Spectator magazine writer’s astonishing prostitute slur on agents (PIE)
We are not quite sure what the journalist Harry Mount has against high street estate agents, but here he is – having another pop, this time in the Spectator magazine. […]
Industry underwhelmed by new mortgage measures (EAT)
There has been a muted response from agents and property insiders to new measures by Bank of England government Mark Carney to stop the boom turning into a bubble.
Do London Cabbies Foretell the Fate of Conveyancing Solicitors
Earlier this month 10,000 black-cab drivers brought the capital to a standstill by blockading Trafalgar Square. They were re protesting Uber, the American mobile phone app that locates the nearest […]
Law Society targets anti-solicitor websites as it raises temperature over Wonga’s fake firms
The Law Society is planning to use the European Court of Justice’s ruling on the right to be forgotten online to challenge anti-solicitor websites.
Law Society on Newsnight (LSG)
Andrew Caplen, Law Society vice president, appeared on the BBC’s Newsnight programme last night to discuss the legal and consumer aspects of the Wonga case. Watch the broadcast.
Connect2Law lives on as Slater & Gordon launches Linked to Law (LF)
Law firm network Connect2Law is to live on separately from Slater & Gordon-owned Pannone after a deal struck with its former head, David Jabbari – with S&G launching its own […]
Lawyers on Demand heads north to spread the word on alternative resourcing
Alternative legal services provider Lawyers On Demand (LOD) has launched a Manchester ‘hub’, its first outside of London, in a bid to expand its ‘on site’ model of placing freelance […]
FSA, FCA – the brass plate has changed, but not much else (LSG)
The risible sanction imposed on Wonga for harassing borrowers through fake law firms shows how little has changed in the City.
Government will not legislate to protect whistleblowing partners (LSG)
Legislation to protect partners under whistleblowing laws is ‘unnecessary’ following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last month, the government said today.
Wonga fined for threatening customers with fake law firms (LSG)
Wonga has been ordered to pay £2.6m in compensation after sending letters to customers in arrears from non-existent law firms.
AA expands legal services with conveyancing panel (LSG)
The AA announced it has expanded its legal services provision into conveyancing.
New SRA chair aims for ‘strong working relationship’ (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority named its first first non-lawyer chair today. Enid Rowlands, UK chair of charity Victim Support, will succeed current chair Charles Plant in the role from January […]