Law firms “will stop using email within five years” (LF)
Email will be replaced within five years by a more secure means of communication for law firms, an expert predicted.
Robot auctioneer sells first UK property in binding transaction (LSG)
A commercial industrial property in Wiltshire, has become the first in Britain to be sold by an automated auctioneer in a binding transaction avoiding a legal ambiguity created by conventional […]
Controversial £500,000 PII limit plan kicked into long grass (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has put reform of the professional insurance indemnity market on the back-burner, it was confirmed yesterday.
Multiplicity of legal regulators “not helping AML fight” (LF)
The “multiplicity” of legal and accountancy regulators in the UK is not helping the fight against money laundering, the Financial Action Task Force has complained.
SRA: Law firms must be able to explain decisions made by AI (LF)
Law firms must be able to explain “automated decisions”, including those involving artificial intelligence, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has warned.
Law Commission seeks to jump-start commonhold demand (LSG)
The Law Commission is hoping to reinvigorate demand for an alternative form of property ownership that struggled to gain traction when it was introduced nearly two decades ago
Tenant who moved out after ten days sues letting agent ‘for mis-selling him noisy flat (PIE)
A tenant who says he moved into a noisy flat is suing both his landlord and letting agent.
Landmark Supreme Court ruling for business tenants and their landlords (IC)
What the landmark Supreme Court ruling means is that it may now be more attractive for tenants to challenge their landlord’s refusal to grant them a new lease.
Executor Denied Property Fraudulently Transferred From Deceased (TC)
Becoming an executor of a property can be an extremely challenging job; however, the task becomes even more onerous when you are asked to reclaim property by overturning a longstanding […]
Law Society to start onsite visits to check firms’ CQS compliance (LF)
The Law Society is dramatically beefing up oversight of its Conveyancing Quality Scheme by introducing onsite compliance checks and many more desk-based assessments.
The SRA’s digital badge coming soon to your website (LSG)
The Solicitors Regulation Authority today revealed the ‘digital badge’ that will eventually have to be included on every regulated firm’s website.
Supplier of ‘reservation agreements’ grows its conveyancing panel as it strikes deal with Bold Group (PIE)
A firm which aims to bind buyers and sellers into deals is to expand its conveyancing panel as it grows its services to estate agents.