Veyo makes appointment to Board of Directors (TC)
Veyo announces the appointment of Jonathan Smithers as a non-executive member to the Board. Jonathan Smithers is vice-president of the Law Society and a Partner at CooperBurnett Solicitors in Tunbridge […]
Just how well do you really know your conveyancing clients? (LF)
The biggest trend, building on 2013, was that 87% of home movers did not choose the cheapest conveyancer.
Magna Carta 800th anniversary
The Law Society is a proud supporter of the Magna Carta 800th anniversary celebrations.
The truth about conveyancing (TM)
Bethany de Montjoie Rudolf CFILEx Soc Legal Services Consultant at De Montjoie Consulting Ltd tries to explain why conveyancing lawyers are not complete idiots.
It’s not what you’ve Scot, it’s what you haven’t Scot! (EAT)
Last Thursday I spent two hours in Dunfermline talking to Kyle Peddie, the CEO of Your Conveyancer, about the Scottish conveyancing process versus the conveyancing process in England and Wales.
Mansion tax opponent eyeballs Ed Balls (EAT)
The head of a campaign group opposing the mansion tax has had a face to face meeting with the Labour shadow chancellor Ed Balls – but, perhaps unsurprisingly, failed to […]
Slater & Gordon heats up TV advertising battle (LF)
The TV advertising battle between legal brands stepped up this week with Slater & Gordon launching a new campaign with the message ‘Your case is our cause’.
Veyo begins marketing campaign (LSG)
Veyo, the online conveyancing system being developed through a Law Society joint venture with an IT services business, has begun a consumer marketing campaign.
Nationwide mandates quality scheme membership (LSG)
All solicitors on the Nationwide conveyancing panel will have to be accredited under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), the lender confirmed today.
Land Reg says new law means easier conveyancing (EAT)
A little-publicised government announcement effectively confirms that the Land Registry has become the sole registering authority for local land charges in England and Wales.
Reduced numbers of Land Registry staff result cause application delays (TC)
Failing to complete a registration in a timely fashion can result in good conveyancing firms being thrown off lender panels, even though at times the registration process is out of […]
Separate business rule reform will “unlock” competition and innovation in legal market (LF)
The Legal Services Consumer Panel has given “qualified support” to plans by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to rewrite the separate business rule.