Breach of post completion contractual obligations
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 considered the remedies available following a breach of a post-completion condition in a contract for the sale of […]
LSB Consumer Panel criticises aspects of the CQS – or fiddling whilst Rome burns.
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 trust with lenders, insurers and consumers in the wake of unacceptably high levels of fraud and negligence in the conveyancing community. […]
SCL Conference Report
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: Paul Broadhead, Head of Mortgage Policy, BSA, Lenders Panels: Victor Olowe, Chief Executive, Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), A New […]
Awards season continues…
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 one of the largest remortgage providers to lenders in the country and specialises in property and secured debt recovery […]