ESTAS confirms Autumn date for forum & awards
The biggest awards in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, powered by ESTAS own customer review platform has confirmed this year’s event will take place in October. Traditionally the awards are held every Spring at the Grosvenor House on Park Lane in London and attract over 1,000 of the UK’s top property professionals. Founder of […]
AML Risks – why did I agree to be the MLRO?!
This is a question I ask myself many times each day since being appointed the MLRO for Weightmans in May 2020! Faced with the current economic uncertainties caused by the pandemic, Brexit, new AML risks identified by the SRA in its Risk Outlook 2020/2021 including the shift from face to face to on-line identification/verification procedures, […]
Average Conveyancing Prices Revealed
Research has found the average prices conveyancers charge for typical home moving transactions. 100 conveyancers were approached by Property Solvers for quotes; each quote requested assumed the mortgage was to be redeemed (or paid off) or the property was being purchased with a mortgage, and property values never exceeded £450,000 for purchase or sale. A […]
MP’s support SDLT holiday extension in Parliamentary debate
On Monday 1st February Parliament debated the much-anticipated e-petition relating to Stamp Duty Tax relief. The debate, which has been timetabled despite the threat of temporary suspension to Parliamentary debates, discusses the position has come about as a result of an online petition achieving the statutory 100,000 votes and is non-binding on the government. The […]
Cladding crisis victims should not be left out of pocket
The Law Society of England and Wales is calling on the UK government to protect leaseholders from the costs of making their homes safe from potentially deadly cladding. Homeowners have almost no recourse available to them as, because of an ancient quirk of English law, buyers of defective homes cannot recover the cost of rectifying […]
National Conveyancing Firms Announce Brand and Staff Changes
National conveyancing firms, Taylor Rose and Shoosmiths have announced updates to their brand and leadership respectively. Following the acquisition of McMillan Williams Solicitors Limited in May 2020 CEO Adrian Jaggard last week announced the two firms would unify under one brand. Already established as a top 75 law firm, the firm’s decision to bring together […]
Covid Guidance Documents Updated for Conveyancers
Updated guidance for conveyancing practitioners around dealing with the continued impact of the Coronavirus has been released. The original guidance was compiled by The Law Society, CILEx, the SLC, the Conveyancing Association and the Bold Legal Group. This latest iteration follows on from the work these bodies have been doing in consultation with their respective […]