Updated Practice Guides: PG50 and PG1
Requisition and cancellation procedures (PG50) Page summary: Advice on how to avoid requisitions on applications and our procedures where they do need to be raised (practice guide 50). Change made: Section 2 has been amended to include additional ways to reply to requisitions. Time updated: 6:00am, 20 November 2023 First registrations (PG1) Page summary: Guidance […]
Enact discovered how to triage their leasehold instructions using AI
Enact have found a new way to screen new leasehold instructions using AI, in order to flag and resolve issues for their clients, reducing abortive costs and non-billable hours. The challenge of leasehold conveyancing Enact are specialists in conveyancing. The firm handles a quarter of all remortgage transactions in the UK. Enact also has a […]
Diary Of A High Street Conveyancer: 20th November 2023
It is that time of year again – we are coming up to Christmas … so we have the mad rush of those house movers who did not realise that Christmas was on the 25th December (even though it is not a movable feast day like Easter!) and those who just want to be in […]
16th Housing Minister Since 2010 is named
Last Monday saw a number of changes in Parliament, and who was Housing Minister was one of those topics of discussion. Rachel Maclean, MP announced on X (formerly Twitter) that she had been sacked as Housing Minister by the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, by tweeting the following: “I’ve been asked to step down from my […]
Could the proposed SRA regulation of CILEX risk consumer confusion?
The Law Society of England and Wales have shared their concerns in a press release regarding the proposed changes over the regulation of Chartered Institute of Legal Executive (CILEX) members, stating that it could risk causing consumer confusion if regulated by the SRA. The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) consultation on the regulation of CILEX members […]
SRA issues first fixed penalties
On Thursday 16th November 2023 the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) published the details of the first fixed penalties it has issued since introducing the new fixed financial penalty regime. The £750 fines that have been published today are in relation to three firms who have not complied with the SRA’s transparency rules. The breaches included: […]
AML will ‘continue to be focus for 2024’, CLC says
Anti-money laundering (AML) continues to be the most common area for compliance failure, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) said. Speaking at the Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) annual conference in Derby, CLC’s director of finance and operations, Jason Hinrichsen, said that its regulated community were finding compliance with the regulator’s AML code challenging. Jason […]
Law Society publishes guidance to support disabled students
The Law Society of England and Wales has published guidance to support disabled students through their studies and in the workplace. The published guidance was released on the first day of Disability History Month, which runs from 16th November to 16th December. The guidance outlines the variety of support available to disabled students throughout their […]
Free Conveyancing Webinar – HM Land Registry – Local Land Charges
On 24th January 2024 at 10am,the Land Registry are running a webinar on Local Land Charges, providing an update and also what impact this has for conveyancers. From the latest information released by HM Land Registry (HMLR), they are continuing to work with all local authorities in England and Wales to ensure that the work […]
Better integrating surveys into the home moving process
This week the Today’s Conveyancer Podcast welcomes Rachel Griffiths Head of External Operations and Panel Management at SDL Surveyors. SDL Surveyors are one of the largest independent providers of mortgage valuations with over 200,000 cases per year. They also provide private home surveys directly on behalf of consumers and the topic of discussion in this […]