Solicitor salary survey (SJ)
Legal recruiter BCL Legal surveyed the salaries of 600 solicitors from 250 regional and boutique, commercial firms.
Award winning Kent solicitors reaping the benefits of electronic file management (LSG)
Boys & Maughan Solicitors has contracted with Linetime to roll out Liberate Case Management to all its 90 staff. A long term user of Linetime for conveyancing matters, the firm […]
Brexit disproportionately harmful to legal services – Law Society research (LSG)
A British exit (Brexit) from the EU would cause legal services to be ‘disadvantaged disproportionately compared with the UK economy as a whole’, a study published by the Law Society […]
We’re seeing more gazumping, say conveyancers (PIE)
myhomemove, has confirmed a rise in gazumping, saying that just over a quarter of conveyancers have seen instances where a new buyer gazumped the original purchaser during June, July and […]
Brownfield Sites and the Housing Bill (IC)
The government is looking to use the Housing Bill to reduce the amount of legislation for the development of brownfield sites – arguing that legislation intended to protect both environment […]
Negligence claims concerning property advice on the increase. Lessons learnt? (TC)
Over the past few months there have been several claims against law firms resulting from their involvement in property transactions.
Conveyancing lifts income at NAHL (LSG)
The acquisition earlier this year of a business that generates conveyancing leads is already boosting the bottom line at listed legal services provider NAHL Group, the company said today, announcing […]
Agents in uproar and disbelief over anti-money laundering rules (PIE)
New guidelines on anti-money laundering are to be released to agents. The move follows a highly charged meeting in London at which there was uproar, with agents finding it hard to […]
Controversy as ‘loophole’ helps buyer avoid £1m stamp duty (EAT)
An estate agent has hit the headlines for marketing a central London home where the buyer can avoid paying almost £1m in stamp duty.
Agent says NAEA and HMRC must act over money-laundering (EAT)
An estate agency is now demanding action from the NAEA and the HMRC.
Buy-to-let: The Past is no Guide to the Future (IC)
Buy-to-let mortgage balances outstanding recently grew to more than £200 billion – equivalent to the gross domestic product of Hong Kong.
Is prevention better than cure when it comes to cyber-crime? (TC)
The Council for Licenced Conveyancers have published an outline of the ways firms can protect themselves against potential cyber-attacks, and which appropriate next steps should be taken if an attack […]