Information Security Review Forum – Watch Online Now
The final event in the current series of UKLTA (www.uklta.org.uk) online forums took place yesterday, where our expert panel shared their top tips for information and cyber security, considering how practices have adapted during lockdown and how technology can help. Chaired by Heather Anson (Anson Evaluate), our panellists Peter Wright (Digital Law UK), Jen Williams […]
eSignatures Get The Nod From Land Registry
As the world shifts to digital modes of conducting business, with the Covid-19 pandemic speeding up the process, UK’s Land Registry has made plain its intentions to accept electronic signatures in conveyancing. “We will soon start accepting witnessed electronic signatures and then take steps to ensure that digital signatures (more specifically Qualified Electronic Signatures) can […]
CLC Response To Legal Services Consumer Panel Quality Indicators Research
Responding to the publication by the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP) of its research on consumers feedback on quality indicators in legal services, Sheila Kumar, Chief Executive of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) says: “We know from our own monitoring that CLC practices are complying well with the existing transparency requirements we introduced in […]
Estate Agent Consultation On Code Of Conduct Opens
Estate agents have been given the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions on what they think should be in the new Code of Conduct. The Code of Practice Steering Group, chaired by Baroness Dianne Hayter has asked for estate agents for their input and this week have opened their Draft Code of Practice: RICS and […]
Selling Your House During A Pandemic
Moving house is said to be one of the most stressful things a person can do in their life time. Attempting to progress a house transaction when the country is under threat from a deadly virus can easily crank the pressure up. My fiancé and I decided to put our house on the market at […]
HM Land Registry Annual Report Release
Over the last 12 months Land Registry has paid out £5.3m in compensation for inaccuracies in its register and compensation for fraud. Representing only 0.00008% of the title value of property in its register, the organisation states it is only a miniscule amount lost of taxpayer funds. The organisation has also stated that it has […]
