National Paralegal Awards 2022
The National Paralegal Awards, hosted by the PPR is taking place on Thursday 22nd September at the Iconic Grand Hotel Birmingham. This year there are 18 hotly contested categories with trophies up for grabs. This year’s headline sponsor is the RightLegal Group. Rita Leat, Managing Director of the PPR, commented: “This year we have a […]
Hazlewoods Tax specialists joins SDLT Compass expert panel
SDLT Compass, the countries only comprehensive SDLT calculator today announced an expansion of its panel of approved tax advisers to include Hazlewoods. CTO and acting CEO of SDLT Compass, Ryan Hannah, said: “We are delighted to add Hazlewoods to out expert panel, and I personally look forward to our partners & clients experiencing the high-quality […]
Dye & Durham’s cloud solutions save time and offer a consistent approach for Dexter Montague
Dexter Montague LLP (www.dextermontague.co.uk) is a firm of solicitors based in Reading, serving the community and businesses in the Thames Valley area. The conveyancing team consists of four residential and two commercial fee earners, all of which use Dye & Durham’s cloud-based platform for search ordering. The firm also benefits from Dye & Durham’s automated […]
LMS announces new partnership with ProConveyancing on new incentive to guarantee completion dates
LMS, the UK’s leading conveyancer and panel management specialist, has today announced its partnership with ProConveyancing, an award-winning residential conveyancing firm, to launch a new guarantee that all remortgages directed to ProConveyancing through LMS SELECT will be completed within 10 days of all documents being returned. Since 2020, ProConveyancing has been working with leading estate agents, brokers, lenders, auction houses and other […]
Planning guidance update protects new homes from flooding
Changes to planning guidance announced last month, mean councils must ensure new property developments meet strict criteria in flood risk locations before they are given the green light. New homes will be better protected from flooding thanks to the updated planning guidance announced by The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Department for […]
Survey: Who is responsible for reporting on climate change risk?
Where does the responsibility for climate change risks fall when it comes to moving home? This is the question posed by conveyancing search body the Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE) at their inaugural conference in October. Alongside Today’s Conveyancer, the CIE are asking conveyancers to share their thoughts on the role and responsibilities of all those […]
Leading firm forced into apology following closure of conveyancing department
Numerous complaints have been made by Simpson Millar’s clients after the firm closed its conveyancing department, leading to the firm making a public apology Simpson Millar has apologised to clients who were affected by the firm shutting down its conveyancing department after the firm received a number of complaints. The firm has been bombarded with […]
Alternative Law Firms growing faster than traditional firms, report shows
New research has revealed that alternative law firms (ALF)s are growing at a faster pace than their traditional counterparts – and there are even suggestions that up to a quarter of lawyers could work at ALFs in the next three years. The data, supplied by Codex Edge and their software platform ATLAS, marks all lawyers […]
Fire Safety Act: Is your lease fire-safe?
New fire and building safety regulations flowing out of the Grenfell Inquiry mean that conveyancers need to look again at template residential leases to ensure that building-managers reserve the powers they need to comply with their new responsibilities. Owning a reversionary freehold interest in a block of flats may no longer be the secure investment […]
Market remains defiant as house prices climb 2% in July
Despite the economy throwing almost every imaginable obstacle in the direction of the housing market, it seems that, as of July, the market is refusing to be beaten. Indeed, HM Land Registry’s (HMLR) latest house price index shows a defiant market wherein prices climbed 2% in July on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, having grown by […]
The perils of paying lip service to cyber risk
In this latest Today’s Conveyancer podcast, host David Opie is joined by Emma Green, Managing Partner at Cyber Data Law Solicitors. A regular commentator on national radio and television, Emma is an expert on cyber crime and alongside spending her time educating firms on the perils of cyber attack, has also spent time negotiating with […]
Diary of a high street conveyancer; 20th September 2022
A week last Saturday, the King announced an additional Bank Holiday. My first thought was, “oh no – I have someone moving on that day”. However, the property my client was selling was his late mother’s property and I knew it was empty, so changing the completion date was not going to be too tricky. […]
