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.
Solicitor fined after giving fraudster ‘inappropriate influence’ in firm (LSG)
A solicitor has been fined £10,000 and banned from owning his own firm after a tribunal hearing revealed he gave a convicted fraudster an ‘inappropriate level of influence’ in running […]
Government’s response on anti-money laundering consent regime welcomed
The government’s decision to retain the anti-money laundering consent regime will come as a relief to solicitors who were potentially facing an unjustified removal of legal cover for meeting their […]
Dezrezlegal to offer streamlined conveyancing through new partnership development (TC)
A Welsh-based property services company aims to speed up the house buying process by creating new partnerships with a surveying company, as well as a buildings and content insurance provider.
SRA makes (full) direct independence plea to government (LF)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has made a direct plea to government to use next month’s Autumn Statement to make good on the plan announced last year to grant it full […]
law tech ‘disrupters’ gather at landmark London event (LSG)
A new co-working space for legal tech innovators was launched recently at the Legal Geek conference in London’s Shoreditch.
Solicitor and consumer opinion contributes to Law Society’s SRA proposal response (TC)
In response to the Solicitor’s Regulation Authority consultation, the Law Society have published their own report based on their surveys of both consumers and Society members.