Remortgage Instructions Continue To Grow
Rightmove released data this week which showed that estate agents had managed to agree no fewer than 40,000 sales in the last four weeks. With new home sales, comes the task of looking and applying for mortgages, although part of this step is already undertaken first. As such LMS, the conveyancing solutions provider has published […]
Law Society Wants Your Views On PC Fee
Last week, the Law Society has launched their annual consultation with solicitors about their Practising Certificate (PC) Fee. The Law Society has announced that it has reduced it’s share of the fee by 10%, resulting in them receiving less than 30%. This has been driven by the challenges faced by solicitors and firms as a […]
Estate Agent Directors Disqualified
Stephen Jones Director at Richard Worth Estate Agents and Neil Mackenzie Director at Michael Hardy Estate Agents have been disqualified by the Competitive Market’s Authority (CMA) after they both took part in an illegal price fixing cartel. The pair worked at the agencies from September 2008 to May 2015. A CMA investigation discovered, that it […]
Hackers For Hire Target Law Firms
Law firms are still the firm favourites and proverbial jewel in the crown for cyber criminals. It appears, in the latest cyber report that hackers for hire, named ‘Dark Basin’ by researchers, have set their sights on the legal industry. The group is said to have used the notoriously common and most successful cyber crime […]