MoJ refuses to rule out sanctioning law firms (TC)
James Cartlidge MP, Junior Justice Minister, has said that “discussions on sanctions remain ongoing”, but declined to confirm whether the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) will look to place sanctions on […]
Conveyancer on fixed fee had limited duties to client, court finds (LSG)
A county court has thrown out a negligence claim against conveyancing solicitors after they successfully argued that the retainer limited what they were expected to do.
The mistakes we made at Purplebricks – by the Bruce brothers (EAT)
Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time as founders and leaders of an agency that was […]
‘Thousands’ of leaseholders freed to sell or remortgage their homes, CMA reveals (TN)
Competition regulator has secured agreement to cancel dodgy ‘doubling ground rent’ clauses from leaseholds from 15 companies who bought freeholds from developer Countrywide.
Directions under the Land Registration Act 2002
The Chief Land Registrar may publish directions for facilitating registration.
Warning: Website claiming to be for ‘Simons Rodkin Chambers’
A website ‘www.simonrodkinchambers.com’ is operating, falsely claiming to be for a law firm called ‘Simons Rodkin Chambers’.
Warning: Email misusing the name and address of Sterling Lawyers Ltd
Emails have been sent misusing the name of Sterling Lawyers Ltd in relation to an alleged tax payment.
Agent slammed for telling people to give up Greggs to save for house deposit (PIE)
An estate agent has been criticised for saying that people who buy a Greggs breakfast every morning are spending money foolishly, rather than saving for a potential deposit to but […]
House buying times slashed by eight weeks, claims conveyancing chief (EAT)
A new PropTech platform set up by a major figure in the conveyancing industry claims to slash the typical time for a transaction by up to eight weeks.
Russian attempts to buy property – legal warning over sanctions (EAT)
A legal expert has warned that everyone is theoretically at risk of committing a breach of sanctions against Russia – but that ignorance about the individual buyer is no longer […]
New law forces foreign companies to reveal ‘beneficial owner’ of properties (TN)
The Economic Crime bill enables the government to stop sales, forces foreign entities to register the beneficial owner of a property and brings in fines and prison sentences for rule […]
Purplebricks de-lists another property after unacceptable vendor comment (EAT)
For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social media.