C’mon CHAPS, don’t be Faized! (EAT)
In most contracts, the standard conditions of sale stipulate a 2pm time for completion. In other words, all completion monies should be transferred by 2pm all the way up the […]
Tributes paid to “larger than life” West Midlands Solicitor Martyn Morgan (TC)
Tributes have been paid to a Martyn Morgan of Quality Solicitors Talbots who has died after a short illness aged 60.
A Canadian law firm which runs offices inside Walmart supermarkets is planning to almost double in size next year (LF)
A Canadian law firm which runs offices inside Walmart supermarkets is planning to almost double in size next year, it has emerged.
Over 60,000 homes bought with Help-to-Buy (TC)
More than 60,000 homes have been bought with a Help-to-Buy scheme in the last two and a half years according to statistics released by the Department for Communities and Local […]
Majority of Home Buyers Benefit From Stamp Duty Changes (IC)
The average home buyer is £4,500 better-off under the new progressive structure of stamp duty introduced on 4 December 2014, according to Halifax.
UK’s £166m knotweed problem could be tip of the iceberg (TC)
Knotweed is losing the UK “hundreds of millions of pounds” each year and far outstripping Government estimates of £166 million according to experts.
Conveyancers’ duties to lenders (TC)
A clear statement of a conveyancer’s duties under CML 5.1.2. That at least must be welcomed by all conveyancers.
Riverview Law unveils technology behind ‘virtual assistants’ (LF)
Riverview Law has unveiled the technology which it will use to power a range of legal ‘virtual assistants’ it is preparing to launch next year.
SRA proposes a Solicitors Qualifying Examination for all new solicitors (SRA)
We are proposing a shake-up in the way solicitors qualify, with a consultation on a new standardised system for assessing trainees.
Anger over CHAPS change that will force agents to open longer (EAT)
The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day – taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer – has received fierce criticism from a removals expert who says it […]
Demise of Veyo is “green light” for Free2Convey, LSSA chair says (LF)
The demise of the Law Society and Mastek’s online conveyancing portal Veyo gives the “green light” to rival system Free2Convey, the chair of the Legal Software Suppliers Association (LSSA) has […]
Firm makes ‘take all the leave you want’ policy permanent (LSG)
An East Anglian firm that started a test policy of unlimited holiday earlier this year had confirmed that it will make the scheme permanent.