Stamp duty reform “common sense” says top developer (EAT)
One of the biggest names in Scottish housing development has thrown his weight behind the replacement of stamp duty north of the border by the new Building and Land Transaction […]
Conveyancing portal seeks estate agents’ input (EAT)
Veyo, the new conveyancing portal developed by The Law Society and IT firm Mastek UK, wants to hear from estate agents on how they believe the home buying and selling […]
Principality Building Society Conveyancing Panel Update
In line with new CML Handbook changes Principality Building Society have updated their specific requirements relating to building insurance.
LeO: law firms should issue two retainers to consumer credit clients (LF)
Law firms should issue two separate retainers to clients where they are provided with consumer credit as well as purely legal services, the Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has suggested.
SRA fines firm £2,000 for role in stamp duty avoidance schemes (LF)
A small firm in Hertfordshire has become the latest law firm to be fined by the SRA for its involvement in a SDLT avoidance scheme.