Why do so many people think that showing people homes is all that agents do? (PIE)
Why do so many people think that showing people homes is all that agents do?
Former solicitor and fraudster faces another five years in jail (TC)
Having been found guilty of numerous fraud offences, former solicitor Ian Macfarlane has been ordered to pay £18,000 of court fees and has been jailed for a second time.
Solicitors in trouble for allowing non-lawyers to have inappropriate control over firms (LF)
Solicitors who ceded control of their firms to non-lawyers – in one instance they claimed their practice had been taken over by a criminal gang – have been sanctioned by […]
Jail again for fraudulent ex-solicitor who hijacked law firm’s identity (LF)
An ex-solicitor has been found guilty and jailed for five years for five counts of fraud by false representation – his second spell in jail for fraud after he previously […]
Solicitors’ mistakes costing indemnity insurers £200m a year (LF)
Solicitors’ professional indemnity insurers paid out around £2bn due to negligence claims in the 10 years to 2014, startling new figures released yesterday by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) revealed.
Solicitor fined over £2m SDLT avoidance scheme (LSG)
A solicitor has been fined for her role in a scheme that saw her former firm help clients avoid £2m worth of stamp duty land tax payments.
Ditch the suits and relate to younger people, ex-agent tells industry (PIE)
A former estate agent who still keenly follows the industry says young people view agents as dinosaurs.
Cabinet minister hints at property tax changes next month (EAT)
The almost non-stop series of tax changes affecting all aspects of the housing market in recent years looks set to continue next month.
Trio of solicitors struck off after fraudsters infiltrate firm (TC)
A firm costing the compensation fund almost £3 million through their handling of conveyancing transactions have had three of their solicitors struck off.
Solicitors’ mistakes costing indemnity insurers £200m a year (LF)
Solicitors’ professional indemnity insurers paid out around £2bn due to negligence claims in the 10 years to 2014, startling new figures released yesterday by the Solicitors Regulation Authority revealed.
SRA armed with data in preparation for new PII battle (LSG)
Regulators will try again in 2017 with proposals to reform minimum terms for solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance.
Law firms will not be forced to publish prices at this stage: SRA (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has backed away from forcing firms to publish price information.