Should consumers trust conveyancing “dabblers”?
As property transactions levels grew particularly in Q2 of this year, so did the number of occasional conveyancers or firms which merely ‘dabble’ in conveyancing.
SRA gets busy with rebukes for solicitors acting where they was a conflict of interest (LF)
A law firm and a solicitor have separately been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for acting where there was a conflict of interest.
Gang tried to sell millionaire’s £750,000 bungalow
Fraudsters tried to steal a house worth £750,000 by intercepting their victim’s mail to hijack their identity but were caught out when the millionaire’s daughter saw the house being advertised […]
Heathrow: at least 4,500 homes face CPO or ‘airport purchase’ (EAT)
The company that owns Heathrow airport is reported to have said that it will buy 750 homes on the site of its proposed third runway through Compulsory Purchase Orders, and […]
The Client Journey Project (IC)
Searches UK discuss recent findings from Shoppers Anonymous who investigated a client’s experience when seeking services from 85 law firms in the UK.
New tax avoidance schemes emerging after Stamp Duty 3% surcharge (PIE)
New tax avoidance schemes are emerging in the wake of the Stamp Duty 3% surcharge on the purchase of second homes that came into force on April 1.
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.