by Rob | Dec 5, 2014 | News
The Legal Services Consumer Panel today expressed concerned that “the recent emphasis on deregulation… is being taken too far”, while also praising the innovation seen to date through ABSs.
by Rob | Dec 5, 2014 | News
The tax benefits for law firms of incorporating have been reduced thanks to surprise changes announced by the Chancellor in this week’s Autumn Statement.
by Rob | Dec 5, 2014 | News
The number of professional negligence claims against law firms in the High Court has almost tripled in a year.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2014 | News
The Conveyancing Association has today launched a new Best Practice Guide to help improve communication between conveyancers and estate agents.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2014 | News
While the vast majority of estate agents appeared delighted at George Osborne’s reform of the stamp duty system, high-end agents were distinctly less enthusiastic.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2014 | News
Quality Solicitor’s campaign aims to encourage the over-50s to make wills.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2014 | News
A request by the Bar Council for law firms to be given automatic access to BARCO was rejected by the SRA.
by Rob | Dec 4, 2014 | News
George Osborne has spurned demands for punitive measures against professionals responsible for designing aggressive tax-avoidance schemes.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2014 | News
Agents selling leasehold flats will have to give information about service charges and ground rent on property details.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2014 | News
HMRC has released proposals for implementing new Capital Gains Tax rules which will crack down on UK residents electing second homes as their main residence as well as targetting non-UK residents buying in this country.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2014 | News
The Competition and Markets Authority says some leaseholders have experienced “significant problems” over high service charges and poor standards of service when it comes to residential property management.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2014 | News
Speculation has grown overnight that Chancellor George Osborne will reform stamp duty in today’s Autumn Statement.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2014 | News
The potential for unbundling legal services to help consumers – and particularly litigants in person – is to be examined in a research project being commissioned by the Legal Services Board (LSB) and Legal Services Consumer Panel.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2014 | News
Four law firms have recently lost £2m from their client accounts after falling victim to scammers who tricked them into disclosing bank security information over the telephone.
by Rob | Dec 3, 2014 | News
The Bar Standards Board will move a step closer to parity with the solicitors regulator next year when it begins regulating entities.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2014 | News
The Chair of the SRA Board, Charles Plant, has been honoured by the City of London Law Society at the British Legal Awards.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2014 | News
An MP is asking the public to vote for the worst estate and letting agents – and the best – as well as choosing which agent is “most in denial about their poor service.”
by Rob | Dec 2, 2014 | News
Client, consumer or customer – no single label can describe the relationship that now exists between people and their legal services providers.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2014 | News
The first body to represent alternative business structures (ABSs) and other new-style legal practices has been launched.
by Rob | Dec 2, 2014 | News
Accountancy giant EY has been given the go-ahead to offer legal services in the UK as it expands its global law offering.
