The Land Registry launches consultation on land registration legislation.
The Land Registry have launched a consultation on proposed changes to land registration legislation to take account of changes made by the Legal Services Act 2007 The Legal Services Act 2007 makes provision for the regulation of persons and bodies who carry on certain legal activities and lists and defines what activities constitute reserved legal […]
Law Society to Discuss a Change to Professional Rules
Solicitors, particularly those in smaller practices, are concerned as to the way some mortgage lenders have reduced the size of their conveyancing panels. The Law Society have said that they are being very active in trying to engage with the lenders on this issue in order to try and dissuade them from taking what appears […]
Elle Macpherson wins landmark ruling against insolvent bank
City law firm Speechly Bircham has secured a landmark ruling for supermodel and entrepreneur Elle Macpherson against the liquidated Isle of Man bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KSF), which brings a little-known legal principle dating back 300 years into the spotlight. The case saw Miss Macpherson take the liquidators of KSF to the Isle of […]
