by Rob | Nov 8, 2014 | News
Craig Holt, founder of legal services brand QualitySolicitors, has left the business.
by Rob | Nov 8, 2014 | News
We recently had a client come to us to say she was ‘bullied’ by an agent who wanted the client to go to a particular firm in our locality even though the client was to be charged double the fee we had quoted.
by Rob | Nov 7, 2014 | News
A ‘mortgage time bomb’ is looming for people aged over 50 with interest-only mortgages and who had hoped that an endowment would clear the lump sum, typically after 25 years.
by Rob | Nov 7, 2014 | News
The number of reports of bogus law firms received by the SRA in the first eight months of this year is up by over 20% on the same period last year.
by Rob | Nov 7, 2014 | News
The Solicitors Compensation Fund could be hit by a new wave of property claims after a High Court ruling on two test cases relating to a buy-to-let scheme.
by Rob | Nov 7, 2014 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published an update to the Risk Outlook 2015.
by Rob | Nov 7, 2014 | News
National firm Irwin Mitchell has moved into wealth advice for rich clients with the acquisition of a Mayfair firm.
by Rob | Nov 7, 2014 | News
The Law Society today called for changes to the laws governing telecommunications interception following the release of documents apparently confirming that the intelligence services have been eavesdropping on lawyers’ client communications.
by Rob | Nov 6, 2014 | News
If a new Bill becomes law, then the number of tenants putting in vexatious complaints to hold up eviction proceedings will rise.
by Rob | Nov 6, 2014 | News
A leading economist academic is warning that the charge which is replacing stamp duty in Scotland is a “very, very bad tax” which will hurt the entire market.
by Rob | Nov 5, 2014 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned that firms falling victim to fraudsters setting up bogus practices in their name could be held accountable if they have not acted to prevent identity theft.
by Rob | Nov 5, 2014 | News
Consumers and businesses believe that drafting “legally accurate and effective” documents is a more important quality of a competent solicitor than following professional rules, a major study has found.
by Rob | Nov 5, 2014 | News
Professor Avrom Sherr, one of the country’s leading legal academics, has said that “nobody listens to the Law Society” since it lost its regulatory role.
by Rob | Nov 4, 2014 | News
Some 2,000 solicitors have contributed to a ‘competence statement’ identifying the skills that newly qualified members of the profession should have from day one, SRA director of education and training Julie Brannan said.
by Rob | Nov 4, 2014 | News
A card player and a parish priest test the definition of cheating.
by Rob | Nov 4, 2014 | News
The government is pressing on with plans to change the law to make it easier for firms to explore for and extract shale gas, despite an overwhelmingly negative public response to its consultation – many on the grounds of possible effects on house prices and...
by Rob | Nov 4, 2014 | News
International firm Kennedys has become one of the biggest existing practices to convert into an alternative business structure.
by Rob | Nov 3, 2014 | News
Many of the 1,863 law firms e-mailed by the SRA last Thursday that their apparent lack of PII meant they would have to move into a period of shut-down had cover after all, it emerged.
by Rob | Nov 3, 2014 | News
The SRA closed three law firms in London and Essex in just two days last week, giving suspected dishonesty as a reason for each separate intervention.
by Rob | Nov 3, 2014 | News
The amendments in Version 12 of the Handbook support the Authority’s reform programme, which was announced in the spring.
