riverview Law has unveiled the technology which it will use to power a range of legal ‘virtual assistants’ it is preparing to launch next year.
by Rob | Dec 8, 2015 | News
We are proposing a shake-up in the way solicitors qualify, with a consultation on a new standardised system for assessing trainees.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2015 | News
The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day – taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer – has received fierce criticism from a removals expert who says it places a completely unreasonable burden on estate agents, removals and...
by Rob | Dec 7, 2015 | News
The demise of the Law Society and Mastek’s online conveyancing portal Veyo gives the “green light” to rival system Free2Convey, the chair of the Legal Software Suppliers Association (LSSA) has said.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2015 | News
An East Anglian firm that started a test policy of unlimited holiday earlier this year had confirmed that it will make the scheme permanent.
by Rob | Dec 7, 2015 | News
LegalZoom, the US self-service brand, will today announce its first acquisition of a law firm in England, 11 months after its UK arm was approved as an alternative business structure.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2015 | News
Joint-venture to be wound up as Chancery Lane admits its plans were overly ambitious.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2015 | News
The Law Society and Indian technology giant Mastek have decided to scrap online conveyancing portal Veyo, at a cost to the profession which has so far been confirmed at more than £3m but is likely to be much higher.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2015 | News
The Law Society-backed joint venture developing the Veyo electronic conveyancing system is being wound up because new providers have entered the market pledging free products.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2015 | News
A new survey of over 1,350 homeowners across the UK shows that a large number regard the conveyancing process as too slow.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2015 | News
A conveyancer has been sanctioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) after signing Land Registry transfer deeds, saying she had witnessed their signature when she had not.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2015 | News
The SRA Board has welcomed the Government proposals to make legal service regulators independent from their representative bodies.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2015 | News
Conveyancing search provider, SearchFlow has launched an unrivalled personal search report with unique data insight and intelligent risk analysis to aid compliance and save time spent on due diligence.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2015 | News
In his Autumn Statement this week, the Chancellor announced a 3 percentage point surcharge on stamp duty land tax (SDLT) for people buying a buy-to-let or second home from April 2016. For example, on a home worth £275,000, SDLT would rise to £12,000 from £3,750. A...
by Rob | Dec 2, 2015 | News
The announcement by George Osborne that online-only estate agents are to be encouraged, possibly at the expense of the high street model, appears to have caught the entire industry by surprise.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2015 | News
By way of a change to their CML Handbook instructions, Tesco Bank require conveyancing lawyers acting for them to notify them of the details of the seller’s lawyer
