The Land Registry has now made historical price paid records available to download for free as part of its open data programme. Developers and businesses will be able to use and reuse one of the Read More
On the back of several months of issues, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is reviewing the risk to clients when a firm’s professional indemnity insurer gets into financial difficulties. Currently, to provide PII an Read More
A new industry-backed levy will enable insurance companies to cover those at the greatest risk of flooding. All UK household insurers will have to pay into this pool, creating a fund that can be used Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has rejected calls to ban solicitors from offering cash or gift inducements to potential clients. The regulator has said there was no evidence to suggest clients are harmed by law firms Read More
Software systems provider ULS group, incorporating eConveyancer, and Legal Eye Limited have announced a new partnership agreement. Alan Young, Head of Sales, ULS Group: “We at ULS Group have always been at the forefront of Read More
The Law Society has announced that consultation will be open until the 1 August 2013 on proposed amendments to Con29 and Con29O enquiry forms. A mixture of new issues to deal with, such as the Green Read More
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has issued a Guidance Note for members, along with a detailed Q&A on the Green Deal and its practical implications. Since the Government’s Green Deal launch Read More
A 0.3% increase in UK house prices in June has taken the average house price to £168,941. According to the latest Nationwide House Price Index prices are up 1.9% from June 2012. David Pollock, Managing Director at London Read More
The Land Registry consultation, on a proposal to widen access to their Electronic Document Registration Service (e-DRS), will close on 5 July 2013. The proposed changes would remove the requirement for access to the e-DRS and Information Read More
Legal Eye has announced a new Associate, Loschinee Naidoo has joined their team. Ms Naidoo is an experienced Lawyer and Solicitor with more than 10 years legal and compliance experience. She personally founded and managed a Read More
A RICS Housing Commission report “More Good Homes and a Better United Kingdom” has been published which sets out a number of key recommendations for the housing market. The proposals include scrapping stamp duty for Read More
Conveycentric has been notified by the Council of Mortgage Lenders that they intend to publish important amendments to the CML Lender’s Handbook for England and Wales on July 8, 2013. Members and relevant stakeholders consulted Read More
Last week the Court of Appeal judgement was handed down in the case of Clarke Investments Ltd v Pacific Technologies. The two parties had entered into a contract for the sale of a shop, with Read More
Remortgaging in May hit £3.9bn, up 17.1% from April and at its highest level since October 2012. According to the latest LMS figures, the remortgaging rate is up 37.2% from January. LMS figures reveal that total gross Read More
The SRA have responded to the report released today that looked at whether reform to the current system of legal education and training is required. They have said the report will be invaluable in driving Read More
A report has been published today which looks at whether reform to the current system of education and training is required. The Legal Education and Training Review (LETR) research report was commissioned in June 2011 by Read More
Voting has now opened for an additional category at the LFS Conveyancing Awards. The awards will take place on Thursday 26th September at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The category is Estate Agents Conveyancing Read More
Since the recession I have noticed Land Registry application figures showing some firms gaining market share more quickly than others. Beaumont Legal in Wakefield is one such firm. Recently Nick Masheder, Head of Conveyancing, Beaumont Read More
The latest figures from CIFAS, the UK’s Fraud Prevention Service, have shown there were nearly 60,000 identity crime victims during the first five months of 2013. 46,000 were victims of impersonation whilst 13,500 were victims of takeovers. CIFAS Read More
Shropshire-based PCB Solicitors has honoured 25 years’ service of one of its employees, Alison Haughton. Alison is a Licensed Conveyancer based in the firms Shrewsbury office. She said: “If you’d told me when I started Read More