SRA fees calculator helps firms to budget plan
Solicitors and firms can now get help with planning budgets for the next year by accessing the fees calculator on the SRA website. Although the practising fees are yet to be ratified through the Law Society Council and the Legal Services Board, the calculator can still be used in order to give the regulated community […]
New Partner for Jacksons Law Firm
Jacksons Law Firm has appointed Terry Saffin as partner with effect from 30 March 2012. The appointment is the second time that Jacksons Law Firm has appointed a Legal Executive as a partner since the relaxation of the law on non-solicitor appointments in 2009. Terry joined the firm in 2002 as head of the […]
Housing Equity Withdrawal falls in first quarter of 2012
Bank of England figures released this week show that in the first quarter of 2012 the measure of housing equity withdrawal was -£8.8 billion. This is £0.3 billion lower than in quarter 4 of 2011. Housing Equity Withdrawal as a percentage of post-tax income was -3.3% in Q1 2012, compared with -3.2% for Q4 […]
Landlords and estate agents targeted by fraudsters
In their blog, Mayo Wynne Baxter report that they “are aware of a scam aimed at estate agents and their clients who are absent landlords”. According to the law firm the fraudsters send a fax to the estate agents purporting to be from HM Revenue & Customs. This fax requests that agents complete a form […]
First time buyers at 6 month low
Myintroducer.com have today reported on the latest NAEA Market Report, showing a dip in overall sales, during May, to first time buyers of 7 per cent. April’s report showed overall sales to first time buyers stood at 24 per cent but May’s figure dipped to just 17 per cent. The last time such a decrease […]
