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SRA slashes ABS licensing backlog (LF)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has slashed its backlog of alternative business structure (ABS) licensing applications from 142 in January 2013 to 52 in April this year, it has emerged.

Rob Hailstone June 6, 2014

Lenders are halting deals after exchange of contracts, say Lawyers (EAT)

Peter Ambrose, who heads up major conveyancing firm The Partnership, said that in two cases, Halifax has stepped in to prevent completion taking place on the dates agreed.

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2014

Society urges solicitors to lobby against ‘damaging’ SRA reforms (LSG)

The Law Society has called on solicitors to respond to a clutch of SRA consultations on reforms that Chancery Lane warns will damage both the profession and clients.

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2014

Land Registry shake-up to go ahead (LSG)

The government intends to press on with major changes to Land Registry of England and Wales, today’s Queen’s Speech to parliament confirmed.

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2014

Grayling tells LSB to work towards its own abolition (LF)

The Lord Chancellor has set the Legal Services Board (LSB) the task of working towards its own abolition as part of a push to reduce the burden of regulation on

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2014

Conveyancing: Personal Searches vs. Official Searches (EAT)

Should a conveyancer carry out a personal search or a full official search?

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2014

Partners in the spotlight as a fifth of firms report “competence failures” (LF)

Almost a fifth of firms have reported “failures in competent legal service delivery” in the last 12 months, a major study for the Solicitors Regulation Authority has found.

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2014

ASA orders leading PI firm to stop adverts due to NHS ‘confusion’ (LF)

A well-known personal injury firm has been ordered to stop running a TV advert which directed clients to its NHSLaw.co.uk website, on the grounds that the public might confuse it

Rob Hailstone June 4, 2014

Not-for-profit’s ground-breaking ABS eyes expansion (LF)

The firm, created by Leicester-based Community Advice and Law Service (CALS) a year ago, has found the going tough, but is hopeful that income from private client work will be

Rob Hailstone June 4, 2014

New law to target “corrupt lawyers” who help criminals (LF)

“Corrupt lawyers” who help who organised crime gangs and hide behind a “veneer of respectability” will be targeted by a new offence, the Home Office announced yesterday.

Rob Hailstone June 4, 2014

ABS model boosts Knights’ revenue by 28% (LSG)

Revenue at private equity-backed north-west firm Knights grew 28% to £12m in 2013/14 – with the rise attributed to the firm’s first full year as an alternative business structure (ABS).

Rob Hailstone June 4, 2014

Building Society chooses Shakespeares conveyancing (TC)

Following an intensive tender process, growing Midlands law firm Shakespeares has successfully won renewed and extended contracts with Coventry Building Society’s legal panel to deliver re-mortgaging and conveyancing services.

Rob Hailstone June 3, 2014