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New limits on Solicitors compensation fund to save costs (LSG)

Maximum payments to clients of dishonest solicitors are to be slashed from £2m to £500,000 as part of measures to reduce the financial burden on the profession.

Rob Hailstone July 29, 2020

Neither agents or conveyancers need to take over the home buying and selling process (PIE)

The easiest and quickest way to speed up the home buying and selling process is to get the seller to instruct their conveyancer when their property is first marketed.

Rob Hailstone July 28, 2020

HM Land Registry to accept electronic signatures

Transfers of ownership of property, leases, mortgages and other property dealings can now be signed electronically, making it simpler and faster for people to move home.

Rob Hailstone July 28, 2020

Faster conveyancing? Land Registry accepts electronic signatures (EAT)

HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the transfer of ownership of property, the creation of leases, and on securing mortgages.

Rob Hailstone July 28, 2020

Legal Ombudsman Takes Too Long To Respond (TC)

The Office for Legal Complaints has published its annual report for 2019/20, and shown that complainants are still waiting too long for the Ombudsman to reply to their issues.

Rob Hailstone July 28, 2020

Land Registry confirms electronic signature arrangements (LSG)

HM Land Registry has confirmed that it will now start accepting electronic signatures – paving the way for the entire conveyancing process to be conducted electronically.

Rob Hailstone July 28, 2020

Video wills ‘risky and unnecessary’, solicitors claim (LSG)

Video-witnessed wills are dangerous, unnecessary and will ‘inevitably’ cause a rise in inheritance disputes, some solicitors have warned following the government’s announcement of an emergency change in the law.

Rob Hailstone July 28, 2020

Conveyancers, a law unto themselves? (PIE)

In this latest opinion piece Russell Quirk takes on the question of the conveyancing process and suggest one way that it might be dragged out of the 16th Century and

Rob Hailstone July 27, 2020

Execution of deeds (PG8)

Advice on the execution of deeds that are to be submitted to HM Land Registry (practice guide 8).

Rob Hailstone July 27, 2020

Record number of property firms suffer ‘Red Flag’ financial distress (EAT)

There’s a record number of property industry companies, including agencies, in financial distress according to the latest Red Flag alert monitor.

Rob Hailstone July 27, 2020

Property Logbooks What Does The Future Hold? (TC)

Although many of us understand the concept of logbooks, and there are various organisations in the sector including the CLC and the Home Buying and Selling group, arguing about the

Rob Hailstone July 27, 2020

MoJ to allow and backdate remote will witnessing (LF)

The government is to legalise the remote witnessing of wills for two years, backdating the change to 31 January this year to reassure those who have already done it during

Rob Hailstone July 27, 2020