Estate agents need to up their game (PIE)
At the moment estate agents are having to deal with the perception that some of them don’t give a good enough service.
New flood insurance scheme to cut bills by hundreds of pounds
Homeowners living in high flood-risk areas of the UK should now be able to save hundreds of pounds on their insurance premiums.
SRA Handbook updated with new consumer credit regime
The SRA have published the latest version of its Handbook, which includes changes to the regulation of consumer credit work.
SLC write to SRA over end of run-off cover (TC)
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers have written to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority over the end of run off cover provision.
Consultation on moving Land Registry operations into the private sector
The Department for Business, Innovations & Skills has launched a public consultation on moving the operations of Land Registry into the private sector. The consultation ends on 26 May 2016.
Mergers and Acquisitions hack attack on 48 elite law firms (LSG)
Hackers are understood to have breached the security systems of at least one major international law firm as a long-predicted cyber espionage scenario has become reality.