Help sought for the CML Conveyancing Conference
Dear Colleague CML Conference: a request I am a partner at Wright & Wright in Guildford and also the founding director of JET which is the CML supported system hosting the CML Handbook. My role with JET and the CML has meant that I am delighted to be speaking at the CML Conference on 1 […]
In-Deed to build a national conveyancing brand by investing in high street law firms
Just one month on from implementation of the Legal Services Act, In-Deed have confirmed that they intend to invest in UK law firms. In-Deed, an online conveyancing system, which was launched earlier this year by the founder of Rightmove, Harry Hill, recently secured £4.5 million investment following flotation on the Alternative Investment Market in June. […]
SLC solution for lender panels
Whilst joint representation remains the norm, all conveyancing businesses remain highly vulnerable to lenders choosing not to instruct them. The removal from a panel for the smallest error or even just because you don’t do enough business is killing conveyancers across the country. Some conveyancers are even seeking to litigate against lenders in respect […]
Wow! – what happened there?
In spite of wide spread alarm in the months leading up to the October 2011 renewal it seems that nothing properly prepares us for the surprises thrown up in this most widely commented on of mass market renewals. The inactivity post the Charles Rivers Associates review and report and the ensuing consultation period looked likely […]
Failure to co-operate with Legal Ombudsman costs firm £20K
In the first case of its kind, the High Court has fined a solicitor, £5,000 + £15,500 costs, for failing to co-operate with an investigation by the Legal Ombudsman. Howard Robert Gillespie Young, a solicitor who practised in Bolton, Lancashire, for CMG Law failed to provide documents to enable the Ombudsman to investigate a case. […]
Wow! – what happened there?
In spite of wide spread alarm in the months leading up to the October 2011 renewal it seems that nothing properly prepares us for the surprises thrown up in this most widely commented on of mass market renewals. The inactivity post the Charles Rivers Associates review and report and the ensuing consultation period looked likely […]