Legal Eye Ltd is proud to announce the appointment of Priya Anand Patel as a Director. Priya joined Jaunita, the founder of Legal Eye in January 2012. Together they have expanded the Legal Eye team with Read More
Regardless of whether the deal to sell Lloyds branches to the Co-operative Bank goes ahead, Lloyds will rebrand 632 branches under the TSB name. The deal has hit problems regarding whether the amount of capital the Read More
Research has shown nearly a third of home buyers fail to commission a survey and of those a fifth end up with homes they would not have bought had they been aware of its true Read More
The Future High Streets Forum was launched last week in order to build on the foundations of Mary Portas’s High Street Review. The group will bring together civic and business leaders from a range Read More
Adrian Whittaker is to join myhomemove as Corporate Sales Director. Mr Whittaker is well recognised in the industry having headed up corporate relationships at Santander and Lloyds Banking Group. Dev Malle, Group Sales Director at Read More
This month has been an exciting time for all of us at BCL Legal as after 10 years of growing the business around the UK, we’ve now opened our first office in London. The new Read More
The SRA have repeated their advice urging firms facing financial difficulties to seek outside help and advice at the earliest opportunity. The call comes after the intervention by the SRA into eight firms so far Read More
From 2 April the Land Registry will trial extending their service hours as part of a three month trial. Services are normally available from 6:30am until 10pm from Monday to Friday and up to 5pm on Read More
It is set to become much easier for new banks to enter the market following a review into the barriers to entry new banks face. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the Bank of England Read More
The Law Society of Scotland last week voted in favour of separate representations but this week their England and Wales counterparts have taken quite a different view on the issue. Jonathan Smithers, chair of the Read More
The Law Society is currently recruiting for new members to join their Conveyancing and Land Law committee. They advise that applicants should have an active interest in law reform and an understanding of practical issues Read More
Santander and the Law Society have indicated today that some solicitor conveyancers who are waiting for the CQS applications to be approved will not be removed from the Santander conveyancing panel on the 31st March Read More
Santander and the Law Society have indicated today that some solicitor conveyancers who are waiting for the CQS applications to be approved will not be removed from the Santander conveyancing panel on the 31st March Read More
We are pleased to welcome again Anis Waiz, solicitor at Ozon Solicitors Limited as he continues his critical review of current case law. In this post, Anis considers Hooper & Anor v Oates [2013] EWCA Civ 91 (20 Read More
Last Friday, the Law Society of Scotland AGM voted in favour of introducing mandatory separate representation for borrower and lender. Here Rob Hailstone, founder of the Bold Group, gives us his views on the decision Read More
PSG Financial Services Limited (PSG), the insurance arm of conveyancing search giant PSG has gained approval from the FSA to provide Insurance services. This significant step in the development of PSG’s business has led Read More
Legal Eye has launched today an exciting new innovation for legal practitioners — a smart phone and tablet application that delivers the latest guidance on client care, compliance, risk management and training. It offers free Read More
SearchFlow, the electronic conveyancing search provider, has announced the first ten dates of its 2013 programme of CPD seminars. Following a successful programme of events in 2012, SearchFlow has now expanded its series for this year, aiming Read More
Paul Bassett has launched a campaign for mandatory separate representation for buyer/borrowers and lenders. The campaign is called ‘Big Banks Bad for Local Business’ You can follow the campaign on twitter and banksbad4biz.Read More
Kyle Peddie of Your Conveyancer one of the largest conveyancers in Scotland explains the sep rep vote last week. On Friday, the Law Society of Scotland AGM voted in favour of introducing mandatory separate Read More