by Rob | Jul 7, 2015 | News
The House of Commons will today debate an amendment to the Scotland Bill that would devolve the regulation of estate agency to the Scottish Parliament.
by Rob | Jul 7, 2015 | News
Law firm mergers continue to decline as ‘defensive’ consolidation becomes less prevalent in an improved economy.
by Rob | Jul 6, 2015 | News
The legal profession’s complaints handler is preparing to change its rules to potentially accept complaints about issues from any point in history.
by Rob | Jul 3, 2015 | News
The methodology used by the Nationwide to compile its house price index is to be changed from next month, with more reliance being placed on data submitted by mortgage applicants.
by Rob | Jul 2, 2015 | News
Some 20% of British people feel that they have compromised when finding a new home with those renting more likely to be unhappy than buyers, new research has found.
by Rob | Jul 2, 2015 | News
‘Phishing’ is a modern day fraud technique which refers to when criminals attempt to acquire sensitive information, such as bank account details. This is done by masquerading as a trustworthy person in an electronic communication.
by Rob | Jul 1, 2015 | News
The High Court has dismissed a claim of professional negligence against a firm of solicitors because, although the claimant successfully established liability, no loss or damage was found to have been caused.
by Rob | Jun 30, 2015 | News
Bird & Bird has been ordered to pay £1.8m in damages after a court found it had failed to inform clients buying a London property of a nearby development. The firm says it is considering an appeal.
by Rob | Jun 30, 2015 | News
Charity Will Aid has apologised to solicitors for emailing thousands of members of the public with a wills promotion in partnership with Co-operative Legal Services containing the words ‘you don’t have to see a solicitor’.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2015 | News
New proposals for the regulation of solicitors doing consumer credit work have been drawn up by the SRA.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2015 | News
The public will be asked their views on the SRA as part of a major perceptions survey starting this week.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2015 | News
The SRA is set to continue regulating most consumer credit activities carried out by law firms after new proposals were issued last week.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2015 | News
The SDT described how complete was solicitor Ross Onotasa Monioro’s incompetence as a conveyancer. Having done so, it said it had no choice but to let him escape the charge of failing to act with integrity.
by Rob | Jun 29, 2015 | News
A law firm director who withdrew £11,500 from client accounts to transfer to the office account has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
by Rob | Jun 28, 2015 | News
In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it would bind buyer and seller on offer and so do away with Gazumping. Happy days!
by Rob | Jun 26, 2015 | News
The government claims that over 36,000 new home owners have been created through Right to Buy since 2012.
by Rob | Jun 26, 2015 | News
The public will be asked their views on the Solicitors Regulation Authority as part of a major perceptions survey starting this week.
by Rob | Jun 26, 2015 | News
Last weekend, members of staff from Convey Law and Monmouth RFC undertook the Welsh Three Peak Challenge in support of the Matterhorn Challenge and the Ty Hafan Children’s Hospice.
by Rob | Jun 25, 2015 | News
Estate agents in Wiltshire say chains are breaking and sales collapsing because of the length of time it takes the county council to complete searches.
by Rob | Jun 25, 2015 | News
Countrywide Conveyancing Services (CCS), one of the largest UK transactional conveyancing businesses, is proud to report that its second cohort of trainees have completed the Trainee Property Lawyer Programme accredited by CILEx.
