Don’t doubt value of money laundering prevention (TC)
Due to conveyancing transactions usually being of high value as well as their ability to take place without raising suspicion, they are a favoured method of laundering money.
Original documents no longer needed for first registration lodgements (TC)
Conveyancers can now lodge first registration applications without the need for original deeds and documents being sent.
Firm warns of “wave of litigation” against new-build conveyancers (EAT)
A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or valuers.”
Sales to First Time Buyers at Highest Level on Record (IC)
A third of sales in October were made to first time buyers.
ABS “engenders more entrepreneurialism” among conveyancers (LF)
Alternative business structures are far more likely to invest in their businesses than non-ABSs, research in the licensed conveyancer community has suggested.