SDT costs reach almost £3m after 69% surge in cases (LSG)
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal will increase its budget next year to £2.9m to cope with a massive rise in the number of cases coming before it.
Cash Transactions: The Myths and The Reality (IC)
Cash transactions have always played an important part in the housing market. In the years before the financial crisis, up to a quarter of transactions were financed by cash.
SLC/BLG Conference Spaces Filling Fast IC)
The conference is unique in that it is organised by conveyancers for conveyancers and the agenda has been put together to cover the issues that are foremost in the minds […]
Police complaints commissioner to become Chief Legal Ombudsman as scale of task becomes clear (LF)
Kathryn Stone, a police complaints commissioner, is to become chief ombudsman at the Legal Ombudsman in January.
Confidence at highest level since mid-1990s (LSG)
Law firms are feeling more confident about their business prospects than at any time since at least the mid-1990s, according to a survey published today.
Lenders say one in three homes are being bought with cash (PIE)
Roughly one in three homes are bought with cash – the highest level for over 60 years.
Solicitors should be braver about asking for work, new LawNet chair says (LF)
Law firms should be braver in asking potential clients for work and making sure they follow up leads, the new chair of LawNet has said.
Vive La Revolution – How revolution is changing the face of conveyancing (LF)
Being able to perform all the conveyancing tasks within a single platform means that conveyancers are able to evolve into working smarter, improve efficiencies and ultimately drive profitability.
Financial reporting changes affecting law firms (LSG)
New accounting requirements could mean law firms ultimately find it more difficult to borrow money.
Web snooping plans lack protection for lawyers (LSG)
Proposals for a new law governing state agencies’ interception of communications lack statutory protection for legal privilege, it emerged today as the government published a long-awaited draft investigatory powers bill.
Academics give stark warning over threat of London housing bubble (EAT)
A body called the UK Housing Market Observatory – consisting of economists at Lancaster University Management School – is giving a stark warning that Greater London’s housing market could crash, […]
Insurers Call For Traffic-Light Flood Risk Info on Property Websites and Adverts (IC)
People looking to buy a home should be given more up-front information about the property’s flood risk, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) will say ahead of its Biennial Conference […]