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Anti-corruption statement by professional bodies

Bribery and corruption represent serious threats to economic growth, individual livelihoods and civil society across the world.

Rob Hailstone May 11, 2016

Free2Convey to relaunch “within weeks” (LF)

Free2Convey, the conveyancing portal designed as a free rival to the Law Society’s failed portal Veyo, is to relaunch itself to conveyancers, estate agents and the public “within weeks”, it

Rob Hailstone May 11, 2016

Slashing back the Handbook could be ‘too much’ – LSB (LSG)

A wholesale review which is expected to slash the Solicitors Regulation Authority Handbook from over 600 pages to nearer 50 may be ‘too much’ for law firms to cope with,

Rob Hailstone May 11, 2016

Relief for home buyers as the Government may ban ‘gazumping’

Gazumping could be banned by the Government, as it has emerged that officials have held private meetings with industry to discuss bringing forward the point at which house sales become legal,

Rob Hailstone May 10, 2016

Unfair Constraint on Free Choice of Legal Regulator (IC)

Changing from one regulator to another should not be difficult and should not be restricted due to the exclusive and unnecessarily stringent arrangements operating between one regulator and the insurance

Rob Hailstone May 10, 2016

95% of independent lawyers and mid-sized firms braced for rough times (TC)

Almost all independent and mid-sized firms say they are bracing for hard times according to a report commissioned by LexisNexis.

Rob Hailstone May 10, 2016

New flood protection scheme to be reviewed in 2019 (LSG)

Conveyancing specialists have welcomed news that 29 insurers have signed up to a new flood protection scheme.

Rob Hailstone May 10, 2016

Law Society to consider council shakeup (LSG)

A smaller council and a management board including lay members feature in proposals for a new governance model for the Law Society expected to be put before the Society’s governing

Rob Hailstone May 9, 2016

Online, traditional – can we learn anything from the conveyancing industry? (EAT)

Conveyancing, like estate agency, is a service and you will never be able to negate or automate the overwhelming human factors involved in this process.

Rob Hailstone May 9, 2016

What happens when a notice to complete expires? (TC)

We all know that serving a notice to complete makes time of the essence- meaning that failure to perform by the date fixed amounts to a repudiatory breach of contract.

Rob Hailstone May 9, 2016

Niche regulator moves to attract conveyancers from SRA (LSG)

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has moved to boost its appeal to property law firms currently regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority by changing its arrangements for professional indemnity insurance.

Rob Hailstone May 5, 2016

New call for estate agents to be licensed as MPs probe money laundering (PIE)

MPs have been told that estate agents should be licensed as billions of pounds ‘slosh’ through London, with some of the world’s vilest dictators buying up property.

Rob Hailstone May 5, 2016