Home buyer wins case against surveyor who failed to spot Japanese knotweed (PIE)
A home buyer has been awarded £50,000 compensation plus costs of up to £90,000 after a surveyor failed to spot Japanese knotweed growing in the garden of the £1.2m property.
Mortgage lenders overly cautious about Japanese knotweed (IC)
The House of Commons Science and Technology Committee said in a new report that other invasive plants do not have the same effect and points out that lenders in Europe […]
Scottish Property Selling 28% Quicker Than British Counterparts
The prevalence of the solicitor estate agent in Scotland means buyers and sellers are able to get expert legal and market advice from solicitors and property managers in one place […]
LSB Grants Proposed Changes To November’s SRA Standards (TC)
The Legal Services Board has granted the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s application in full to change a number of the regulatory arrangements in the Standards and Regulations that are set to […]