Irwin Mitchell acquire a fifth firm
Law firm Irwin Mitchell has acquired the business of HL Interactive through their debt legal arm, Ascent. It is the fifth deal made by the Manchester based recoveries group since it was granted Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licenses and the fourth to be completed by Ascent, establishing Ascent as the UK market leader of recoveries […]
Land Registry launches Property Alert Service
The Land Registry has launched a property alert service in a bid to fight property fraud. The new service allows owners to register a total of three properties for monitoring, and any applications made to the Land Registry to change the register or requesting an official search will be flagged up to the registered owner […]
'Nation Rent' could become a reality
Within another generation, half of the UK population may be living in rented accommodation, a study has revealed. Only 65 per cent of UK homes are currently owned by the occupier, a six per cent fall from the 71 per cent peak in 2003 and demonstrates a worrying trend that is set to continue, with […]
Are CML handbook changes asking conveyancers for too much?
The latest HSBC CML handbook change answers the question ‘Does the lender want to receive environmental or contaminated land reports?’ The complicated and confusing answer that HSBC writes is: Japanese Knotweed – You will need to advise the Bank if you become aware that there may be Japanese Knotweed on or near the property and […]
Buy your new domain name before a criminal does
The .uk domain registry company, Nominet, has revealed it will be launching a new, shorter domain name of simply .uk, instead of example.co.uk or example.org.uk. The launch date of the new domain name is set for 08.00 on 10 June this year, but for all 10.5million names already registered to a .co.uk domain, the rights […]
OFT to study provision of residential property management services
The Office of Fair Trading has begun a market study into the provision of residential property management services to leaseholders in England and Wales. The research will include residential property management services for properties where local authorities and housing associations are the freeholders, as well as those with private sector freeholders. The OFT has decided […]
Defending the Defensible – Harder Than It Sounds?
Claims against conveyancers are made by lenders almost every day. Some of the hardest cases to defend involve situations where a conveyancer acting jointly for the borrower and lender receives the mortgage advance, pays it to the seller, only to find that they have been duped by a fraudster. It’s the eventuality that every conveyancer […]
Land Registry centralisation plans will put listed homes at risk and destabilise housing market
Under new plans to centralise local land charge searches the Land Registry will only be responsible for digitisation of records back to 1999 which will mean that the 430,000 buildings that were listed before 1999 will not show up on searches for people buying these properties. In fact, it is unlikely that any listed homes […]
Rhonda Hales promoted to Senior Associate
Legal Eye Ltd is proud to announce the promotion of Rhonda Hales to Senior Associate. Rhonda Hales joined Legal Eye as an Associate in April 2013. The Legal Eye team has grown substantially since it launched in May 2009 and new divisions have opened including Financial Eye and Marketing Eye. Training Eye is launching soon […]
