Nobody wants a private Land Registry (LSG)
New government plans to sell Land Registry are driven solely by politics and could create an out-of-control private monopoly – with risks to the integrity of the register and the […]
Granny flats to be exempt from stamp duty, after Government U-turn
Granny flats will be exempt from stamp duty after a Government U-turn, it emerged last night in a major victory for pensioner groups and elderly campaigners.
Welcome for government U-turn over duty surcharge on granny annexes (EAT)
The Daily Telegraph – which has been campaigning on the issue for some weeks – quotes former Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, as saying the […]
LSB ditches idea of giving unregulated providers’ clients access to ombudsman (LF)
The Legal Services Board has ditched plans to examine what it could do to enhance consumer protection for those who use unregulated providers.
Search Acumen Offers Conveyancers Access to Ground-breaking New Legal Indemnity Tool (IC)
Search Acumen has become the first conveyancing search provider to offer its clients access to My Legal Indemnity Shop, a ground-breaking new tool which gives conveyancers a one-stop shop to […]
Help to Buy ISAs get thumbs up from conveyancer as first wave of bonuses come through (LC)
The Help to Buy ISA which gives savers a bonus of 25% on savings towards house purchase has seen it’s first first time buyers cash in.
SRA shuts down five firms in the space of a week (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority today closed a fifth firm in the space of a week following suspicions of dishonesty.
New ‘super-trade’ body set to be formed in financial sector (PIE)
A merger of bodies in the financial sector has taken a step closer after members of the Council of Mortgage Lenders voted in favour of the proposal.
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 […]