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Confidence at highest level since mid-1990s (LSG)

Law firms are feeling more confident about their business prospects than at any time since at least the mid-1990s, according to a survey published today.

Rob Hailstone November 9, 2015

Lenders say one in three homes are being bought with cash (PIE)

Roughly one in three homes are bought with cash – the highest level for over 60 years.

Rob Hailstone November 6, 2015

Solicitors should be braver about asking for work, new LawNet chair says (LF)

Law firms should be braver in asking potential clients for work and making sure they follow up leads, the new chair of LawNet has said.

Rob Hailstone November 6, 2015

Vive La Revolution – How revolution is changing the face of conveyancing (LF)

Being able to perform all the conveyancing tasks within a single platform means that conveyancers are able to evolve into working smarter, improve efficiencies and ultimately drive profitability.

Rob Hailstone November 5, 2015

Financial reporting changes affecting law firms (LSG)

New accounting requirements could mean law firms ultimately find it more difficult to borrow money.

Rob Hailstone November 5, 2015

Web snooping plans lack protection for lawyers (LSG)

Proposals for a new law governing state agencies’ interception of communications lack statutory protection for legal privilege, it emerged today as the government published a long-awaited draft investigatory powers bill.

Rob Hailstone November 5, 2015

Academics give stark warning over threat of London housing bubble (EAT)

A body called the UK Housing Market Observatory – consisting of economists at Lancaster University Management School – is giving a stark warning that Greater London’s housing market could crash,

Rob Hailstone November 4, 2015

Insurers Call For Traffic-Light Flood Risk Info on Property Websites and Adverts (IC)

People looking to buy a home should be given more up-front information about the property’s flood risk, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) will say ahead of its Biennial Conference

Rob Hailstone November 4, 2015

Done deal for sole practitioner authorisation (TC)

The Legal Services Board have agreed to amend the method the Solicitors Regulation Authority use to authorise sole practitioners.

Rob Hailstone November 4, 2015

Sampson strikes back: Office for Legal Complaints “risks misleading Parliament” (LF)The one-time Chief Legal Ombudsman, Adam Sampson, has hit back at his former employer’s version of his departure, telling MPs that it included statements that “risk accusations of misleading Parliament”.

The one-time Chief Legal Ombudsman, Adam Sampson, has hit back at his former employer’s version of his departure, telling MPs that it included statements that “risk accusations of misleading Parliament”.

Rob Hailstone November 4, 2015

Bold Legal Group’s 400th member firm, Buckles Solicitors (TC)

The Bold Legal Group has just signed up its 400th member, Buckles Solicitors, who have offices in Nottingham, Peterborough and Stamford.

Rob Hailstone November 3, 2015

Super-regulator concerned over ABS authorisation rule change (LSG)

The oversight legal services regulator has asked the Solicitors Regulation Authority to explain why it wants to remove a condition for authorising alternative business structures.

Rob Hailstone November 3, 2015