A residential conveyancing solicitor who joined a regional law firm 18 months ago has become its youngest partner. Darlington & Stockton Times reported that” “Sally Hare, 31, has risen through the ranks at BHP Law having been Read More
The start of the year is always a good time to get your house in order and think about what is round the corner. Here we highlight five areas that you might wish to consider Read More
Sheffield solicitors, Taylor&Emmet LLP has announced a merger with Bakewell firm, Cockertons. The deal will see Cockertons become a division of Taylor&Emmet, widening the range of legal services available in the Read More
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has urged firms to introduce policy’s relating to the use of personal devices at work. They referred to a survey from before Christmas that showed that sixty per Read More
The UK Legal Services Practice of Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH), the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced that it has increased its market share of the Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) Read More
Conveyancers beware of who you take a conveyancing undertaking from. Firms that failed to secure a new professional indemnity insurance policy by 1 October automatically entered the extended policy period (EPP), which provided a 90-day extension. Read More
Conveyancing search supermarket ETSOS has announced that it has added Searches UK to its roster of regulated search providers. The move is part of ETSOS’s on-going commitment to give its clients as broad Read More
With the old year drawn to a close, the festive season is a time to reflect on what has been and hopes for good fortune in 2014. For the property market, the mood is certainly more Read More
STL has launched an enhanced Regulated (Personal) Local Authority Search which includes: – A unique new interactive ‘Summary for Conveyancers’ — this identifies key points and matters revealed (which conveyancers may wish to highlight to clients or Read More
According to the latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker 51% of the British public think that 2014 will be a good time to sell property. This is the first time since April 2011 that the survey has shown Read More
The latest Money and Credit Report from the Bank of England has revealed 70,758 mortgage loans were approved in November. This was considerably higher than the six month average of 62,999 with the increase equating to £0.9 Read More
The Daily Mail has warned their readers of the dangers of Chancel Repair Liability in their story “Homeowners face huge bills for repair to churches under ancient laws – regardless of their religion”. The story published Read More
The Met Office has warned that the worst storms the UK has seen for 20 years are set to continue, with 70 flood warnings in place throughout England and Wales and a further 217 areas on flood alert. Read More
During the last three months over 6000 people have put in offers on homes and applied for a mortgage thanks to the Help to Buy scheme. The latest statistics released by the government show that nearly 750 Read More
The SLC has announced the appointment of Gill Pirie of Chelmer Conveyancing Services, Shelley-Rae Rounding of Wills Chandler and Valerie Holmes of Valerie Holmes Property Lawyers as directors of the Society. All will form part Read More
This case raised a novel issue before Mr Justice Morgan as to whether the court had, following the Land Registration Act 2002 ("the 2002 Act"), an inherent power to order the cancellation of a Read More