Norwich based MJP set to become Limited Company
Legal 500 practice, MJP Solicitors of Norwich, say they are joining many of the leading lawyers throughout the country and incorporating their business as a Limited Company following a successful growth period. From 1st May, MJP will create two new companies — MJP Limited and MJP Conveyancing Limited — with a view to adding strength […]
Compensation Fund proposals by the Solicitors Regulation Authority
With the rising cost of intervening in failed firms the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have been looking at ways in which those costs can be accommodated. One suggestion had been a “one-off levy” on Solicitors but this appears to carry less favour than utilising the Compensation Fund. According to the Gazette, in a paper that […]
The latest Newsletter from the Council of Licensed Conveyancers has been released.
Sheila Kumar, Chief Executive of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers, says: “I have now been working full time as Chief Executive of the CLC for a little over three weeks. One of the top issues for me in these early days is the attitude of some lenders to instructing licensed conveyancers and having them on […]
CLC releases results of referrals consultation
From December 2012 to March 2013 the CLC consulted on their referral arrangement provisions. The majority of the 65 stakeholders who responded to the consultation felt that the CLC should continue to permit referral arrangements. The 65 respondents were comprised of 36 managers of CLC Practices, 20 were licensed conveyancers employed in SRA practices, 3 […]