“Sheer frustration” sees panel manager launch conveyancing service
A panel management provider has launched it’s own conveyancing arm in response to what it describes as a “worrying shortage of firms willing to commit to delivering a market-leading service.” Elite Conveyancing started life as a conveyancing panel manager which introduced strict protocols designed to encourage firms to work more closely, thereby reducing timescales and […]
The Planning Inspectorate Strategic Plan 2021-2025
A new plan has been published that aims to respond and prepare the Planning Inspectorate for change and uncertainty, to enable the nation’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Planning Inspectorate has published its Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 which sets out a new strategic vision for the organisation, to provide high quality, timely and efficient […]
Digital applications – making the future a reality
Crane Hall and the Chantry near Ipswich was the first title registered in 1863 by its owner the MP Sir Fitzroy Kelly, under the first Chief Land Registrar Brent Spencer Follett. Now the Land Register contains more than 26 million registered property titles. Since that first registration we’ve gone from face to face, to postal, […]
A guide to understanding Contaminated Land Legal Indemnity Insurance
Many purchasers only have to hear the words ‘contaminated land’ and they are wary of proceeding with their planned purchase. Conveyancing solicitors report that in these increasingly environmentally aware times, with the importance to home buyers of gardens where they have the ability to grow their own produce, contaminated land is a big concern for […]