LSB needs to widen its focus on improving customer information
The Legal Services Board (LSB) needs to focus on improving customer information in more pressing areas of practice than conveyancing, where there is already significantly more information available than in other areas, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has said. The conveyancing sector, it says, must concentrate on the transformation of the home buying and […]
Coordinating funds for completion: Not for the faint hearted!
Although I stepped away from legal practice early last year, I’ll never stop caring about what’s happening in the world of conveyancing day-to-day. And so it was with interest I read a recent post, and series of replies, in the BLG Bulletin from lawyers facing issues on the day of completion in receiving money from […]
Law Commission set to review compulsory purchase orders
The Law Commission of England Wales is set to review the laws surrounding compulsory purchase orders in an effort to make the law “simpler, consistent, and more accessible”. The Commission says compulsory purchase – the legal mechanism by which public bodies can acquire land without the consent of the owner – is “essential to the […]
Help to Buy developer deadline extended
The deadline for developers to complete the building of Help to Buy properties has been extended by over a month to 17th March. Housebuilders had previously been tasked with meeting a 31st December 2022 deadline, which was then extended by a month to 31st January 2023. This has now been pushed back to 17th March […]