by Rob | Feb 23, 2015 | News
The SRA high-profile move away from the annual minimum 16 hour CPD requirement has been well documentedand most in the profession will by now be aware that the change will be phased in from this spring and fully implemented by 1 November 2016.
by Rob | Feb 23, 2015 | News
A new buy-to-let lender, Fleet Mortgages, has created the first law firm panel made up only of members of the Conveyancing Association.
by Rob | Feb 23, 2015 | News
The SDT has rebuked the SRA for giving the impression that it treats City lawyers more leniently than solicitors from smaller firms in prosecuting allegations of lack of integrity.
by Rob | Feb 20, 2015 | News
Mortgage lending dropped last month on both a monthly and annual basis, lenders have said.
by Rob | Feb 20, 2015 | News
Professional Conferences’ Residential Property Law & Conveyancing Update conferences are designed to update solicitors, licensed conveyancers and barristers on current residential property law and conveyancing issues and will provide invaluable advice on practical...
by Rob | Feb 20, 2015 | News
Personal injury services provider NAHL, which operates the National Accident Helpline brand, has moved in to conveyancing with the £4.3m acquisition of Fitzalan Partners, a lead-generation business.
by Rob | Feb 20, 2015 | News
Lawyers are happier with their careers than the average worker, but the increasingly footloose young are posing a big retention problem for legal employers.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2015 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Legal Services Board (are continuing research into how law firms, and others providing legal services, are changing the way they operate.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2015 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is aware that information about trainee solicitor numbers, published as a result of information provided by the SRA in response to a Freedom of Information Act request, has led to some confusion.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2015 | News
New portal OnTheMarket says that it has recorded one million unique visits.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2015 | News
Dawsons estate agents have implemented the Hoowla Panel Management Software Solution to help save time generating quotes and improve reporting and feedback from solicitors.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2015 | News
National Accident Helpline has today unveiled its move into the conveyancing market by spending £4.3m to buy a lead generation business specialising in the sector.
by Rob | Feb 19, 2015 | News
Veyo announces the appointment of Jonathan Smithers as a non-executive member to the Board. Jonathan Smithers is vice-president of the Law Society and a Partner at CooperBurnett Solicitors in Tunbridge Wells.
by Rob | Feb 18, 2015 | News
The biggest trend, building on 2013, was that 87% of home movers did not choose the cheapest conveyancer.
by Rob | Feb 18, 2015 | News
The Law Society is a proud supporter of the Magna Carta 800th anniversary celebrations.
by Rob | Feb 17, 2015 | News
Bethany de Montjoie Rudolf CFILEx Soc Legal Services Consultant at De Montjoie Consulting Ltd tries to explain why conveyancing lawyers are not complete idiots.
by Rob | Feb 17, 2015 | News
Last Thursday I spent two hours in Dunfermline talking to Kyle Peddie, the CEO of Your Conveyancer, about the Scottish conveyancing process versus the conveyancing process in England and Wales.
by Rob | Feb 17, 2015 | News
The head of a campaign group opposing the mansion tax has had a face to face meeting with the Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls – but, perhaps unsurprisingly, failed to change his mind on the issue.
by Rob | Feb 17, 2015 | News
The TV advertising battle between legal brands stepped up this week with Slater & Gordon launching a new campaign with the message ‘Your case is our cause’.
by Rob | Feb 17, 2015 | News
Veyo, the online conveyancing system being developed through a Law Society joint venture with an IT services business, has begun a consumer marketing campaign.
