Stamp Duty surcharge comes under savage attack: Ministers told to turn back (PIE)
An attack on the Government’s strategy of taxing the purchases of second homes and buy-to-let property has come under fire from an unexpected source.
Consumer group hits out at “dangerously flawed” stamp duty surcharge (EAT)
A consumer group which supports the principle of a stamp duty surcharge on second homes and buy to let properties has nonetheless slammed the government’s proposals as “dangerously flawed.”
Complaints about lawyers fall to lowest level yet (LF)
The number of complaints about lawyers has fallen to its lowest level since the opening of the Legal Ombudsman, its much-delayed annual report and accounts have shown.
Unregulated firms are the future, says high-profile struck-off solicitor as he sets one up (LF)
The former chair of the Law Society’s land law and conveyancing committee, who was struck off last summer, has helped his wife set up an unregulated law firm, it has […]