What is the Environment Bill?
When the UK leaves the EU on 31st December, it also leaves behind all the environmental protections put in place via the EU. The Environment Bill was first introduced to Parliament in October 2019 to cover the gap that will be left with new environmental legislature. The aim of the Bill is to make sure […]
December 2020 – Land Registry Transaction Data
In December’s transaction data released by HM Land Registry, it appears that there has been a slight dip in the number of applications being processed. The Transaction Data indicates that in December, 1,694,387 applications were completed by Land Registry. This is down from November’s data, but also a dip compared to December 2019 too. Transactions […]
Property Market Remains Open following Tier Review
Home movers may continue to buy and sell houses following the government’s move to take control of spiralling Covid-19 cases. A few hours after the announcement about the tightening of social distancing controls over Christmas and the reduction of the planned 5 day break to just Christmas Day, Housing Minister Robert Jenrick took to Twitter […]
Conveyancers considering leaving the profession due to mental health
Key leaders in the legal profession reveal conveyancers are suffering mental health problems because of the unprecedented workload they are enduring to meet the March 31st stamp duty holiday deadline. The conveyancing industry is under immense pressure and currently experiencing a vast amount of work due to pent up demand from SDLT holiday and delaying […]
A look back on conveyancing in 2020
2020 has undoubtedly been a year like no other, and in some respects is one that many of us will be happy to see the back of. Turn the clock back 12 months, and not many people would have been prepared for the consequences a worldwide pandemic would have on both the UK and the […]
SDLT holiday shouldn’t just be stopped dead
Following on from the comment from the Treasury which outlined the government’s plans to not extend the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) holiday, calls have now been made for the holiday to not just stop dead. Following the announcement of the SDLT holiday, buyers and sellers flooded the housing market as people wanted to take […]
Land Registry’s LLC Programme is tranforming the service
HM Land Registry’s Local Land Charges (LLC) Programme is bringing the service into the 21st century by transforming hundreds of local authority LLC registers into a central digital service. HM Land Registry (HMLR) said: “HM Land Registry’s Local Land Charges (LLC) Programme is transforming 314 local authority LLC registers across England into a central digital […]
The Dirty Air of Dartford
The town of Dartford on the edge of London has served as a gateway to Kent and routes to the European continent for centuries. While trade and especially logistics has flourished, spurred on by the tunnel and bridge over the Thames, it has come at a huge cost to its residents as air pollution levels […]
The Moving Hub are looking ahead to further growth in 2021
The Moving Hub is a conveyancing network that connects conveyancers with qualified cases. During the last twelve months we have seen considerable growth, facilitating more transactions than ever before. Our revolutionary online portal doubles up as one of the most advanced conveyancing case management systems in the country. The Moving Hub’s panel of conveyancers benefit […]
Taking steps to improve social mobility in the legal sector
Many of the UK’s most lucrative business sectors have traditionally favoured job applicants with the hallmarks of upper-class education such as private schooling, and attendance to Oxbridge or Russell Group institutions. Research shows that this continues to be an issue, along with general diversity. Even today, many industries and sectors are male-dominated, with an under-representation […]