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Money-laundering: NAEA wants government action on four fronts (EAT)

The National Association of Estate Agents has teamed up with a campaigning anti-corruption body to call for four major changes to the sales and purchase process in a bid to

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

SRA championing innovation in the legal sector

The SRA has unveiled a new initiative to support legal services firms that want to innovate and grow their business in creative ways.

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

Yes, Prime Minister? This is not our idea of affordable homes (PIE)

The Government’s Housing and Planning Bill, currently going through Parliament, proposes that the affordable new starter housing should be capped at £250,000 outside London and £450,000 in the capital.

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

“Most agents don’t check vendor-neighbour disputes” – claim (EAT)

An insurance company claims that around 60 per cent of estate agents do not check with their vendor clients about disputes with neighbours, for fear of having pricing or sale

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

What you need to know about first registrations (TC)

Land Registry, from 7th September 2015, has changed the documents required to be delivered when a customer applies for first registration.

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

Report: Law firms’ unwillingness to change opening the door to new market entrants (LF)

The slow pace of change in the legal profession means it is “not surprising” to see new types of firms, with completely different business models, winning market share, an authoritative

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

Lack of “strong brands” to advise small businesses, says Rocket Lawyer chief (LF)

There are “no strong brands yet” to advise small businesses on legal services and law firms tend to “look the same”, Mark Edwards, vice president and general manager of Rocket

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

QualitySolicitors cuts annual losses (LSG)

QualitySolicitors reduced its losses by more than £1m in the latest financial year, newly published accounts show, but the franchise remains dependent on millions of pounds worth of investment from

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

SDT costs reach almost £3m after 69% surge in cases (LSG)

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal will increase its budget next year to £2.9m to cope with a massive rise in the number of cases coming before it.

Rob Hailstone November 10, 2015

Cash Transactions: The Myths and The Reality (IC)

Cash transactions have always played an important part in the housing market. In the years before the financial crisis, up to a quarter of transactions were financed by cash.

Rob Hailstone November 9, 2015

SLC/BLG Conference Spaces Filling Fast IC)

The conference is unique in that it is organised by conveyancers for conveyancers and the agenda has been put together to cover the issues that are foremost in the minds

Rob Hailstone November 9, 2015

Police complaints commissioner to become Chief Legal Ombudsman as scale of task becomes clear (LF)

Kathryn Stone, a police complaints commissioner, is to become chief ombudsman at the Legal Ombudsman in January.

Rob Hailstone November 9, 2015