Conveyancing Association Announce Agenda for ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ Annual Conference (IC)
The Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced the agenda for its ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ Conference, which will take place on Thursday 1st December at […]
Conveyancers to discuss relationship with agents at upcoming conference (EAT)
Conveyancers will debate how various stakeholders – including estate agents – can deliver a more collaborative home moving experience at an upcoming event.
Stamp duty to be replaced with Land Transaction Tax in Wales (EAT)
The Welsh Government has announced that from April 2018, Stamp Duty Land Tax will be replaced with a Land Transaction Tax.
Many top law firms see alternative providers as “threat to profession” (LF)
Four in ten managing partners at leading law firms see alternative providers such as the Big Four accountants and insurers as the biggest threat to the legal profession, according to […]
SRA responds to the LSB’s vision for reform
The Solicitors Regulation has welcomed the publication of the Legal Services Board’s vision for legislative reform.
Chancery Lane hits out at code of conduct reform plan (LSG)
The Law Society has formally expressed its opposition to Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to allow solicitors to work for firms outside its regulation.
Scrap the SRA and create a single regulator, says LSB (LSG)
Radical plans to create a single legal services regulator and potentially overhaul the title of solicitor are unveiled by the Legal Services Board yesterday.
Comparison sites need access to firms’ past mistakes – SRA chief (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has vowed to press ahead with plans to disseminate more information about firms’ and solicitors’ past mistakes.