Co-op Legal Services back in the black but turnover falls again (LF)
Co-operative Legal Services returned to profit last year, although turnover continued to fall, its annual results have revealed.
Property platform that ‘removes need for estate agent entirely’ gets new backing (PIE)
Settled is an easy to use online property platform where sellers can manage every aspect of their sale in one place.
Ex-Cabinet member Pickles to ask Osborne to amend stamp duty surcharge (EAT)
The former secretary of state at the Department of Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, is to write to Chancellor George Osborne asking him to exempt ‘granny annexes’ from the […]
Review highlights multiple failings that led to £7m failure of Veyo (LF)
Not involving expert conveyancers sufficiently was one of several fundamental failings that led to the collapse of the Law Society’s Veyo project, which has cost solicitors £7m, a review has […]
Fixed fee firms offering cheaper service, LSB finds (LSG)
Law firms setting fixed fees and publishing them online are likely to be cheaper than their competitors, research for the oversight regulator has found.
New flood protections give rise to conveyancing fears (LSG)
New flood protections for homeowners will make the conveyancing process more complex, solicitors have been warned.
Estate agents need to up their game (PIE)
At the moment estate agents are having to deal with the perception that some of them don’t give a good enough service.
New flood insurance scheme to cut bills by hundreds of pounds
Homeowners living in high flood-risk areas of the UK should now be able to save hundreds of pounds on their insurance premiums.
SRA Handbook updated with new consumer credit regime
The SRA have published the latest version of its Handbook, which includes changes to the regulation of consumer credit work.
SLC write to SRA over end of run-off cover (TC)
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers have written to the Solicitors Regulatory Authority over the end of run off cover provision.
Consultation on moving Land Registry operations into the private sector
The Department for Business, Innovations & Skills has launched a public consultation on moving the operations of Land Registry into the private sector. The consultation ends on 26 May 2016.
Mergers and Acquisitions hack attack on 48 elite law firms (LSG)
Hackers are understood to have breached the security systems of at least one major international law firm as a long-predicted cyber espionage scenario has become reality.