Know The Conveyancing Profession – share your views
In association with InfoTrack, Today’s Conveyancer will be running a series of insightful surveys that will allow is to gather data regarding your thoughts on the conveyancing profession and where it’s heading. Throughout the series, we will be focussing on a number of key areas that are prevalent focus points within the profession. The survey […]
Scam Alert Round up 6th June
Here are the latest scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Emails claiming to be from Mullis & Peake Emails concerning an unclaimed inheritance have been sent, claiming to come from “Elaine Wood Esq” or “Elaine Clara Wood” at Mullis & Peake. The emails come from addresses “mrs.elaineclarawood@gmail.com” and “mullisandpeake@dr.com”. While Mullis & Peake […]
Andy Crawshaw of Groundsure on historical mapping and the future of Land Registry
At Legalex this year, we interviewed Andy Crawshaw, a Strategic Account Manager at Brighton based environmental search provider Groundsure, who spoke about the importance of historical mapping. Andy spoke of the digitisation of data Groundsure undertook back in 2001 to provide the clearest and most accurate assessment of historical land use. He advised how activities […]
CLC publish report saying 77% of members see them as good value for money
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers have published their annual Stakeholder Perceptions Report. The report goes over much of the same ground as the Legal Services Board’s recent report, which the CLC says gave them a “solid endorsement” on it’s regulatory standards. The LSB report stated regulation in general was seen as poor value for money […]
Assistant Solicitor fined £5,000 for failing to register notice of interest with investor missing out on £40,400
An assistant conveyancing solicitor has been fined £5,000 plus costs of £3,452 for failing to register an AN1 form, which meant an investor missed out on a payment of £40,400 after a property sale. According to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Kim Singh Landa was admitted as a solicitor in 2006 and was employed as an assistant […]
Plans scrapped but majority support equity release qualifications
The recent abandonment of the standalone equity release qualification has split opinions within the equity release market.
£7m of equity released daily
New figures have indicated that the ongoing momentum in the equity release sector is yet to subside.
