Welwyn Hatfield Council joins Land Registry’s Local Land Register
HM Land Registry’s digital Local Land Charges Register continues to grow, enabling the digital transformation of homebuying with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council now joining Land Registry’s Local Land Charges Register. Borough council is the latest local authority to transfer its local land charges data to HM Land Registry’s digital register. Anyone requiring local land charges […]
Junior lawyers must be supported as the profession looks to a hybrid return to the office
New guidance on how to supervise and support junior staff and trainees via hybrid and flexible working models as firms and organisations look to return to the office has been unveiled by the Law Society of England and Wales. Law Society president I. Stephanie Boyce said: “Since March 2020, solicitors have been working and supervising […]
SRA abandons plans to reduce grants from Compensation Fund
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has abandoned its plans to reduce the maximum grants made from the Compensation Fund. This u-turn has been welcomed by The Law Society for England and Wales. A spokesperson for the Law Society commented: “We are pleased to hear that the SRA has decided not to reduce the single claim […]