by Rob | Jun 24, 2015 | News
Conveyancers’ confidence in the market is rising, as workloads increase.
by Rob | Jun 24, 2015 | News
A new Channel 5 TV series is due to start tonight, called “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”.
by Rob | Jun 24, 2015 | News
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it is working on a revised HomeBuyer Report which will not include the ‘historic’ valuation element.
by Rob | Jun 23, 2015 | News
This weekend the Solicitors Regulation Authority is supporting the London Pride festival.
by Rob | Jun 22, 2015 | News
A woman is seeking hundreds of thousands of pounds compensation from Barclays, claiming the bank’s will-writing service resulted in her losing a stake in a valuable London home.
by Rob | Jun 22, 2015 | News
Consumers are being misled by dubious practices in online reviews and endorsements, while more than half of buyers of services are swayed by them, according to an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority.
by Rob | Jun 22, 2015 | News
The Law Society recorded a £33m surplus last year, its annual report has shown, while former chief executive Des Hudson received a pay packet of £407,000 in his final year.
by Rob | Jun 22, 2015 | News
The super-regulator has laid down the law to the Legal Ombudsman with a tough new set of performance targets.
by Rob | Jun 22, 2015 | News
The client account scheme run by the Bar Council for the benefit of direct-access barristers is to alter its price structure this summer to attract more solicitors.
by Rob | Jun 19, 2015 | News
The National Association of Estate Agents says HMRC have been making unscheduled visits to individual agency offices to check on their compliance with anti-money laundering procedures.
by Rob | Jun 19, 2015 | News
Firms affected by the RBS payments crisis will be indemnified for any losses incurred.
by Rob | Jun 19, 2015 | News
A reorganisation at the top of the Legal Ombudsman could cost the profession an extra £90,000 a year in managers’ salaries.
by Rob | Jun 18, 2015 | News
Search Acumen has strengthened its team of experienced industry professionals by appointing Zoe Dobson as Client Relationship Manager. Zoe joins the conveyancing search provider from Wessex Searches and increases the size of its Client Relationship Management team to...
by Rob | Jun 18, 2015 | News
The new legal business set up by the founder of Compass Costs – who became head of Quindell Legal Services after it bought Compass – is set to buy two law firms as it expands rapidly as part of a strategy to “take the greed out of the market” by going head to head...
by Rob | Jun 18, 2015 | News
The prospect of a single regulator for the legal market has dimmed after the new chief executive of the Legal Services Board distanced himself from the idea.
by Rob | Jun 17, 2015 | News
The Law Society has rejected proposals by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to approve client accounts managed by third parties.
by Rob | Jun 15, 2015 | News
Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a hardy, bamboo-like perennial plant that, although quite attractive on first glance, is highly aggressive and destructive. It was originally introduced by botanists as an ornamental garden plant in the mid nineteenth century...
by Rob | Jun 15, 2015 | News
Landfill sites can have severely detrimental effects on surrounding land, and as a result are often under intense scrutiny. Interest in the remediation of contaminated land has never been higher with Brownfield developments for new housing on the up and up1, resulting...
by Rob | Jun 15, 2015 | News
The SRA last week shut down a north-west London law firm shortly after an accountant who went on to train as a solicitor at the firm was struck off for preparing fraudulent cheques and forging partners’ signatures.
by Rob | Jun 15, 2015 | News
The Legal Ombudsman is set to consult on allowing third parties to complain about lawyers in certain circumstances, it has emerged.
