by Rob | Sep 4, 2014 | News
The Legal Services Board (LSB) said yesterday that it supports recognition of fee-charging McKenzie Friends as a “legitimate feature of the evolving legal services market”, but also called for safeguards.
by Rob | Sep 4, 2014 | News
The most thorough research yet into the effect of MMR on the housing market shows a significant increase in the time it takes for buyers to receive offers.
by Rob | Sep 3, 2014 | News
Ed Lester, the chief land registrar and chief executive of HM Land Registry, has announced his intention to leave both roles. The announcement comes two months after ministers rebuffed a plan to spin off the bulk of the registry’s activity’s into a...
by Rob | Sep 3, 2014 | News
Cornwall County Council has warned it will have to cut jobs as part of 16% spending cuts in its legal services department.
by Rob | Sep 3, 2014 | News
There is only one day left to lobby MPs ahead of a debate on the future of stamp duty in the Commons tomorrow.
by Rob | Sep 2, 2014 | News
Co-operative Legal Services has vowed to be profitable by next year, despite confirming a £9.1m loss for 2013.
by Rob | Sep 2, 2014 | News
Richard Barnett, former chair of the Law Society’s land law and conveyancing committee, has called for an independent QC to investigate disciplinary allegations against him before his case reaches the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT).
by Rob | Sep 1, 2014 | News
Former City solicitor and telecoms lawyer David Grossman has been appointed chief executive of the Simplify Group, which includes QualitySolicitors.
by Rob | Sep 1, 2014 | News
Eight years is a long time at the helm of an organisation like the Law Society, and so as he departs Chancery Lane as its chief executive for the last time, Des Hudson takes a lot of baggage with him.
by Rob | Sep 1, 2014 | News
’Use a professional. Use a solicitor’, is the theme of a high-profile advertising campaign launched by the Law Society today to remind consumers to go to solicitors rather than unregulated providers for legal advice.
by Rob | Aug 29, 2014 | News
One of the main reasons for a delay in a chain of transactions is obtaining the relevant information from Managing Agents – sometimes at an unnecessarily high charge.
by Rob | Aug 29, 2014 | News
House prices are almost static as the slowdown gathers pace according to Hometrack.
by Rob | Aug 29, 2014 | News
Yorkshire’s largest conveyancing firm has set up a £150,000 training academy after its workload trebled in the past two years.
by Rob | Aug 28, 2014 | News
A photographic project to inspire women lawyers provides lessons for addressing the gender imbalance in firms.
by Rob | Aug 28, 2014 | News
The Law Society has set out further details of the handover to a new chief executive following Desmond Hudson’s retirement from the role. The incoming chief executive, Catherine Dixon, will join the Society in January, from the NHS Litigation Authority....
by Rob | Aug 28, 2014 | News
Two senior partners at former Southport firm Barnetts are to be prosecuted before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds.
by Rob | Aug 28, 2014 | News
Growth in the UK legal service market will next year reach levels not seen since the 2008 downturn, the Law Society predicts today. Its latest market forecast predicts growth in real turnover of 3.8% in 2014, jumping to 4.9% in 2015. That contrasts with 3.5% in 2013...
by Rob | Aug 28, 2014 | News
The ‘other’ listed Australian personal injury firm – Shine Lawyers – considers itself “well placed” to take advantage of the changing UK legal market, it said yesterday.
by Rob | Aug 27, 2014 | News
The SRA expects its compensation fund to have to pay out up to £2.5m in the next practising year to cover the cost of negligence claims against uninsured law firms, it has emerged.
by Rob | Aug 26, 2014 | News
Our customers are telling us that poor communication equals delays which ultimately lead to dissatisfaction with the process of buying or selling a property.
