Buckland appointment ‘an insult to lawyers’ (LSG)
Robert Buckland’s appointment as solicitor general is an ‘insult to lawyers’, his Labour shadow said today, after it emerged Buckland had failed to tell the prime minister that he had […]
‘Most buyers will be paying 3% Stamp Duty within two years’ (PIE)
The average home buyer will be saddled with a Stamp Duty bill of at least £7,500 within two years if house price inflation continues at its current pace, estate agency […]
Does the User Clause in your Lease Breach Competition Law?
In April 2011, changes to UK competition law meant that leases and other land agreements became subject to the rules in Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998, which prohibit […]
LSB attacks SRA’s “over-engineered” approach to MDPs and non-lawyer owners (LF)
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has attacked the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for having “over-engineered” its approach to regulating multi-disciplinary alternative business structures (ABSs) and to approving non-lawyer owners.
Lloyds defends solicitor debt collection letters, saying: “Times have changed” (LF)
Views on transparency and clarity “have changed” since Lloyds Bank first started sending letters to debtors under the name of a solicitors’ firm, its group chief executive has told MPs.
Nationwide warns firms tempted by lower cover (LSG)
One of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders has issued a warning to solicitor firms attracted by the proposed new mandatory minimum for professional indemnity insurance.