The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has commended the government for launching the Commonhold Council – an advisory panel of leasehold groups and industry experts who will inform the government on the future of this type Read More
New guidance on the measurement of land for development projects such as new housing and commercial development have been published by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, which defines common measurements used across the built Read More
New guidance on how to supervise and support junior staff and trainees via hybrid and flexible working models as firms and organisations look to return to the office has been unveiled by the Law Society Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has abandoned its plans to reduce the maximum grants made from the Compensation Fund. This u-turn has been welcomed by The Law Society for England and Wales. A spokesperson for Read More
Following on from the inaugural British Conveyancing Awards, we thought it would be the right time to reaffirm the commitment we’ve all made as an industry to help each other navigate through these tough Read More
Glitz and glamour as the Conveyancing sector celebrates at British
This afternoon the conveyancing industry came together to celebrate and recognise the herculean efforts of all those involved in the property market over the last 14 months. The inaugural British Conveyancing Awards took to the virtual Read More
Anna Bradley has been reappointed as the Chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Board for a second three-year term. Anna will be the SRA Chair until December 2024, having originally taken up the post in Read More
There has been an update published in the following practice guides: Requisition and cancellation procedures (PG50) Page summary: Advice on how to avoid requisitions on applications and our procedures where they do need to be Read More
The home buying and selling process will always be a lucrative prize for fraudsters because their pay out is huge. It seems to be a frequent occurrence in the news that a fraudster has made Read More
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way cyber criminals target those they want to exploit. With this in mind, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has launched the Cyber Essentials Readiness Tool which helps firms Read More
In a series of Supporter in Focus pieces, we are thrilled to introduce our supporters of The British Conveyancing Awards 2021 Alongside headline sponsor Lawyer Checker, we look forward to recognising individuals, teams and companies who Read More
Embracing technology and the positive impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the legal sector in regards to adopting technology has been a hot topic of conversation. Here at Today’s Conveyancer we’ve been Read More
There has been update published in the following practice guide: Private trusts of land (PG24) Page summary: Guidance on applications to register transactions involving trustees of land, aimed at conveyancers (practice guide 24). Change made: Section 7.2.2 Read More
A huge 23% fall in new enquiries from landlords to estate agents in the past week coupled with further falls in new vendor leads, piled yet more pressure onto hard-pressed agents who remained awash with prospective Read More
8 days till the British Conveyancing Awards!
There’s only 8 days until the very first British Conveyancing Awards, a time when we can all come together to recognise the herculean efforts of the sector over the past 14 months. The shortlist for the Read More
Digital ID at the forefront of people’s minds
Embracing technology and the positive impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the legal sector in regards to adopting technology has been a hot topic of conversation. Here at Today’s Conveyancer we’ve been Read More
Dye & Durham Limited , a leading provider of cloud-based software and technology solutions designed to improve efficiency and increase productivity for legal and business professionals, today announced it has acquired Terrafirma IDC Ltd for approximately $20 Read More
Today, Thursday, 13th May, marks one year since the property market in England reopened having been hit with lockdown restrictions, marking the starting point of an incredible return to health. Ascend Properties has taken a Read More
Recent research by estate agency Yopa has revealed that, on average, first time buyers have delayed purchasing by six months and three weeks as a direct result of the pandemic. Yopa commissioned Censuswide to carry Read More
Here are the latest practice guide updates issued by HM Land Registry. Corporate insolvency (PG35) Page summary: How to deal with applications involving the insolvency of corporate bodies. Mainly for insolvency practitioners and conveyancers (practice Read More