Law Society urges ‘radical change’ to fix struggling legal ombudsman (LSG)
The Law Society has said it is content for the legal ombudsman to bring in agency staff to address the growing backlog of unopened cases.
Agent Regulation ‘may be tested in one part of the UK’ (EAT)
One part of the UK is to get a taste of the mandatory estate agent regulation that many want to see right across the country.
Deadline for agents to join hybrid agency ‘class action’ group is midnight tonight (TN)
Hundreds of former self-employed agents who have worked in a self-employed capacity for hybrid agencies have now joined – principally those who worked for Purplebricks and Yopa.
Fraudsters lied about retaining Manchester solicitors to fool NatWest (LF)
The fraudsters whose activities led to NatWest being fined £265m over anti-money laundering failures lied about having retained a Manchester law firm in a bid to deflect suspicions.