Osborne’s next measure? Ministers urged to levy Capital Gains tax on sales (EAT)
An influential think tank says the levying of Capital Gains Tax on sales would deter volatile house price rises and could be used as a substitute for stamp duty.
Law Society asks solicitors: Should we abolish client accounts? (LF)
Solicitors are being asked by the Law Society whether separate client accounts should be abolished, as part of a consultation on the accounts rules.
Conveyancers ‘should not cross-examine clients’ over stamp duty (LSG)
Conveyancers risk becoming a police force as part of unintended consequences of the government’s higher stamp duty rates, a trade body has warned.
LSB not opposed to full-scale legal market probe (LSG)
The oversight regulatory body has given its provisional backing to the competition watchdog for a complete review of the legal sector.