Law Society appoints interim chief executive (LSG)
Paul Tennant OBE, who recently stepped down as chief executive of the housing association Orbit after 14 years in the role, will join the Society next Monday. Tennant has spent […]
Boost for sole practitioners as HSBC raises conveyancing threshold (LSG)
HSBC has announced that it will increase the loan threshold imposed on sole practitioners registered under the Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme from £150,000 to £350,000.
US firm plans to take UK by storm with 5,000 agents in five years (EAT)
The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the aim of bring US-levels of realtor service to sellers.
Conveyancers could be first to publish prices (TC)
Crispin Passmore of the SRA has stated that conveyancing may be one of the first legal areas to be subject to the new conditions.
Mishcon’s £1m ID fraud bill sounds alarm bells (LSG)
Conveyancing solicitors have been put on high alert by a judgment ordering a firm that fell victim to identity fraud to pay more than £1m.