Leave regulation alone while lawyers deal with Brexit – Society (LSG)
The Law Society today warned government that now is the ‘wrong time’ for a shakeup of legal services regulation.
Son of HIPs: Why agents MUST be vigilant (PIE)
Do we all want to improve the home-buying process? Yes, of course we do. Can the process be made more transparent and less stressful? Probably.
Lawyers rush to reassure clients after Brexit shock (LSG)
The legal profession is today digesting the UK’s historic decision to vote to leave the European Union.
Parliament debates Land Registry sale (LSG)
Controversial plans to transfer Land Registry operations to the private sector will come under parliamentary scrutiny on Thursday.
Property market reacts to momentous Leave decision and Cameron resigns (PIE)
A stunned UK woke up this morning to news that the Leave campaign has won and that there is to be a Brexit.
Brexit vote: legal world reacts (LSG)
The legal profession has started to respond to the UK’s historic decision to vote to leave the European Union.
Conveyancers cleared of negligence over Declaration of Trust (TC)
A conveyancing firm have been cleared of negligence over allegations they failed to explain a Declaration of Trust covering a home to a woman who subsequently divorced her husband, as […]
CA put together working group ahead of call for evidence on home buying process (TC)
Ahead of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills call for evidence on the home buying process, the Conveyancing Association has announced a working group to deliver a response.
Conveyancers get their act together ahead of ‘Son of HIPs’ call for evidence (PIE)
Conveyancers have established a working group to deliver their response to the forthcoming ‘call for evidence’ on the home-buying process from the Department for Business Innovation and Skills.
Conveyancers to consider how to cut costs, delays and fall-throughs (EAT)
The Conveyancing Association is setting up a working group to consider how to increase transparency, cut unnecessary delays and costs, and provide more information during the fraught house-buying process.
CMA justify stance on Land Registry Privatisation (TC)
The Competition and Markets Authority has published a follow-up on their response to the Land Registry privatisation consultation.
Client cannot pass buck even though solicitor failed to file tax return (LF)
A client cannot blame the failure of solicitors to send a land transaction return to the taxman so as to avoid a fine for late filing, a tribunal has ruled.