by Rob | Jun 18, 2014 | News
Two million online searches on legal subjects are made every day in the UK, according to a senior Google executive, who went on to advise lawyers that their future clients would increasingly be reached through video and mobile technology.
by Rob | Jun 17, 2014 | News
Land Registry of England and Wales is to press ahead with controversial plans to take over the management of the local land charges register – despite overwhelming opposition in a public consultation.
by Rob | Jun 17, 2014 | News
Agents that charge both buyers and sellers can carry on doing so, after an amendment in the Commons was defeated yesterday evening.
by Rob | Jun 16, 2014 | News
An ambitious legal firm that negotiates large-scale outsourcing contracts has snapped up a top retail guru to help expand the business.
by Rob | Jun 16, 2014 | News
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and Financial Conduct Authority have agreed that transitional arrangements for firms wanting to carry out consumer credit activities will be extended by a further six months, from 30 September 2014 to 1 April 2015.
by Rob | Jun 16, 2014 | News
Research presented exclusively in Estate Agent Today shows that over the past six years basic salaries for most agents have risen by 10 to 25 per cent, with OTE payments showing much greater rises, typically from 20 to 80 per cent.
by Rob | Jun 16, 2014 | News
Chancellor George Osborne is giving the Bank of England the power to control the size of mortgages and Bank governor Mark Carney has hinted that an interest rate rise could come sooner than expected – perhaps even later this year.
by Rob | Jun 13, 2014 | News
Chancellor George Osborne last night handed the Bank of England new powers to curb mortgage lending. Specifically, it will be able to cap the size of mortgage loans in relation to incomes. The power will come into play by the end of this Parliament, and was announced...
by Rob | Jun 13, 2014 | News
With the cooling-off rules changing, there continues to be concern that many agents will be caught unawares by the full implications of the new regime.
by Rob | Jun 12, 2014 | News
On the 7th May the SRA launched four consultations that will have far reaching affects for Law firms both large and small. Yet it only allowed a six week period for responses.
by Rob | Jun 12, 2014 | News
Firms applying for alternative business structure (ABS) status believe the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) takes too long to approve applications and its staff are too “bureaucratic”, according to the regulator’s own research.
by Rob | Jun 12, 2014 | News
Alternative business structures (ABSs) account for a third of all turnover in the personal injury market, the first accurate overview of the progress of ABSs has revealed.
by Rob | Jun 12, 2014 | News
It came as a major surprise to many in the industry when In-Deed effectively closed for business. Despite a difficult trading period, with over £1m in cash on its balance sheet the company appeared in better health than many conveyancing practices.
by Rob | Jun 11, 2014 | News
Sir Michael Pitt, the new chairman of the Legal Services Board, has said he took the job to “help change the legal services market”.
by Rob | Jun 11, 2014 | News
The number of solicitor firms has fallen by almost 800 in the past two years, new figures have revealed.
by Rob | Jun 11, 2014 | News
Industry trainer Adam Walker and Winkworth director Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy – a former chief executive of the NAEA – have both said it is totally unacceptable.
by Rob | Jun 11, 2014 | News
The government has announced that lawyers and claims firms are to be banned from offering incentives such as free tablet computers to encourage people to make insurance claims.
by Rob | Jun 10, 2014 | News
A field in Whitby, North Yorkshire, cannot be registered as a ‘town or village green’ despite the fact that its owner, Scarborough Borough Council, has allowed its informal use for playing football and walking dogs for more than 20 years.
by Rob | Jun 10, 2014 | News
If you wish to be in the successful, you need to avoid these pitfalls.
by Rob | Jun 10, 2014 | News
A parliamentary inquiry has called for a push to encourage people to make wills and that will-writers should inform all clients that they are able to leave money to charity in them.
