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Commentary on landmark case: Will it lead to regulation of estate agents? (PIE)

Is it not about time that the authorities regulated estate agents?

Rob Hailstone October 6, 2016

Complaints Against Estate Agents in UK Up 32% (IC)

Complaints against estate agents in the UK upheld by the Property Ombudsman scheme increased by 32% last year with agents paying out £811,134 in compensation.

Rob Hailstone October 6, 2016

Maximise client retention with cross-departmental referrals (TC)

Making effective referrals between property and private client departments is a business process that should be utilised to prolong client retention.

Rob Hailstone October 6, 2016

Growing Sheffield law firm exits QualitySolicitors over “brand conflict” (LF)

The traditional law firm approach has a limited future.

Rob Hailstone October 6, 2016

Victims of the Friday fraudster – where does the liability lie now? (TC)

Solicitors and conveyancers are once again stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Rob Hailstone October 5, 2016

Legal executives “less likely to want to become solicitors”, research finds (LF)

Legal executives are increasingly less likely to want to train as solicitors, and switching to a trainee contract after having been a paralegal can involve a decrease in contact with

Rob Hailstone October 4, 2016

SRA to renew battle over central legal examination plans (LSG)

The Solicitors Regulation Authority today reignited the controversial issue of a central examination for all would-be solicitors by publishing a new set of proposals.

Rob Hailstone October 4, 2016

Call for Chancellor to scrap Osborne’s reforms in Autumn statement (TC)

Government should be addressing real housing issues rather than consulting on changes to SDLT filing and payment processes, says The society of Licensed Conveyancers.

Rob Hailstone October 3, 2016

Help to Buy to cease after 2016 (TC)

It was been confirmed today recently that the Help to Buy scheme will not continue to operate after the end of the year.

Rob Hailstone September 30, 2016

Back to the future? Conveyancers to discuss possibility of launch of ‘skinny’ HIPs (PIE)

Conveyancers are to discuss the possibility of “skinny” Home Information Packs being introduced by the Government.

Rob Hailstone September 29, 2016

Agency says stamp duty, not Brexit, causing prime market slowdown (EAT)

New data from Knight Frank shows that prime property prices have dipped by 0.1 per cent in the three months following the UK’s vote to leave the EU – but

Rob Hailstone September 29, 2016

Only two weeks left to have your say on proposed changes to SDLT filing and payment processes (LF)

The government are continuing to welcome comments on the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) filing and payment process until Friday 7 October 2016.

Rob Hailstone September 28, 2016