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Fee setback adds to lord chancellor’s woes (LSG)

The Law Society is pressing the government to retreat on huge probate fee rises, after a parliamentary committee accused embattled lord chancellor Liz Truss of ‘overstepping her powers’.

Rob Hailstone April 10, 2017

HomeOwners Alliance blasted for ‘leasehold scaremongering’ (PIE)

The Conveyancing Association has criticised a report from the campaign group on leasehold, released earlier this week, that claimed leaseholders were “little more than tenants in the eyes of the

Rob Hailstone April 7, 2017

Foreign property owners will have year to declare details (LSG)

The government may create a criminal offence of failing to keep information on a register of overseas property owners up to date.

Rob Hailstone April 7, 2017

Temporary worker jailed for £700,000 fraud on firms (LSG)

A woman who abused her position at law firms to obtain more than £700,000 through property fraud has been jailed for three and a half years.

Rob Hailstone April 7, 2017

Stamp Duty Land Tax changes: One year on (TC)

There has been a dramatic fall in the number of properties being purchased by investors.

Rob Hailstone April 7, 2017

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion (EAT)

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017, according to a ‘quick buying’ company.

Rob Hailstone April 7, 2017

High street estate agents: You’re out of touch, out of date and you put people out of pocket (PIE)

Traditional estate agents have been accused of being stuck in the past.

Rob Hailstone April 7, 2017

Funerals merged with newly profitable ABS pioneer Co-op Legal (LSG)

The Co-operative Group announced that its legal services business is to be integrated with funerals in a new Life Planning Division.

Rob Hailstone April 7, 2017

Lord chancellor ‘overstepping powers’ with probate fee rise (LSG)

A parliamentary committee has attacked the legal basis of the government’s new probate fees, saying the lord chancellor could be overstepping her power by introducing fees which bear the hallmark

Rob Hailstone April 5, 2017

‘Corruption drives high-end London property market’ – claim (EAT)

A group campaigning for the reform of money laundering and other accountability laws claims that billions of pounds worth of investment – “much of it driven by overseas corruption” –

Rob Hailstone April 4, 2017

Land Registry: updates for portal email control (TC)

Organisations that use the Land Registry portal will be given greater control over email correspondence management.

Rob Hailstone April 4, 2017

SRA to examine how well firms handle complaints (LSG)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is turning its attention to how law firms handle complaints, commissioning its first piece of research on how firms’ processes can influence the quality of service

Rob Hailstone April 4, 2017