Scam alert round up
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Emails misusing the name of Michael Hinchcliffe of Addleshaw Goddard LLP A member of the public has informed the SRA of an email claiming to be from Mike Hinchcliffe of Addleshaw Goddard LLP using the email address “mike.hinchcliffeesq@yahoo.co.uk”, listing the postal […]
Scam alert round up
Here are the most recent scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). Emails misusing the name of Michael Hinchcliffe of Addleshaw Goddard LLP A member of the public has informed the SRA of an email claiming to be from Mike Hinchcliffe of Addleshaw Goddard LLP using the email address “mike.hinchcliffeesq@yahoo.co.uk”, listing the postal […]
Conveyancing Association announce paralegal training
The Conveyancing Association (CA) have announced a course for paralegals available from today. The online course is being delivered online through CA’s “The Conveyancing Academy”. The association say its course has been designed to provide paralegals with “with a basic knowledge of property law and the procedures required to facilitate straightforward conveyancing transactions” and can […]
Average law firm’s income rises 5.4% in 2015
The average firm increased its income by 5.4% in 2015 compared with the previous year according to the Law Society’s Law Management Section (LMS) Financial Benchmarking Survey. The rise is the sixth consecutive increase, despite what the Law Society saw as “a challenging year”. Net profit per partner also rose for the fifth consecutive year […]
Stamp duty reforms could already be working for first time buyers
First time buyers may already be finding themselves at an advantage when it comes to getting on the property ladder thanks to the forthcoming stamp duty reforms, according the Home Owners Alliance. The most recent Home Owners Alliance House Price Watch Index, which tracks changes in several other indexes says that while house prices have […]
Limited spaces left for the free InfoTrack and Lawyer Checker ‘Conveyancing Risk: Fraud’ webinars
Registrations for the InfoTrack and Lawyer Checker ‘Conveyancing Risk: Fraud’ February webinars have been extremely popular and firms who haven’t registered yet are encouraged to do so now, in order to avoid missing out. Identity theft and fraud continue to increase significantly for both conveyancers and law firms. Subsequently, it’s imperative for law firms to […]
Nearly 50% of solicitors and conveyancers predict a busier market in 2016
In a survey conducted by Searches UK in December 2015, solicitors and conveyancers predicted a busier market in 2016 with even more transactions expected to complete. Due, in part, to the imminent increase in Stamp Duty for buy-to-let properties set for April 2016, 46% of solicitors and conveyancers believed the market would become busier with […]