News - Page 503 of 771 - Bold Legal Group

Leasehold Advisory Service Bolstered By High Profile Appointment (TC)

The Leasehold Advisory Service have appointed Wanda Goldwag, the current Chair of the Office for Legal Complaints within the Legal Ombudsman, as Interim Chair.

Rob Hailstone January 10, 2019

MoJ reveals fixed cost levels for two-year pilot (LSG)

The voluntary capped costs pilot runs from Monday for two years for cases valued up to £250,000 in certain business and property courts.

Rob Hailstone January 10, 2019

Advice line inundated as Government declines to clarify court ruling on repossession (PIE)

Landlords and agents could be inadvertently granting assured tenancies rather than the Assured Shorthold Tenancies they had intended.

Rob Hailstone January 9, 2019

Level the playing field between leaseholders and landlords, CILEX urges (IC)

In a detailed 50-page response to the Law Commission consultation, Leasehold home ownership: Buying your freehold or extending your lease, CILEx said 76% of members surveyed believe that landlords are

Rob Hailstone January 9, 2019

‘Go to’ solicitor for dodgy property deals jailed for seven years (LSG)

A conveyancing solicitor who fixed property deals for mortgage fraudsters has been jailed for seven years.

Rob Hailstone January 9, 2019

Super regulator brings CPD back from the grave (LSG)

The three five-year policy objectives include, that regulators have appropriate frameworks for continuing assurance of professional competence throughout the careers of the people they regulate.

Rob Hailstone January 8, 2019

Gambling Commission shuts down property raffle as question was ‘too easy’ (PIE)

A retired couple trying to sell their property in an online raffle have been forced to remove the competition and refund entrants.

Rob Hailstone January 8, 2019

Legal Ombudsman proposes technical changes to scheme rules (IC)

These changes are not substantive. They are made in recognition of the new provisions in the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018 and are intended to become effective from 1

Rob Hailstone January 7, 2019

Reform in store for ‘unnecessarily complicated’ Welsh planning law (LSG)

Unnecessarily complicated’ planning law has been earmarked for simplification and codification in the latest move to create a distinct separate corpus of law governing Wales.

Rob Hailstone January 7, 2019

Developer’s scam leaves buy to let purchasers £12m out of pocket (EAT)

Six directors have been banned from office after misleading over 300 people who bought new build homes in the north of England.

Rob Hailstone December 28, 2018

Phil Spencer slams developers over leasehold houses (EAT)

Developers have continued to sell thousands of new-build houses with leaseholds, despite a government pledge to ban the “unscrupulous” practice a year ago.

Rob Hailstone December 24, 2018

£10,000 Property Reduction Caused By Consecutive Monthly Price Falls (TC)

Rightmove’s December property index has found that two consecutive and significant property price drops has meant that properties are now £10,000 cheaper than they were three months ago.

Rob Hailstone December 18, 2018