SRA promises to publish disciplinary study (LSG)
The SRA is to publish a report on its disciplinary track record in the aftermath of a high-profile failed prosecution and long-running concerns about the apparently disproportionate number of minority […]
Solicitors gear up for leasehold negligence claims (LF)
National firm Simpson Millar has set up a team within its professional negligence department to handle potential actions against solicitors who failed to warn leasehold clients of damaging clauses relating […]
Government pumps £6m into legal AI and analytics projects (LF)
The government has awarded grants totalling over £6.4m to 18 legal artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics projects.
Conveyancers under increasing pressure over leasehold advice (LSG)
Leaseholders struggling to sell homes because of ground rent liabiltiies are increasingly looking at the legal advice they received when they bought the property to see if they can claim […]
House purchasers will have just 14 days to settle Stamp Duty bill (PIE)
House buyers will have just 14 days in which to pay their Stamp Duty Land Tax bill from the end of next week.
Free Legal Helpline Launches To Simplify Conveyancing Process (TC)
The average conveyancing case involves over 130 documents and 300 emails between clients and agents or lawyers. UNU Group’s new helpline offers support for those buying or selling property to […]
Revised post-Dreamvar completion code splits conveyancers (LF)
The Law Society’s toughened up code for completion, which comes into force on 1 May, has divided opinion among conveyancers.
Housing minister under attack after blaming leasehold buyers for their own plight (PIE)
Housing minister Heather Wheeler is coming under mounting fire after apparently blaming home buyers for lumbering themselves with their own leasehold ‘nightmares’.
Referral fees, HIPs and Bee Gees tribute acts (EAT)
With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on referral fees to reservation agreements being made compulsory – […]
Buying reform backed by conveyancing chief but government ‘must get it right’ (EAT)
One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process.
Stamp Duty Land Tax Surcharge Consultation Underway (TC)
Following the government’s vague promise to increase Stamp Duty Land Tax with a surcharge placed on properties bought by foreign investors during the Conservative Party Conference in October last year, […]
Law Society: Firms slow to adopt disruptive technology (LF)
Law firms are under increasing pressure to adopt lawtech, with the rewards for doing so “potentially huge”, but despite this the profession has been slow to embrace systems that would […]