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Solicitors behind the buying and selling of houses need to be publicly celebrated (LSG)

I am looking at the website of a law firm, slogan ‘a small friendly firm’. The website also lists the areas of work undertaken, and the buses that could take

Rob Hailstone June 20, 2014

Consumer watchdog raps PII reform plans (LSG)

The Legal Services Consumer Panel has declared that there is not enough evidence to justify the SRA’s radical plans for indemnity insurance reform.

Rob Hailstone June 20, 2014

Practising certificate fee set to fall by 17% (LSG)

The individual practising certificate fee will fall by 17% in 2014/15, subject to Law Society Council approval and a consultation with members that starts today.

Rob Hailstone June 20, 2014

Agents warn of “panic” sellers flooding market (EAT)

The head of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning there could be a “panic” reaction by sellers, flooding the market with homes in the fear that mortgage restrictions

Rob Hailstone June 20, 2014

MPs’ committee slams Help To Buy (EAT)

The Public Accounts Committee is accusing the government of violating Treasury guidelines by going ahead with the Help to Buy scheme without assessing whether it was the most effective way

Rob Hailstone June 20, 2014

PII reforms set to be approved on 2 July (LSG)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority today confirmed it will not extend its tight deadline for responses to a string of consultations proposing wide-ranging and controversial reforms of regulation.

Rob Hailstone June 19, 2014

SRA attacked from all sides on indemnity reforms (LF)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s proposed indemnity insurance reforms have been attacked from all sides – by the Legal Services Consumer Panel, the Law Society and the insurance industry itself.

Rob Hailstone June 19, 2014

Land Registry has bent slightly to critics (LSG)

Some credit where it is due. Following a public consultation, Land Registry has taken heed of some criticisms expressed by respondents to its consultation on taking over land search functions

Rob Hailstone June 18, 2014

Industry bust-up over Land Registry role (EAT)

The Land Registry says it is to become the sole registering authority for Local Land Charges in England and Wales – but this has triggered an aggressive response from the

Rob Hailstone June 18, 2014

Law Society back in the black as chief executive’s pay soars by nearly 20% (LF)

Retiring Law Society chief executive Des Hudson saw his pay soar nearly 20% last year, it has emerged – but the society did turn a significant deficit into a surplus

Rob Hailstone June 18, 2014

For Sale By Tender fees “may be taxed” (EAT)

Buyers who pay so-called finders’ fees to estate agents using the controversial For Sale By Tender sales tactic may end up paying tax on their outlaw, according to a senior

Rob Hailstone June 18, 2014

Google: 2m legal searches made every day in UK (LF)

Two million online searches on legal subjects are made every day in the UK, according to a senior Google executive, who went on to advise lawyers that their future clients

Rob Hailstone June 18, 2014