Law industry comments after Labour proposes £2.6billion cash injection to close non-dom ‘loopholes’
The UK shadow Chancellor claims that labour will raise £2.6billion over the course of the next parliament to close what they call ‘loopholes’ in the governments plans to abolish exemptions for people who are not domiciled (non-doms) in the UK for tax purposes. Labour’s Rachel Reeves has responded to questioning about how the opposition will […]
Fall-throughs already costing UK home sellers £909m and now market activity is about to surge, research reveals
New research has revealed that fall-throughs are costing home sellers an estimated £909 million a year. Home Sale Pack has analysed residential fall-through data from TwentyCI* and measured it against the estimated cost of a collapsed sale, based on source value versus house price, adjusted for inflation and including likely legal costs, to understand how […]
Only 25% of legal associates want to make partner in their firm within the next 5 years
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® released a new report – Disloyal lawyers: has the partnership model lost its lustre? – which reveals the majority of legal associates aren’t racing to take on the responsibilities, risks and potential rewards of partnership. A LexisNexis survey of 500+ law firm associates and senior leaders found only a quarter […]
New-build sector ‘driving housing market revival’
New research has revealed that when it comes to the current property market revival, improving house price performance is being “very much driven by the new-build sector”, with existing homes still struggling against current market headwinds. APRAO analysed the latest Gov data for both new-build and existing house prices going back over the last decade, […]
