SRA braced for another big intervention (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned it may be ‘only a matter of time’ before another large and costly firm intervention is necessary.
Peers back bill to make pre-nups binding (LSG)
Peers have given their backing to a law making it easier for divorcing couples to resolve financial issues and make pre-nuptial agreements binding.
Vince Cable scraps £1.2 billion Land Registry sell-off (TM)
Controversial plans to privatise the Land Registry have been scrapped by the Government after a revolt by civil servants.
Property transfer dispute goes to High Court
A dispute concerning a property transfer between a mother and son has been decided at the High Court.
Law Society’s plans for £400,000 advertising campaign – and staff “story telling tool”
The Law Society is to spend £400,000 on its annual advertising campaign, which will this year be focused mainly on a range of private client services from solicitors.
Society asks Met Police to investigate Wonga over fake firms
The Law Society has contacted the police and Solicitors Regulation Authority asking for further investigations after payday lender Wonga was found to have sent letters appearing to come from law […]
Law Society calls for criminal investigation of Wonga
Following recent news reports into misleading debt collection practices, the Law Society has asked the Metropolitan Police to investigate Wonga.
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.