Average process time for CQS Accreditation falls to just over 70 days (TC)
The preceding months have seen a processing time start to finish go from just over 90 days, to just over 70 days within the last few weeks of our FOI […]
Society raps report branding solicitors ‘corruption enablers’ (LSG)
The Law Society today slammed an official report that brands solicitors as facilitators of corruption, claiming it fails to acknowledge the work the profession has done to clamp down on […]
Conveyancing Association Announce Agenda for ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ Annual Conference (IC)
The Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today announced the agenda for its ‘Modernising Conveyancing’ Conference, which will take place on Thursday 1st December at […]
Conveyancers to discuss relationship with agents at upcoming conference (EAT)
Conveyancers will debate how various stakeholders – including estate agents – can deliver a more collaborative home moving experience at an upcoming event.
Stamp duty to be replaced with Land Transaction Tax in Wales (EAT)
The Welsh Government has announced that from April 2018, Stamp Duty Land Tax will be replaced with a Land Transaction Tax.
Many top law firms see alternative providers as “threat to profession” (LF)
Four in ten managing partners at leading law firms see alternative providers such as the Big Four accountants and insurers as the biggest threat to the legal profession, according to […]
SRA responds to the LSB’s vision for reform
The Solicitors Regulation has welcomed the publication of the Legal Services Board’s vision for legislative reform.
Chancery Lane hits out at code of conduct reform plan (LSG)
The Law Society has formally expressed its opposition to Solicitors Regulation Authority plans to allow solicitors to work for firms outside its regulation.
Scrap the SRA and create a single regulator, says LSB (LSG)
Radical plans to create a single legal services regulator and potentially overhaul the title of solicitor are unveiled by the Legal Services Board yesterday.
Comparison sites need access to firms’ past mistakes – SRA chief (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has vowed to press ahead with plans to disseminate more information about firms’ and solicitors’ past mistakes.
SDT strikes off solicitor for registering property for £10,000 below sale price (LF)
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has struck off a solicitor who colluded with his non-solicitor employee wife, an estate agent, to misappropriate £10,000 after submitting to the Land Registry that a […]
Insurance premiums down by up to 20% (LSG)
solicitors buying professional indemnity insurance are enjoying the softest market for years, with quoted premiums down by up to 20%.