Supreme Court ‘village green’ ruling (LSG)
A field in Whitby, North Yorkshire, cannot be registered as a ‘town or village green’ despite the fact that its owner, Scarborough Borough Council, has allowed its informal use for […]
Are you going to be one of the survivors? (LF)
If you wish to be in the successful, you need to avoid these pitfalls.
Parliamentary inquiry calls for renewed wills push in bid to increase charitable giving (LF)
A parliamentary inquiry has called for a push to encourage people to make wills and that will-writers should inform all clients that they are able to leave money to charity […]
Consumer panel to use Freedom of Information requests for lawyer data (LSG)
The legal services watchdog is to use FoI requests to extract more data on the performance of lawyers.
Regulatory reforms: have your say (LSG)
The SRA has announced a wide-ranging programme of reform and the Law Society is urging its members to participate in the consultation. There is only a limited time to act, […]
Law Society promotes high street firms (LSG)
The Law Society is looking for case studies of clients with stories to tell as part of a campaign to promote high street firms and raise awareness of the new […]
Labour review may urge land release (EAT)
In a preview of what may be a big debate leading up to the general election, the housing expert writing a Labour-commissioned report wants more land released for existing towns […]
Government to ban inducements in latest insurance fraud crackdown (LF)
The government announced over the weekend that it is to ban lawyers from “encouraging people to make claims” by offering them upfront incentives like cash or iPads.
SRA whittles down diversity data non-compliers to hardcore 100 (LF
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has cut the number of law firms failing to hand over data on the diversity of their staff from 1,106 to 108
CML warns on indemnity reforms: “Lenders will cut their panels” (LF)
Small firms and sole practitioners could be removed from conveyancing panels if the Solicitors Regulation Authority goes ahead with its indemnity insurance reforms, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has […]
“Door is open” on regulation of will-writing, Kenny says (LF)
The government may look again at the question of whether to regulate will-writing, the chief executive of the Legal Services Board (LSB) has indicated.
SRA slashes ABS licensing backlog (LF)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has slashed its backlog of alternative business structure (ABS) licensing applications from 142 in January 2013 to 52 in April this year, it has emerged.