Book Review: Conveyancing Quality Scheme Toolkit
I have read the Conveyancing Quality Scheme Toolkit 2nd Edition with considerable interest and enjoyment. That enjoyment probably means I am not getting out quite as much as I should, but to all those that earn their livelihoods from conveyancing this toolkit will either endorse or challenge your own practices. It doesn’t just hold benefit […]
Co-operative engage PR firm
The legal arm of the Co-operative (CLS), has appointed Fishburn Hedges to help raise awareness of the firm. The firm was the first consumer brand to gain alternative business structure status (ABS) under the new Legal Services Act. They are yet to confirm what the status will mean for their conveyancing offering. However the engagement […]
Search Code being seen as quality benchmark
The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) has confirmed their Search Code has reached its 100th subscriber. The Search Code offers reassurance to those relying on the information provided in property search reports that the searches they commission will be conducted in a professional and timely manner. It also offers protection to reduce the circulation […]
Should conveyancers help plug Legal Aid gap?
Impending cuts to Legal Aid have led to the suggestion that interest from lawyers’ trust accounts (IOLTA) should be used to help fund access to justice. The director of the Law Centres Federation, Julie Bishop, has reignited the idea that client money held by firms is pooled, and the interest generated used to fund law […]
More than 2000 firms could fail in next year
Financial pressure, a crowded market and ABS leave firms in risky position. Many smaller high street firms are on the brink of failure. Research by R3 using data from Bureau van Dijk’s ‘Fame’ database, finds that 29.1% of firms in the UK and Ireland are at risk of failure in the next 12 months. The […]