Parliament gives green light to open up probate and conveyancing rights (LF)
The House of Lords yesterday gave the final go-ahead for chartered legal executives and others with appropriate expertise to offer probate and conveyancing services without the supervision of solicitors.
SRA’s “flexible” approach to MDPs backed by LSB (LF)
The Legal Services Board (LSB) has backed a new “flexible” approach by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) aimed at making it easier for multi-disciplinary partnerships (MDPs) to become licensed as […]
Super-regulator appoints new chief executive (LSG)
The Legal Services Board has appointed Richard Moriarty as its next chief executive.
MPs call for urgent evidence on ‘revenge evictions’ (PIE)
A cross-party group of politicians has launched an urgent inquiry into so-called revenge evictions.
It’s not on, CHAPS! (EAT)
The Bank of England (BoE) said those whose house moves were delayed last Monday or subsequently by a temporary shut-down of the CHAPS electronic money-moving service should approach their own […]