E-conveyancing (Veyo) venture names new chief (LSG)
The Law Society-backed joint venture developing the Veyo electronic conveyancing system has appointed a new chief executive with a brief to review and evaluate the product.
Seller said Riverside Cottage had never flooded…
Reassured by the former owner, retired army major John Bradshaw that the £470,000 detached property had never flooded, he and his wife happily moved in.
Online agency ‘funeral’ will mark end of traditional estate agency (EAT)
A three mile New Orleans-style funeral procession, complete with band, will process through Westminster, which is London’s borough with the most estate agents – 179.
Money laundering: RICS wants higher standards and self-regulation (EAT)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it wants to see ‘minimum competency’ requirements for sales and letting agents to handle anti-money laundering issues, regulated by the industry itself.
Solicitor salary survey (SJ)
Legal recruiter BCL Legal surveyed the salaries of 600 solicitors from 250 regional and boutique, commercial firms.
Award winning Kent solicitors reaping the benefits of electronic file management (LSG)
Boys & Maughan Solicitors has contracted with Linetime to roll out Liberate Case Management to all its 90 staff. A long term user of Linetime for conveyancing matters, the firm […]
Brexit disproportionately harmful to legal services – Law Society research (LSG)
A British exit (Brexit) from the EU would cause legal services to be ‘disadvantaged disproportionately compared with the UK economy as a whole’, a study published by the Law Society […]
We’re seeing more gazumping, say conveyancers (PIE)
myhomemove, has confirmed a rise in gazumping, saying that just over a quarter of conveyancers have seen instances where a new buyer gazumped the original purchaser during June, July and […]
Brownfield Sites and the Housing Bill (IC)
The government is looking to use the Housing Bill to reduce the amount of legislation for the development of brownfield sites – arguing that legislation intended to protect both environment […]
Negligence claims concerning property advice on the increase. Lessons learnt? (TC)
Over the past few months there have been several claims against law firms resulting from their involvement in property transactions.
Conveyancing lifts income at NAHL (LSG)
The acquisition earlier this year of a business that generates conveyancing leads is already boosting the bottom line at listed legal services provider NAHL Group, the company said today, announcing […]
Agents in uproar and disbelief over anti-money laundering rules (PIE)
New guidelines on anti-money laundering are to be released to agents. The move follows a highly charged meeting in London at which there was uproar, with agents finding it hard to […]