Stamp duty deadline distorting demand – RICS
The impending stamp duty deadline is ‘distorting’ the the underlying demand picture with weakening sentiment in February a result of time running out for new enquiries to take advantage of reliefs for first time buyers. Buyer demand sentiment in the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK Residential Property Survey shows a net balance […]
LawTech to receive a further £1.5m in funding
Legal technology has been allocated a further £1.5m in government investment designed to help startups attract further private investment said Justice Minister Sarah Sackman KC MP in a speech to professionals at the first-ever UK Lawtech Conference. The funding has been allocated to LawTechUK, a government-backed initiative launched in 2019 with the aim to transform […]
SDLT deadline plays its part in 94% increase in instructions
Consultant-style law firm Taylor Rose says it has reported a 94% increase in the number of conveyancing instructions it has dealt with when compared to the same time last year. In January and February 2025 Taylor Rose received 5,297 instructions, compared with 2,738 in the same period in 2024. 2024 also saw Taylor Rose take […]
CLC appoint new Chair of Adjudication Panel
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has announced Nick Hawkins has been appointed Chair of the Adjudication Panel, taking over from current chair, Victoria Goodfellow from 24th March 2025. Hawkins is a barrister by profession, and spent over ten years prosecuting, defending and sitting as a Judge Advocate in The Court Martial in the Royal […]