Government to ban leaseholds on new-build houses (PIE)
Sales of new-build houses as leasehold will be banned in England.
Law Society calls for estate agents to have to disclose referral fee amounts at very start (PIE)
Estate agents should have to disclose the actual amount of any referral fees they receive at the very outset, says the Law Society.
Ombudsman urges “prescriptive template” for all lawyers in price publication push (LF)
The process of publishing up-front price information should be achieved through “prescriptive templates” across the legal profession, the Legal Ombudsman has suggested.
Society calls for disclosures of conveyancing referral fees (LSG)
The Law Society calls for further action to enforce existing requirements for transparency.