This time of year seems to have become a relentless churn of awards, but amongst all the gloom and slowing of the market for winter its good to celebrate some conveyancing successes …. Optima Legal is Read More
On Tuesday the 22nd November I attended the Embracing the Future of Conveyancing conference set up by the Society of Licensed Conveyancers. Speakers and topics included: Jennifer Bourne, Legal and Financial Crime, CML, Mortgage Fraud: Read More
The Legal Services Board Consumer panel last week issued a report into legal voluntary quality schemes assessing 13 schemes including the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme. The CQS was launched in February to rebuild Read More
Howard -Jones v Tate [2011] EWCA Civ 1330 (24 November 2011) Introduction Solicitor and partner Mr Anis Waiz of Mohindra Maini LLP continues his critical review of current case law. This is a very important decision which &Read More
Chaudhary v Yavuz [2011] EWCA Civ 1314 (22 November 2011) Introduction The issue was whether an informal easement and not registered at the Land Registry could be effective against a purchaser of the land over which the easement would Read More
myhomemove, one of the UK’s leading conveyancing providers, bagged the Innovator of the Year Award (non-lenders) at the 2012 Mortgage Finance Gazette Awards 2012. The award was in recognition of eWay, the latest innovation from myhomemove. Read More
Solar panel providers will offer to Lease your roof space so that they can install the solar panels, for which they do not normally pay a rent. Your Client can use as much of Read More
Separate representation was of course common years ago as lenders did not operate open Solicitor panels however increased competition in recent years meant that it was extremely common to act for the Borrower and the Read More
At the first, of what is expected to become an annual event in the legal calendar, the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC), the trade body representing the conveyancing profession, yesterday unveiled its Lender’s Panel Read More
On November 21st, GroundSure will release GroundSure HIGHSPEED 2, a search report that clearly identifies whether a property is near the proposed route of HIGHSPEED 2 (HS2). This new unique report searches properties within a 2000m Read More
David Cameron and Nick Clegg have today announced that they are to introduce a tax-payer backed 95 per cent mortgage in order to help “unstick” the housing market. The announcement is said to “make the dream Read More
Napthan’s solicitors in the North West of England have reminded first time buyers looking to move home that the current stamp duty ‘holiday’ is due to end early next year. At present Read More
ETSOS have more than enough reason to celebrate this month. The 22nd November sees ETSOS attending and exhibiting at the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) conference ‘Embracing the future of conveyancing’. This news makes Read More
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), in their response to the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) consultation on enhancing consumer protection, reducing regulatory restrictions, called for a “fundamental review of the basis of the regulation of Read More
Introduction Solicitor and partner Mr Anis Waiz of Mohindra Maini LLP continues his critical review of current case law. This is a case of crucial importance to all lawyers and a valuable lesson in client Read More
As media partner for the upcoming “shaping the future of conveyancing” conference hosted by the CML we were lucky enough to be able to ask Jennifer Bourne, Senior Policy Advisor some questions: Can you let Read More
Mortgage lenders repossessed 9,200 properties during the third quarter of 2011, a slight increase on the second quarter figure of 9,100, according to latest survey data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The third quarter figures equate Read More
On 30 June 2013, the ‘Statement of Principles’ agreement between the Government and the insurance industry, comes to an end. The current agreement states that insurers are obliged to provide insurance for ‘at risk’ homes. This could Read More
Research from Barclays has shown that despite homeowners currently trying to reduce their monthly outgoings 58% of homeowners have never changed their mortgage outside of moving house. 74% of those asked have said they would consider moving Read More
Move and Log, a Norwich based Property IT company, recently launched their online portal, designed with suppliers of conveyancing services in mind. The system aims to “assist busy practitioners in managing multiple transactions and Read More