Should conveyancers be thinking more about wills?
A survey conducted by Beagle Street, part of the BGL group, has revealed that 59 per cent of adults do not currently have a will. More than 2000 respondents were sampled for the survey which showed 73 per cent of those currently ‘living as married’ said that they did not have a will in place. […]
HS2 Judicial Review starts
The bitter battle regarding the London to Birmingham high-speed rail link opened in the High Court on Monday. The court will conduct a judicial review over the controversial scheme based on five legal challenges from its opponents and critics. The challengers are: The 51M Group, an alliance of 18 local authorities, Heathrow Hub, a pressure […]
SRA warns many risk missing COLPs and COFAs deadline
The SRA Executive Director with overall responsibility for the appointment of these key roles warned today that several hundred firms could start the New Year without having their compliance officers in place. Samantha Barrass told the Risk Management for Law Firms conference at Holborn Bars that, the majority of the profession had been fully co-operative […]
SRA closure notice: Beevers Solicitors
The SRA has issued a notice to say that they have intervened to close Beevers Solicitors of 15a-19 Booth Street, Ashton-Under-Lyne, Lancashire, OL6 7LD The firms ID was 77654. The Committee was satisfied that grounds for intervention existed under: (a)Paragraph 1 (1) (c) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Solicitors Act 1974 (as […]