Beaumont Legal acquired by LegalZoom
US-based legal services firm are to acquire Yorkshire-based Beaumont Legal, subject to regulatory approval. Wakefield’s Beaumont Legal are one of the UK’s leading conveyancing firms. Managing Partner at Beaumont, Nick Masheder has stated they hope to create one of the best places to work in law in the UK. The move comes as the US-based […]
Conveyancers’ duties to lenders
Goldsmith Williams Solicitors v E. Surv Ltd [2015] EWCA Civ 1147 This was an appeal by Goldsmith Williams from a High Court decision reported as E.Surv Ltd v Goldsmith Williams Solicitors [2014] EWHC 1104. It involves conveyancer’s duties under the CML Lenders Handbook. The CML requirement in issue was as follows: “5.1 Surrounding Circumstances 5.1.1 […]