Lawyer Checker And Legal Ombudsman Joins Forces To Help Reduce Cybercrime
Lawyer Checker are collaborating with Legal Ombudsman to help protect law firms through an interactive webinar about how best to protect themselves from cybercrime and what to do if you are a victim to a cyberattack. The Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP) predicted the cost of probate fraud at £150 million – stating […]
CLC Conference Round Up – Referral Fees, Reservation Agreements And Modern Methods Of Construction
The Council Of Licensed Conveyancers Annual Conference 2019 seemed to have found the perfect location to reflect the political uncertainty, with the choppy, murky and unsettled river Thames below providing a perfect opaque reflection of the year ahead. Despite the political turmoil bubbling across the river, the beautiful ETC Venues building was packed full of […]
Conveyancing Assistant, Mark Stocker Wins InfoTrack’s Trip Of A Lifetime To Australia
Conveyancing assistant, Mark Stocker of law firm Stephen Rimmer LLP has won a trip to Australia after being drawn as the lucky winner in InfoTrack’s Take me to Australia promotion. InfoTrack users were invited to take part in a live draw held by webinar on Tuesday 15th January, where Marks name was drawn at random. […]
Significant Decreases In December’s Property Transactions
The Office for National Statistics has found that the property market suffered a significant decrease in property transactions in December. The provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for December was 102,330 residential properties and 11,230 non-residential properties. In terms of seasonally adjusted data, this marks a 0.1% decrease on the month before. However, when […]
Housing Court Could Improve Dispute Resolution Times
As the Tenants Fees Bill made its way through Parliament in 2018, the government also proposed a housing court specializing in housing disputes. It is thought that the court would focus on a myriad of issues from repossessions through to rental issues like rent arrear problems or unacceptable standards of rental property. In November, a […]
