by Rob | Jul 27, 2015 | News
The Bank of England has announced it is extending the Clearing House Automated Payment System (CHAPS) settlement day to align more closely with the typical business day.
by Rob | Jul 24, 2015 | News
CHAPS has confirmed that its operational hours will be extended from summer 2016, enabling high-value payments to be made until 6pm.
by Rob | Jul 24, 2015 | News
LMS has extended its relationship with The Chorley Building Society by providing its General Panel Management service to the Society. This will allow The Chorley to offer its members and brokers access to a fully vetted, open and secure panel of law firms.
by Rob | Jul 24, 2015 | News
The Legal Services Board has approved radical reforms of the separate business rule for solicitors, while noting that the changes “carry some risks to consumers”.
by Rob | Jul 23, 2015 | News
The Law Society’s membership board has approved plans for a long-term campaign to boost the ‘solicitor brand’, which will include bigger businesses and in-house lawyers as buyers of legal services.
by Rob | Jul 22, 2015 | News
The legal profession is one of the sectors of the economy most frequently the subject of data breaches and increasingly the target of scams and attacks by cyber criminals, according to the SRA.
by Rob | Jul 21, 2015 | News
Edinburgh Solicitor Property Centre claims to have reached what it calls a “major milestone” in its new e-conveyancing service called Central Conveyancing.
by Rob | Jul 21, 2015 | News
Banks may charge law firms more for borrowing if they abandon their client accounts, the legal regulators have warned in a joint report.
by Rob | Jul 21, 2015 | News
A conveyancing hub in Bridgend serving clients across England and Wales is the latest legal services venture to receive a grant from the Welsh government in its efforts to expand the country’s professional services sector.
by Rob | Jul 21, 2015 | News
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal ordered Richard Barnett, formerly senior partner at Southport firm Barnetts, to be struck off the roll.
by Rob | Jul 20, 2015 | News
If business is a bit quiet over the next few Mondays, don’t feel guilty at watching TV – you could even describe it as working.
by Rob | Jul 20, 2015 | News
Search Acumen, the search provider, has appointed Caroline Robinson as its new Commercial Real Estate Business Development Manager as it lays the foundations to expand into the commercial property market.
by Rob | Jul 20, 2015 | News
The SDT has reprimanded a solicitor for calling his opponent in litigation, among other things, a “complete plonker” – conduct which it said would diminish the trust of the public in the profession.
by Rob | Jul 18, 2015 | News
A number of my member firms (Bold Legal Group) have reported that, compared to three years ago, the time to get property transactions to exchange has increased markedly, causing additional aggravation and stress for conveyancers, clients and estate agents alike....
by Rob | Jul 16, 2015 | News
The creation of the first legal plc in England shows a new way forward in opening up the market through flexible regulatory practice, says the SRA.
by Rob | Jul 16, 2015 | News
Decision First has confirmed that another 6 lenders have decided to join Lloyds Banking Group and Santander in their use of the Lender Exchange. Launched last August to the panels of both LBG and Santander, Lender Exchange is being rolled out to TSB, Coventry Building...
by Rob | Jul 16, 2015 | News
Practising fees will be unchanged for the coming practising year, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has proposed.
by Rob | Jul 16, 2015 | News
Changes to the format of accountants’ reports for solicitors’ practices – and the criteria for qualifying accounts and submitting them – should further improve their value and reduce the burden on firms, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has...
by Rob | Jul 16, 2015 | News
The campaign “A question of trust” will involve the legal profession and the public in a wide-ranging discussion about what meeting professional standards means. The SRA has been cutting regulatory red tape for the last two years to free up the legal...
by Rob | Jul 16, 2015 | News
Customers are currently experiencing issues inputting relief codes 34 and 35 when filing online stamp duty land tax payments.
