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SRA plots transparency sweep as hundreds of firms flout new rules (LSG)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority will once again sweep law firm websites in a bid to drag more of them into compliance with transparency rules.

Rob Hailstone October 31, 2019

Homes taking longest to go under offer for three years with buyers negotiating hard (PIE)

Homes are now taking over 12 weeks to reach sales agreed stage, with sales prices at an average of 3.8% below asking price – equating to an average drop of

Rob Hailstone October 30, 2019

Conveyancers “need not fear” home buying shake-up (LF)

A “single source of truth” that contains all the information about a property before it goes on the market is in the works as part of plans to speed up

Rob Hailstone October 30, 2019

LSB Encourage Legal Sector To Embrace Blockchain (TLCR)

The Legal Services Board (LSB) is encouraging more legal services regulators to promote the uptake of Blockchain technology by regulated firms.

Rob Hailstone October 29, 2019

Another agency backs Reservation Agreements to cut fall-throughs (EAT)

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements.

Rob Hailstone October 29, 2019

Conveyancers Complicit In UK’s Money Laundering Woes (TC)

421 properties worth over £5 billion were bought in the UK using suspicious wealth.

Rob Hailstone October 29, 2019

SRA concerned at firms’ ‘cut and paste’ approach to AML (LSG)

Thousands of firms are to be contacted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority within the coming weeks asking what measures they have in place to combat money laundering.

Rob Hailstone October 29, 2019

Homeowners should deal with the ticking septic tank time bomb

This call comes from a number of homeowners who are looking to sell their property but have been confronted with this change of legislation which requires them to address it

Rob Hailstone October 28, 2019

Government Pushes Forward With Reservation Agreement Pilot (TC)

The Government is keen to introduce a system of having legally binding agreements to reduce the number of transactions collapsing every year.

Rob Hailstone October 28, 2019

Solicitor ready to defy SRA over ‘illegal gimmick’ badge (LSG)

A solicitor specialising in technology says he will defy the rule requiring him to display the SRA’s new digital badge on his firm’s website – on the ground that it

Rob Hailstone October 28, 2019

Dozens of law firms enabling corruption, report finds (LF)

Dozens of UK law firms are – wittingly or unwittingly – providing corrupt individuals with services that enable them to “move, hide and defend their ill-gotten gains with impunity”, Transparency

Rob Hailstone October 25, 2019

Reservation Agreements: Agency makes buyers pay £5,000 – and it works (EAT)

A London agency makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation Agreements – well ahead of the likely introduction of a similar scheme by the government.

Rob Hailstone October 23, 2019