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Conveyancers want estate agents licensed and sellers to compile log books (EAT)

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate agents licensed and ensuring sellers provide search, title and

Rob Hailstone December 18, 2017

Conveyancers call on Government to license estate agents and make offers legally binding (PIE)

Some conveyancers are calling for the licensing of estate agents, together with a requirement to pass a fit and proper test before they can trade.

Rob Hailstone December 18, 2017

‘First bitcoin homes sold in the UK’ as crypto investors cash in (PIE)

Two homes have been sold using bitcoin currency by a small property firm.

Rob Hailstone December 18, 2017

HM Land Registry’s new Business Strategy sets its direction for the next five years (TC)

HM Land Registry was set up in 1862 to make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper, by moving from an unregistered system of ownership to full registration of land. Our mission

Rob Hailstone December 18, 2017

Agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in a decade (EAT)

A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007 – despite a substantial increase in house prices in

Rob Hailstone December 15, 2017

14 new areas of law set for reform – Law Commission (IC)

The Commission has focused on reforms which will reduce unfairness for the citizen and those which will help to enhance the UK’s competitiveness internationally following our exit from the European

Rob Hailstone December 15, 2017

SRA ponders penalties for failure to publish complaints data (LSG)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has indicated that firms are to face disciplinary action if they do not abide by a potential requirement to publish data about complaints they receive –

Rob Hailstone December 14, 2017

Law Commission to explore leasehold and chancel repair liability (LSG)

Leasehold, trust law, smart contracts and chancel repair liability are among the 14 projects that the Law Commission will look at over the next three years.

Rob Hailstone December 14, 2017

Government’s suggestions for consumer awareness spark discussion in the industry (TC)

The Government’s ‘Call for Evidence’ has unsurprisingly sparked a variety of responses from across the conveyancing industry and beyond.

Rob Hailstone December 14, 2017

Law firms failing to tell clients who complain that they can go to LeO (LF)

Only a third of law firms are telling clients who make a complaint that they can refer it to the Legal Ombudsman if they are not satisfied with the outcome,

Rob Hailstone December 14, 2017

Anthony Gold latest law firm to be hit by cyber-attackers (LSG)

London firm Anthony Gold Solicitors is the latest to suffer a cyber-attack causing emails to be sent out apparently from a law firm’s address.

Rob Hailstone December 13, 2017

Agency withdraws claim about speed of exchanging contracts (EAT)

Independent Surrey-based estate agency Curchods has voluntarily withdrawn marketing material containing claims about its speed of exchanging properties, after the intervention of the Advertising Standards Authority.

Rob Hailstone December 13, 2017