Property Transaction Volumes Break Records
UK residential property transactions have, as expected, beaten all previous records as home movers sought to take advantage of the June SDLT holiday deadline. Figures released this morning by HMRC show that property sales hit 213,120 in June (not seasonally adjusted), the highest monthly UK total since the introduction of these statistics in April 2005. […]
Leaseholders need extra funding not just extra time
The Government’s decision to extend the limitation period for homeowners to take legal action for ‘shoddy work’, will have been made in a bid to provide support to leaseholders, amongst others, facing great uncertainty at the moment. But it actually raises more questions about who should be responsible for righting historic wrongs, and crucially who […]
Bold Legal Group to foster greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate agents
Bold Legal Group, a nationwide association of 700 conveyancing law firms is launching a new online forum designed to foster better relationships between conveyancing practitioners and estate agents. Founder and CEO Rob Hailstone has recently written extensively about the need for greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate agents, as the March and June (and no […]
Seven more firms fined for AML failures
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has issued fines to seven practices that have failed to comply with anti-money laundering (AML) requirements. The firms affected are Manchester practice Law Together LLP, Telford-based Picasso Legal Limited, Smooth Law Limited in St Helens, Manchester practice AB Corporate LLP, Devon firm Hole & Pugsley, Crawford & Company Legal Services Limited […]