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Force family lawyers to offer fixed fees, consumer panel suggests (LF)

Family law specialists should be required to work under fixed fees, the Legal Services Consumer Panel has suggested as it ramped up its call for regulatory intervention to improve transparency

Rob Hailstone August 25, 2016

Conveyancing clerk banned from profession over fake client emails (LSG)

A conveyancing clerk who created two emails purportedly from a client has received the biggest fine the Solicitors Regulation Authority has slapped on a law firm employee thanks to his

Rob Hailstone August 25, 2016

Help To Buy ISAs exposed as not helping first time deposits after all (EAT)

The Daily Telegraph appears to have exposed the government’s much-vaunted Buy To Let ISA scheme – billed as helping first time buyers raise a deposit – as a fake.

Rob Hailstone August 22, 2016

Competitive, innovative legal profession is in the best interest of clients

In responding to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) interim report on the legal sector, the Law Society of England and Wales again welcomed the news that they are not

Rob Hailstone August 20, 2016

Haart has a purple moment – and it’s a clever bit of marketing (PIE)

Haart is offering a special deal on its fees to vendors who have paid money upfront to an online agent but whose homes have not sold.

Rob Hailstone August 19, 2016

Are you acting in your clients’ best interests? (TC)

Clarity and communication are two fundamental parts of a conveyancer being wholly independent and having integrity.

Rob Hailstone August 19, 2016

“Misinformation is as big a risk as knotweed itself” say plant experts (TC)

Senior figures from the Japanese knotweed remediation industry have called for greater transparency, as the UK enters “epidemic” risk levels and property sellers, agents, advisors and insurers find themselves liable.

Rob Hailstone August 19, 2016

“Private & Confidential” applications will not be accepted; Land Registry (TC)

Postal correspondence relating to applications that feature the labels “Private”, “Confidential” or “Private & confidential” will either be returned to the sender or be put through an inspection process.

Rob Hailstone August 19, 2016

Planning and environmental legislation update – August 2016

All change at the top.

Rob Hailstone August 18, 2016

Consultation for conveyancing solicitors on changes to STLD

HMRC is consulting for eight weeks on proposed change relating to the SDLT filing and payments process announced in the 2015 Autumn Statement, stating that they want to increase efficiency

Rob Hailstone August 18, 2016

Negative rate threat to conveyancing fees (LSG)

Conveyancers have warned that fees will come under pressure to increase in the event of negative interest rates, after the Bank of England cut rates to a record low of

Rob Hailstone August 17, 2016

Solicitors face 100% penalty for unsuccessful tax avoidance advice (LSG)

Solicitors who advise clients on tax avoidance schemes successfully challenged by the authorities would be caught by new penalties outlined by HM Revenue & Customs.

Rob Hailstone August 17, 2016