Back in May this year, on the same day as one Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) consultation was concluded without action, another four consultations were announced. Whilst the withdrawn (for now) proposal to ban unrated insurers Read More
Palamon Capital Partners, the owner of QualitySolicitors, have attained a controlling stake in the company of probate specialists – Simplify legal. The Simplify Group is currently comprised of probate specialists Chorus Law and leaders in conveyancing, Read More
SearchFlow has announced that this year’s Property Forum Dinner will include a Question Time-style panel debate with industry luminaries. Panellists include Paul Smee, Director General of the Council of Mortgage Lenders; Viv Williams, Chairman Read More
United Legal Services also known as eConveyancer, listed on to the stock exchange on Monday. ULS, established in 2003, launched the eConveyancer platform in 2004 to provide a web based comparison service for its customers purchasing Read More
A couple of years ago it is fair to say that as an industry we were not exactly quaking with fear at the prospect of identity theft. Yes, we were all aware of it Read More
Risk management products developed by legal software house Lexsure are figuring in on numerous professional indemnity renewal forms for 2014/2015, according to the technology company. With a number of insurers and their preferred brokers, the risk Read More
A new Private Members’ Bill to ‘end the liability of lay rectors for the repair of chancels’ has been introduced into Parliament. Liberal Democrat Peer Lord Avebury put the new legislation forward on July 16 to Read More
The government is holding a consultation to discuss making changes to the stamp duty and land tax rules. The consultation seeks views on changing certain collective investment schemes: the seeding of property authorised investment funds; Read More
Tim Higham is a Partner at Trethowans, specialising in all aspects of residential conveyancing. He tells Today’s Conveyancer how he always pushes for quality in the industry — and wishes other firms would do the Read More
Conveyancers are being warned about a new scam that intercepts emails and uses the information in them to steal money. The scam, reported to have hit firms in South Africa, works by sending an email Read More
This year has seen the largest amount ever recorded for an average remortgage loan, with the figure standing at £163,161, according to new figures. Rising house prices have pushed remortgaging loans up and the increases Read More
Conveyancing technology specialist ETSOS is set to collaborate more closely with case management suppliers in a bid to increase system integration within conveyancing departments. A survey conducted by ETSOS revealed that only 27% of respondents using Read More
Back from an extended holiday and I am still smarting from the World Cup – even though it ended nearly three weeks ago. I think it was receiving sympathy from my German neighbour the morning after Read More
Legal workflow specialist, Ochresoft, has announced details of the largest contract to date for its Intelliworks conveyancing software. Leading Cornish law firm Coodes has rolled out the solution to over forty staff across its Read More
In their latest podcast Landmark Legal discuss how Johnny Dawes, when rock climbing, precisely assesses very high risk and how lessons learnt can be applied when considering environment risk. Listen to the podcast nowRead More
Planning can sometimes seem to be a subjective topic, but changes to your local environment could positively or negatively impact your quality of life and value of your property. The planning system in this country Read More
OneSearch Direct, one of the UK’s leading property search firms, has been selected to participate in a groundbreaking program to reduce conveyance risk. Don Belcher, national manager at OneSearch, said today they would recommend Read More
Future Climate Info Ltd launches a brand new and innovative suite of Environmental Reports. These new reports analyse data in the categories of Environmental (including Contaminated Land), Flood, Ground Stability and Energy & Infrastructure and Read More
Around 100 members of staff recently enjoyed a magical evening of fairground fun to celebrate STL’s 40th Anniversary. Search clerks from around the country and staff from STL’s Woking HQ and Burton upon Trent Read More
With PII renewal season in full swing have you ever considered how your choice of search provider could ultimately affect your premium? ETSOS provides a number of tools to enable conveyancers to actively demonstrate Read More