Question of Trust – views from the public and solicitors renew SRA mandate
Initial findings show that the public and profession agree that dishonesty and misuse of client money are the most serious offences for a solicitor, yet the public view the issue […]
MPs call for ‘much stronger supervision’ of estate agents (PIE)
The Home Affairs Committee has called for “much stronger” supervision of estate agents to tackle money laundering.
New free conveyancing portal will give agents access to conveyancing chains (PIE)
A new portal will give estate agents free and real-time access to the status of conveyancing chains.
Solicitor wins “Conveyancer of Year” award less than two years after joining firm (TC)
Less than two years into the job, Janine Edwards of Watkins & Gunn has been named “Conveyancer of the Year” at the Modern Law Conveyancing Awards.
Law Society to spend £61m on new IT systems (LF)
The Law Society’s ruling council yesterday agreed to spend £61m over four years on new IT systems for both its representative and regulatory arms – although it is forecasting that […]