New Law Society forms aim to improve transactions
The Law Society of England and Wales have introduced new property forms which aim to make property transactions easier for both sellers and buyer. Following consultation with the profession, the Property Information Form (TA6) and Fitting and Contents Form (TA10) have both been updated. New questions have been introduced to the forms to more accurately […]
Provide assurance with the Chancel Search from PinPoint
The medieval and arcane chancel liability is a parish anomaly that feels like the ghost of a past time, but could come back to haunt you and your client. The Wallbanks case in Aston Cantlow is now legend among conveyancers — soaring legal costs and liabilities finishing north of £200,000 for the homeowners unaware that […]
CLC’s planned regulatory expansion and impact of the green deal proved hot topics at SLC’s spring road shows
The latest series of spring road shows, hosted by the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) proved popular among the conveyancing community, with nearly a third of the SLC membership attending one of the four events, which took place at venues around the country this April. Kicking off in Leicester and followed by events in Newport, […]
PSG announce ‘Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge’ Charity Fundraising Walk
PSG, the market leading provider of conveyancing searches and reports for solicitors and conveyancing professionals throughout England and Wales, are delighted to announce the upcoming ‘PSG Three Peaks Challenge’. Working together for change On Saturday June 1st, PSG staff and several team members from partner and principle sponsor — Groundsure, will come together in PSG’s […]
Moneypenny moves workers to Auckland
Having been asked to provide a 24 hour service, Moneypenny, who encountered problems getting staff to work the night shift, hit on a novel idea and moved their staff to Auckland. You can read the full Daily Mail article here.
First Time Buyer readers’ Award for Wakefield law firm
First Time Buyer readers voted Wakefield based law firm, Beaumont Legal, the UK’s best conveyancing law firm. Beaumont Legal saw off competition from four other UK law firms who were shortlisted by a panel of property industry judges. Readers of the magazine then voted based on who they felt provided the best conveyancing service to […]
LFS regional Seminars off to a flying start
19 Law firms attended the first LFS regional seminars held in Leeds last Wednesday. The seminars are an extension of the main LFS Conference & Awards held in September. There has been glowing feedback from those that attended who found the speakers informative and in some cases entertaining. Speakers included Tracey Carr and Andrew Winfield […]
SRA Chief Executive steps down
The SRA has announced that Chief Executive, Antony Townsend, will be stepping down later in the year. He has led the SRA through a period of significant change for the organisation. From its initial inception through the introduction of mySRA, a new code of conduct and the shift to outcomes focused regulation. He said of his decision […]
Land Registry release free historical data sets
We recently reported that the Land Registry had published a comprehensive list of the electronic datasets they hold. They have now announced the release of a number of free datasets as part of their commitment to the “Open Data” agenda. Here are the release dates and brief descriptions of the datasets being released: 30 May […]
