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Does The Leasehold Pledge Adequately Protect Leaseholders? (TC)

In March, 40 house builders and developers signed up to a voluntary 14-point pledge designed to end the practice of unfair and onerous leaseholds.

Rob Hailstone June 10, 2019

SRA Report Four Email Scam Alerts In One Day (TC)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority have issued four separate email scam alerts impersonating law firms on the same day.

Rob Hailstone June 10, 2019

Mayson spells out hard choices in reforming legal regulation (LF)

The head of the independent review of legal services regulation said yesterday that scrapping regulation based on titles like solicitor or barrister and replacing it with a system based on

Rob Hailstone June 7, 2019

Swathe of law firms face action after failing transparency test (LF)

Dozens of law firms are at risk of enforcement action from the Solicitors Regulation Authority after a check found that only 25% of websites were fully compliant with the new

Rob Hailstone June 7, 2019

Government Pledge £2 Million Towards Lawtech Investment Initiatives (TC)

The Government has promised £2 million worth of investment to the legal sector in a bid to improve new and emerging technologies and solidify the UK’s legal sector as a

Rob Hailstone June 6, 2019

New Landlord Coalition Group Offers Alternative To Section 21 Abolition (TC)

A number of national associations representing the interests of UK Landlords have united in opposition of the proposed abolition of Section 21 repossessions by creating a ‘Fair Possessions Coalition’ and

Rob Hailstone June 6, 2019

All eyes on Purplebricks as embattled Woodford cuts his stake (PIE)

Embattled fund manager Neil Woodford has cut his stake in Purplebricks. He has sold around £16m of shares to lower his stake from 28.88% to 23.87%.

Rob Hailstone June 6, 2019

LSB backs freelance solicitors practising with no insurance cover (LSG)

The oversight regulator today rubber-stamped controversial reforms allowing solicitors to work as freelancers without indemnity insurance.

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2019

Agents must tell sellers about potential disadvantage of modern method of auction (PIE)

The Property Ombdusman has said that agents who sell through the modern method of auction must declare to sellers at the outset not only that purchasers pay, but that this

Rob Hailstone June 5, 2019

Too Many Businesses Taking The Impersonation Phishing Attack Bait (TC)

964 (94%) global IT decision makers from a survey size of 1,025 have found impersonation phishing attacks have had a severe impact on their business; losing money, data and subsequently

Rob Hailstone June 4, 2019

Government leaves it to literally the last minute on fees ban (PIE)

The Government waited until 60 seconds before the fees ban came in before it issued the final and vital paperwork.

Rob Hailstone June 3, 2019

Conveyancing firm offers guaranteed time to exchange (LF)

A groundbreaking conveyancing business offering a guaranteed time to exchange and encourages instructions from both sides of a transaction goes live this week.

Rob Hailstone June 3, 2019