Law Society signs joint venture deal to create conveyancing portal (LF)
The Law Society has teamed up with software company Mastek UK Limited to deliver its conveyancing portal, which aims to speed up the home-buying process.
Society turns to LSB after board clears cover reform (LSG)
The Law Society is to take its campaign against reforms of professional indemnity insurance to the Legal Services Board.
Myhomemove and Countrywide are largest conveyancers (PIE)
The majority of conveyancing is still being done by smaller firms, new Land Registry data shows.
Naked Legal offers stripped-down advice service (LF)
A a stripped-down telephone advice service for a single pre-payment fee of £45 was launched this week by legal entrepreneur Brad Askew.
Lloyds defends recovery letters naming ‘SCM Solicitors’ (LSG)
The growing scandal of organisations employing non-existent ‘law firms’ to pressure debtors has taken a new turn today, with the giant Lloyds Banking Group the latest to come under scrutiny.
PII arguments fall on deaf ears (LSG)
The plan to change the level of mandatory cover has one more hurdle to clear.
Search delays adding stress for buyers, sellers – and agents (PIE)
Searches are taking weeks to come through in several parts of the country.
Smaller law firms “face battle to keep junior partners” as HMRC deadline looms (LF)
Smaller law firms are struggling to retain their junior partners in advance of tough new capital requirements set out by HM Revenue & Customs an executive search firm has claimed.
SRA Board makes changes to ease the burden
The Board of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has approved a series of changes to its regulatory requirements to make them more proportionate and targeted and so reduce the cost […]
Regulator approves PII reform (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s board today voted to cut to £500,000 the minimum level of professional indemnity insurance cover required from practitioners.
Clash between lenders and conveyancers over PI (PIE)
Lenders have hit out at proposals to reduce the requirements for conveyancers to hold professional indemnity insurance.
Accolade for Countrywide boss who turned company around (PIE)
Grenville Turner, outgoing chief executive of Countrywide, has won a business turnaround award for his achievements in pulling Britain’s biggest estate agent out of the ashes.