Ombudsman’s budget set to rise by £1m – as cases remain static (LSG)
The Legal Ombudsman is increasing its budget by £1m for the next financial year – the first time the organisation has increased spending since its formation.
Clients expect a ‘Rolls-Royce service at bargain-basement prices’ (LSG)
New research claims to have unearthed ‘unambiguous evidence’ of a flagrant disconnect between large law firms and their clients.
Groundbreaking conveyancing ABS strengthens grip on market with acquisition (LF)
The country’s biggest conveyancing business, My Home Move, has consolidated its position by acquiring Advantage Property Lawyers.
Fee setback adds to lord chancellor’s woes (LSG)
The Law Society is pressing the government to retreat on huge probate fee rises, after a parliamentary committee accused embattled lord chancellor Liz Truss of ‘overstepping her powers’.
HomeOwners Alliance blasted for ‘leasehold scaremongering’ (PIE)
The Conveyancing Association has criticised a report from the campaign group on leasehold, released earlier this week, that claimed leaseholders were “little more than tenants in the eyes of the […]
Foreign property owners will have year to declare details (LSG)
The government may create a criminal offence of failing to keep information on a register of overseas property owners up to date.
Temporary worker jailed for £700,000 fraud on firms (LSG)
A woman who abused her position at law firms to obtain more than £700,000 through property fraud has been jailed for three and a half years.
Stamp Duty Land Tax changes: One year on (TC)
There has been a dramatic fall in the number of properties being purchased by investors.
More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion (EAT)
More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017, according to a ‘quick buying’ company.
High street estate agents: You’re out of touch, out of date and you put people out of pocket (PIE)
Traditional estate agents have been accused of being stuck in the past.
Funerals merged with newly profitable ABS pioneer Co-op Legal (LSG)
The Co-operative Group announced that its legal services business is to be integrated with funerals in a new Life Planning Division.
Lord chancellor ‘overstepping powers’ with probate fee rise (LSG)
A parliamentary committee has attacked the legal basis of the government’s new probate fees, saying the lord chancellor could be overstepping her power by introducing fees which bear the hallmark […]