2024: Happy New Year?
Introduction December is always a good time for reflecting on the year that is coming to an end and looking forward to the new year to come. As thing stand, the one thing we can be certain about is that we will have (yet another) Housing Minister in 2024 – hopefully no more than one! […]
2024 Predictions – Orbital Witness
Well here we are, another year in the crazy world of Conveyancing nearly over and it’s time for us to get our crystal balls out and hit 88mph and try to predict what lies ahead of us in 2024. A futile task some would say, and probably rightly so. Many of us will attempt it […]
Land Registry completed applications down compared to October 2023
HM Land Registry have just released their November 2023 transaction data, covering what they have managed to process during the last time period. They note that this is not necessarily a reflection on market activity. In November, the Land Registry completed more than 1,793,400 applications to change or query the Land Register (with the South […]
Legal Ombudsman ‘must quickly address complaints backlog’ says Law Society
According to the Law Society of England and Wales, The Legal Ombudsman Service (LeO)must focus on addressing the backlog of cases and reducing average customer journey times going forward. The Law Society in their response to the Office of Legal Complaints (OLC) 2024-2027 draft strategy and 2024-2025 business plan consultation for LeO, highlighted their continued […]
Confessions of a Cyber Conveyancer
Anyone reading this will agree that 2023 hasn’t been exactly what you’d call vintage for property lawyers. The hangover of recent years combined with a correction in the property market has resulted in understandable negativity, which we know from history tends to lead to people looking for someone to blame. Depressingly true to historical form, […]
Automating work on Land Registry applications, will ‘not shift liability on to conveyancers’
HM Land Registry have confirmed that the automation work that has been piloted to date, to speed up Land Registry applications (by cutting down the number of checks that caseworkers conduct) will not shift liability on to conveyancers. The Land Registry have been piloting a ‘lawyer assured information’ process requiring legal professionals to provide assurance […]
Thank you and Happy Holidays
Thank you to all our Today’s Conveyancer readers, subscribers and contributors for your support in 2023. It has been another busy year in the conveyancing and wider property world with too many stories to mention. We look forward to continuing to bring you the very latest news, views, insight, and best practice from across the […]
