by Rob | Oct 8, 2014 | News
Solicitors urgently need to develop skills to protect their clients and themselves from cyber attacks, the government and Law Society will warn today.
by Rob | Oct 7, 2014 | News
From today, HSBC will start to offer its mortgages through a broker.
by Rob | Oct 7, 2014 | News
The end of this year’s professional indemnity insurance renewal period appears to have prompted a fresh wave of mergers.
by Rob | Oct 6, 2014 | News
The best form of alternative dispute resolution is dispute avoidance.
by Rob | Oct 6, 2014 | News
Justice minister Simon Hughes has said the government will make an announcement within weeks on tackling the issues raised by the growing number of litigants in person.
by Rob | Oct 6, 2014 | News
Move over X-Factor, we’re coming up to a General Election: Dave and Ed are taking centre stage and both are waxing lyrical about the housing market.
by Rob | Oct 6, 2014 | News
A further series of mergers around the country have been announced as consolidation in the legal market continues to take hold.
by Rob | Oct 6, 2014 | News
Two partners of a former Yorkshire law firm have been fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal for their involvement in stamp duty land tax (SDLT) avoidance schemes.
by Rob | Oct 6, 2014 | News
Firms that failed to secure professional indemnity insurance have until tomorrow to notify the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
by Rob | Oct 6, 2014 | News
Financial advisers to the legal sector have warned of twin dangers threatening to undermine law firm stability in 2015 – with the potential to cause more closures.
by Rob | Oct 5, 2014 | News
This note relates to the renewing of professional indemnity insurance by solicitor firms regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).
by Rob | Oct 5, 2014 | News
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers today called on all mortgage lenders to follow the lead given by HSBC in allowing all firms that are regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) to act for them as well as the buyer in property purchase transactions....
by Rob | Oct 3, 2014 | News
Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney has written to George Osborne about the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme.
by Rob | Oct 3, 2014 | News
Question marks remain over some aspects of the government’s tax policy for the disposal of property by non-UK residents.
by Rob | Oct 3, 2014 | News
From 20 October 2014, Land Registry will be implementing practice changes to help prevent restrictions on leasehold registered titles creating problems, where the restriction calls for the consent of a particular named lessor or managing agent, and that lessor or...
by Rob | Oct 3, 2014 | News
The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) is to launch a complaints portal this month that will enable lawyers to manage all of their contact with the organisation online.
by Rob | Oct 3, 2014 | News
East Midlands firm Nelsons has launched Fusion Legal, a new regional support network, following West Midlands firm FBC Manby Bowdler, which launched Hub Legal this summer.
by Rob | Oct 3, 2014 | News
Leading Surrey firm Mundays has been fined £2,000 by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for using stamp avoidance schemes which saved clients over £2.5m.
by Rob | Oct 2, 2014 | News
Mortgage brokers and financial advisers have called for tighter controls over estate agents, says the Financial Times.
by Rob | Oct 2, 2014 | News
The Bank of England has slightly relaxed some of the mortgage constraints it discussed at the start of summer, in response to the cooling housing market.
