Campaign to combat leasehold sale fall-throughs (EAT)
A so-far-unpublished survey by the Conveyancing Association reportedly claims that a quarter of its members had experienced a buyer losing a leasehold property purchase due to delays and high fees […]
Warning over manorial rights abolition (LSG)
A national firm representing some of the UK’s biggest landowners has warned that abolishing manorial rights could breach its clients’ human rights.
Interview: Desmond Hudson (LSG)
Desmond Hudson became chief executive of the Law Society eight years ago, which seems like another age. And not only because the landscape in which solicitors operate has been so […]
Lender confidence on the rise (LSG)
Yorkshire Bank has signalled that confidence is returning to UK legal lenders by increasing the number of law firms in its portfolio to 100.
Firms face 10% PII hike – broker (LSG)
Solicitors in smaller firms face an increase of 10% or more in professional indemnity insurance premiums this year, according to a leading broker’s analysis of the market.
SRA silent over ‘fake’ bank law firm probe (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has received complaints about individual in-house solicitors accused of involvement in sending letters purporting to be from independent law firms, as more banks admitted adopting the […]