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Clients ‘in the dark’ over their lawyer’s quality – watchdog (LSG)

Law firm clients remain ‘in the dark’ over the performance of solicitors, the sector’s consumer watchdog reports today – pledging to do more to ensure information is published.

Rob Hailstone June 10, 2015

Are You Allowing Your Clients to be Ripped Off by Indemnity Insurers? (IC)

The cost of moving could in some transactions be reduced if more lawyers took time to consider planning and building regulation requirements more closely.

Rob Hailstone June 9, 2015

LSB tells regulators to monitor lawyers over ‘price transparency’ (LF)

The LSB has urged the frontline regulators to keep a close eye on ‘price transparency’ among lawyers in the wake of a LeO report that said a quarter of complaints it

Rob Hailstone June 9, 2015

Land Registry: Preparing to Remove Postal Redirects in August (IC)

“More than half of our customers now use the new addresses (roughly 65 per cent) to ensure their postal applications reach us as quickly as possible in order to be

Rob Hailstone June 8, 2015

Stamp Duty Land Tax: Online Payments by Debit and Credit Cards (IC)

HMRC is now able to receive payment for Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) by debit or credit card using a new online payment service.

Rob Hailstone June 8, 2015

Ground-breaking cover for a growing problem (TC)

Countrywide Legal Indemnities has launched a new Japanese Knotweed indemnity policy, which will offer protection to buyers and lenders in the event that Japanese knotweed is discovered at a residential

Rob Hailstone June 8, 2015

Big firms hit hardest by fall in conveyancing transactions, report finds (LF)

The top five conveyancing firms handled 36% fewer transactions in the first quarter of this year, a report has found, and their market share dropped from 8% to 6%.

Rob Hailstone June 8, 2015

Miscarriages charity transforms itself into law firm (LF)

A registered charity has become a fully-fledged law firm in what is believed to be the first transformation of its kind, after being approved by the SRA.

Rob Hailstone June 8, 2015

Solicitor entrepreneur launches crowdfunding push for legal app (LF)

Lauren Riley, the solicitor entrepreneur who appeared on ‘The Apprentice’, is launching a bid next week to raise £150,000 for her legal app through crowdfunding.

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2015

New-model firm pitches white-label regulation to overseas “non-dom” law firms (LF)

New-model practice Carbon Law Partners is set to launch a ‘white label’ service to enable foreign law firms to practise in England and Wales under their own brand, without having

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2015

Manorial Rights: Taking the ground from under your feet? (IC)

Manorial rights date back to the feudal era which still grants landowners (formerly Lords of the Manor) powers over swathes of Britain, affecting everything from the holding of fairs and

Rob Hailstone June 4, 2015

SRA board backs radical changes to separate business rule (LF)

The SRA approved a radical overhaul of the separate business rule at its board meeting yesterday, despite strong opposition from the Law Society.

Rob Hailstone June 4, 2015