by Rob | Feb 9, 2015 | News
“Like much of the rest of the conveyancing market, we have been trying to observe the Veyo project to understand what is going to be built.”
by Rob | Feb 9, 2015 | News
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has moved closer towards its goal of regulating specialist probate lawyers who do not have to be conveyancers.
by Rob | Feb 9, 2015 | News
Eight months after first receiving complaints, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has still to decide whether to bring disciplinary action against in-house lawyers involved in writing misleading letters to recover debts.
by Rob | Feb 7, 2015 | News
Help us identify the particular stages in the transaction process that are stalling us, holding us up and ultimately causing us unnecessary complications.
by Rob | Feb 6, 2015 | News
A counter-fraud security measure has been introduced by Land Registry for companies who own registered property and are concerned it might be subject to a fraudulent sale or mortgage.
by Rob | Feb 6, 2015 | News
After five years driving change as Chair of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers as Chair of the Council, Anna Bradley is stepping down to make time for other roles.
by Rob | Feb 5, 2015 | News
Following a pilot, a counter-fraud security measure has been introduced by Land Registry for companies who own registered property and are concerned it might be subject to a fraudulent sale or mortgage. Tenanted, unoccupied or mortgage-free properties are known to be...
by Rob | Feb 5, 2015 | News
Hugh James, the biggest firm in Wales, is extending its law firm network into the north of the country, it has emerged.
by Rob | Feb 5, 2015 | News
The Court of Appeal has ordered that a professional indemnity insurer is liable to reimburse loans made to clients of a collapsed law firm to cover disbursements.
by Rob | Feb 4, 2015 | News
Solicitors should ensure that they continue to maintain an adequate Continuous Professional Development programme,
by Rob | Feb 4, 2015 | News
Small and medium-sized law firms “face the most threat” from new entrants and increased competition, a wide-ranging survey of the UK legal services market has found.
by Rob | Feb 3, 2015 | News
The landlord did not own the path and did not own the block. However, the landlord did own a flat within the block and the path was the essential means of access to the block.
by Rob | Feb 2, 2015 | News
Most private clients would rather go to a traditional local law firm rather than a national brand, according to a major annual market snapshot published today.
by Rob | Feb 2, 2015 | News
The Conveyancing Association is the latest part of the house-moving industry to call on experts to identify obstacles that hinder the home-buying process.
by Rob | Feb 2, 2015 | News
This should formulate the most radical overhaul for consumer law for a number of decades, as various pieces of fragmented legislation are streamlined into a single bill.
by Rob | Feb 2, 2015 | News
Law firms are failing to respond to the disruptive effects of new entrants to legal services and continue to measure their success using traditional performance metrics, according to a report on key issues likely to influence the market in 2015.
by Rob | Feb 2, 2015 | News
No empirical evidence exists to show non-lawyer ownership models in the UK and Australia have improved access to justice.
by Rob | Feb 2, 2015 | News
The government has said it will do the ‘minimum’ required to comply with new EU mortgage rules, which the Law Society says may disrupt the conveyancing market by forcing lenders to give borrowers more time to consider loans.
by Rob | Jan 30, 2015 | News
A cleaner has been banned by the SRA from working in a law firm without the regulator’s permission.
by Rob | Jan 30, 2015 | News
People often complain about the slow, stressful, complicated job of moving home. As far as enjoyment is concerned, it seems to be up there with death, divorce and paying one’s tax.
