by Rob | Aug 5, 2015 | News
An analysis of homes on sale six months after the scrapping of the ‘slab’ system of stamp duty has revealed a dramatic change to agents’ and vendors’ asking prices.
by Rob | Aug 5, 2015 | News
UK average house prices rose 0.4 per cent in July taking the annual pace of change up to 3.5 per cent, according to one of the major price indices.
by Rob | Aug 5, 2015 | News
Fairpoint Group plc, one of the UK’s leading providers of consumer professional services, has expanded their business and legal services stature with the announcement it has reached an agreement to acquire Colemans -CTTS LLP for an initial consideration of £9...
by Rob | Aug 4, 2015 | News
A property company claims that more than £31m has been paid out by the Land Registry in the past three years in relation to fraudulent property deeds.
by Rob | Aug 3, 2015 | News
Put pressure on estate agents to carry out more thorough checks when selling top-price homes” says Labour politician.
by Rob | Aug 3, 2015 | News
Only ‘static workers’ such as secretarial staff is assigned a desk. Lawyers packs their belongings into lockers at the end of each working day.
by Rob | Jul 31, 2015 | News
Harry Hill, the former Countrywide chief executive, has described his old company as “going backwards” following the publication of its half-year figures to the City.
by Rob | Jul 31, 2015 | News
Wills experts have said a highly publicised ruling by the Court of Appeal to award a woman £164,000 from her estranged mother’s estate, despite being left out of the will, is in line with the law.
by Rob | Jul 31, 2015 | News
There must be a simpler way of completing the indemnity renewal process.
by Rob | Jul 30, 2015 | News
The oversight regulator has rubber-stamped proposals to allow solicitors and law firms to own or manage businesses in other professions.
by Rob | Jul 29, 2015 | News
Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced measures designed to unmask corrupt offshore company using the UK property market to hide their ‘dirty money’.
by Rob | Jul 29, 2015 | News
Accountants will soon be competing directly with solicitor firms ‘on every high street in the country’, according to a leading financial advisor to the legal sector.
by Rob | Jul 29, 2015 | News
The head of the Solicitors Regulation Authority has called for caution amidst demands for wholesale reform of the regulatory regime.
by Rob | Jul 29, 2015 | News
Regulators have been forced to make repeat visits to some firms over concerns about the potential for money laundering, it has emerged.
by Rob | Jul 28, 2015 | News
The current state of the UK housing market, leaves conveyancers with an uphill battle.
by Rob | Jul 28, 2015 | News
London commercial property law firm Maples Teesdale is facing a claim for up to £5.1m for repudiatory breach of contract after losing a bid in the High Court to have the case thrown out.
by Rob | Jul 28, 2015 | News
A report from the profession’s umbrella watchdog has warned that maintaining the current regulatory framework will inhibit reform and fail to create an environment for economic growth.
by Rob | Jul 27, 2015 | News
This year our COLPs and COFAs conference, will be all about what “Making it easier to do business ” means to you in terms of your role.
by Rob | Jul 27, 2015 | News
Taxpayer funding to the Green Deal Finance Company has ended the Green Deal itself, meaning likely redundancies and closures of some firms.
by Rob | Jul 27, 2015 | News
Estate agents have been warned by the National Crime Agency that they must not hesitate to inform the authorities if they have any suspicion that a buyer is seeking to launder money via the purchase of a property.
