First sign of housing market stability says price index (EAT)
UK average house prices rose 0.4 per cent in July taking the annual pace of change up to 3.5 per cent, according to one of the major price indices.
Fairpoint Group seals Colemans acquisition (TC)
Fairpoint Group plc, one of the UK’s leading providers of consumer professional services, has expanded their business and legal services stature with the announcement it has reached an agreement to […]
‘Title fraud costing Land Registry millions’ – claim (EAT)
A property company claims that more than £31m has been paid out by the Land Registry in the past three years in relation to fraudulent property deeds.
Labour wants more agent diligence over money-laundering (EAT)
Put pressure on estate agents to carry out more thorough checks when selling top-price homes” says Labour politician.
Clear your desk – leading firms embrace agile working (LSG)
Only ‘static workers’ such as secretarial staff is assigned a desk. Lawyers packs their belongings into lockers at the end of each working day.
Ex-Countrywide boss says company “going backwards” (EAT)
Harry Hill, the former Countrywide chief executive, has described his old company as “going backwards” following the publication of its half-year figures to the City.
Daughter’s £164k will victory ‘consistent with law’, say experts (LSG)
Wills experts have said a highly publicised ruling by the Court of Appeal to award a woman £164,000 from her estranged mother’s estate, despite being left out of the will, […]
PII renewal: scattergun or ‘sniper’? (LSG)
There must be a simpler way of completing the indemnity renewal process.
Separate-business rule relaxation ‘will increase consumer choice’ (LSG)
The oversight regulator has rubber-stamped proposals to allow solicitors and law firms to own or manage businesses in other professions.
Cameron says money laundering via property must stop (PIE)
Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced measures designed to unmask corrupt offshore company using the UK property market to hide their ‘dirty money’.
Solicitors ‘in denial’ about threat from accountants (LSG)
Accountants will soon be competing directly with solicitor firms ‘on every high street in the country’, according to a leading financial advisor to the legal sector.
SRA chief urges caution over legal regulation reform (LSG)
The head of the Solicitors Regulation Authority has called for caution amidst demands for wholesale reform of the regulatory regime.