Let’s not preserve Land Registry in aspic (LSG)
Withdrawal of cack-handed sell-off plan should not close all options for reform.
Government still mulling Land Registry sale (LSG)
The government still has ambitions to privatise some Land Registry services, despite its climbdown in the face of an overwhelmingly critical response to a consultation.
No change to the Land Registry
“Given the importance of the Land Registry to the effective operation of the UK property market, we have concluded that further consideration would be valuable. Therefore, at this time, no […]
New (family) building society launches today (PIE)
A new building society which launches today is designed to help first-time buyers get on the housing ladder – with the help of their relatives.
Agent turns the tables on pro-online journalist (EAT)
Well-known London agent Ed Mead has offered a journalist the chance to be an estate agent for a few days – just to see how difficult the job actually is.
BSB follows SRA in backing £500,000 indemnity limit for firms (LF)
The Bar Standards Board has followed the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and proposed that the advocacy and litigation firms it hopes to regulate later this year should have indemnity cover […]
PII brokers: free pen please? (LSG)
Proposal forms offer a great way for insurance brokers to obtain boundless information on solicitors.
Former Cobbetts partner speaks out (LSG)
A former Cobbetts partner who is the firm’s biggest individual creditor has spoken for the first time about his allegedly ‘poor treatment’ when the national firm failed last year.
Search Organisation wants Cable to reverse Registry move (EAT)
The organisation locked in a war of words with the Land Registry over local land charges is calling on Business Secretary Vince Cable to reverse a government decision to centralise […]
Expanding Yorkshire ABS aims south after bringing former client onto board (LF)
Newtons, a rapidly expanding Yorkshire firm, is setting its sights on new offices in the south of England after appointing a former chairman of Cartridge World as a non-executive director.
Record £1m fine is new blow to Land Registry (LSG)
Land Registry suffered a new embarrassment today with the news that it had been penalised a record £1,030,176 for breaking Treasury rules about the use of off-payroll contracts in the […]
Council uses Section 106 to make developer build homes for private rent (PIE)
For the first time, a local council is using a Section 106 agreement requiring a developer to build homes for private rent on one of its sites as a condition […]