Property raffle is subject of complaint to advertising watchdog (EAT)
One of the spate of property raffle competitions has been the subject of a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority.
Price transparency regime for solicitors approved – December implementation (LF)
The Legal Services Board has approved new rules proposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority requiring law firms to publish prices.
Riley secures funding boost for law firm client app (LF)
A solicitor who shot to prominence on The Apprentice has secured a further £344,000 investment in the app she has developed to help law firms communicate more effectively with clients.
SRA’s message to law firms: Stop offering banking facilities to clients (LSG)
Regulators have once again reminded law firms that they cannot act as an effective bank account for clients wanting a safe space to hold money.
Should agents and conveyancers sign up to better communications between all property professionals? (PIE)
Exchanging a chain of eight properties is like putting eight medium sized jigsaws together (i.e. the pre exchange process) in order for those eight medium sized jigsaws to make one […]
Conveyancing giant “to play big role” in parent PLC’s recovery (LF)
One of the ‘big five’ conveyancing law firms is aiming for more market share and remortgage work as part of efforts to steady its struggling parent company.
Streamlining conveyancing to stop fraud
The Law Commission have made recommendations for HM Land Registry – will the changes to conveyancing stop fraud, or just make the process slower?
Purplebricks to with-hold commission from Local Property Experts commission after over 450 breaches (PIE)
Purplebricks is with-holding commission from Local Property Experts because of breaches of anti-money laundering rules.
Licensed conveyancers to display fees and timescales in new transparency drive (PIE)
Licensed conveyancers have moved a step closer to having to display their fees and indicative timescales upfront.
Almost one in three estate agents do not know if they have anti-money laundering process in place (PIE)
Nearly one in three estate agents do not even know if they have an anti-money laundering process in place, and just 16% are confident that they fully understand their legal […]
Conveyancing body wants fees listed on law firms’ websites (EAT)
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers says it wants legal practice websites to list cost information, including whether they have referral arrangements.
Legal consumers report satisfaction – but still won’t shop around (LSG)
Efforts to persuade legal services consumers to shop around for their lawyer appear to be making little headway.