Solicitors face 100% penalty for unsuccessful tax avoidance advice (LSG)
Solicitors who advise clients on tax avoidance schemes successfully challenged by the authorities would be caught by new penalties outlined by HM Revenue & Customs.
Thanks George! New figures show sheer size of transactions crash after Stamp Duty hike (PIE)
Housing transactions crashed in volume during April, official new figures reveal.
SDLT surcharge will hit transactions and prices of waterside homes (EAT)
Knight Frank is warning that it will “take time” for the three per cent stamp duty surcharge to be absorbed into the traditional waterfront second home market – and that […]
ABSs may “dominate in high-volume legal services” (LF)
The traditional law firm partnership structure is still dominant in the profession but the arrival of alternative business structures has disrupted the status quo and may eventually become the norm […]
Estate agent says pressure of job helped turn her to drugs (PIE)
A former estate agent has been sentenced after she was caught driving with a bag of cocaine stuffed in her bra.
House sales hit by long delays after new local property search forms introduced (PIE)
Local authority search delays are holding up property sales after new forms were introduced last month.
Legal Eye unveils new Senior Management team (TC)
Legal Eye, a subsidiary of ULS Technology, is delighted to announce the external appointment of Paul Saunders as Managing Director, together with two internal promotions.
Society backs reform of ‘distracting’ e-conveyancing law (LSG)
The Law Society has backed proposals to simplify the legal basis of electronic conveyancing in its reply to proposals for reform of the Land Registration Act 2002.
Offline conveyancers could face stamp duty penalties (LSG)
Solicitors could face penalties for not filing stamp duty returns online, under proposed government reforms to the conveyancing process.
Government facing calls for Right to Buy to be scrapped (PIE)
The Green Party has called for Right to Buy to be scrapped after only 20% of homes bought under the scheme last year have been replaced.
Don’t pay us – we’ll pay you to sell your home, agent tells vendors (PIE)
An estate agent is to trial a new approach to the business of buying and selling homes – whereby he pays the sellers.
Nothing inherently riskier about ABS, says super regulator (LSG)
Restrictions on alternative business structure can be lifted now they have shown to be no greater risk than traditional law firms, the Legal Services Board has said.