£1.1M fund for digital tool usage in planning process announced

£1.1M fund for digital tool usage in planning process announced

Housing Minister Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP has announced a £1.1 million fund to test the use of digital tools and data standards across 10 local areas. The planning white paper ‘Planning for the future’, published in August 2020, proposed reforms to the planning system to streamline and modernise the planning process. The pathfinder programme […]

GeoRisk – are you compliant with guidance on mining risk?

GeoRisk – are you compliant with guidance on mining risk?

Ground stability, Mining and Geo-risk. Living in a temperate climate as we do here in the UK, nothing else out there has quite the same potential for catastrophic impact to property. Nor does any other risk have the same potential to impact so fundamentally the central aspect of most property transactions – the integrity of […]

Buying a coastal property? Top things to consider

Buying a coastal property? Top things to consider

As a result of the events of the last year, more and more people are unsurprisingly considering buying property out of large urban areas, and many have headed to the coast. According to Rightmove, Cornwall has overtaken London this year as the most searched for location on the platform, with Devon and Dorset also high […]

Latimer Hinks choose ‘highly recommended’ Linetime to manage efficiencies

Latimer Hinks have announced the selection of Linetime to continue improving efficiencies across the firm, citing how the legal business management software was highly recommended throughout the selection process. Based in Darlington, but operating predominantly in the North East of England and North Yorkshire, Latimer Hinks 40 strong team have been providing specialist and bespoke […]

LMS and Darlington Building Society form new partnership

LMS, the UK’s leading conveyancer and panel management specialist, has begun a new partnership with Darlington Building Society who will become the 29th lender panel within LMS Panel Link®. In providing Darlington Building Society with its unique Panel Link® service, LMS will provide a fully vetted, secure panel that meets with the Society’s exact requirements. […]

Conveyancing crunch deepens as the property market recovers by double in Q1

Q1 2021 transactions were up 193% on Q2 2020 after the shutting down of the property market caused transactions to slide to 82,385 Strong trading conditions have led to a sustained recovery in the number of active conveyancing firms – active firms climbed 4% to 3,962 in Q1 2021, up from 3,808 in Q4 2020 […]

Annual Practising Certificate Fee consultation survey launched

Annual Practising Certificate Fee consultation survey launched

The Law Society has launched its member survey on the Practising Certificate Fee (PC fee) for 2021/22. The survey continues the consultation on the PC fee and business plan which began on 10 May and has already involved proactive discussions with groups of members to get their feedback. As a response to the challenges solicitors […]