Changes to AML guidance ratified by Treasury
Changes to anti-money laundering guidance submitted to HM Treasury have been formally ratified and published in the latest Legal Sector Affinity Group (LSAG) Anti-Money Laundering Guidance for the Legal Sector 2025. LSAG, which is made up of the AML regulators in the UK including the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and […]
Planning and Infrastructure Bill enters second week of oral evidence
Oral evidence related to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will continue to heard by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee on Tuesday, with General Committee debates scheduled tomorrow and Thursday. Last week, the bill went through its first and second sittings with the Public Bill Committee, following an announcement by deputy prime minister […]
Annual pre-contract enquiries survey – Please take 2 minutes to have your say
Over the last three years Today’s Conveyancer has undertaken a readership survey of attitudes toward pre-contract enquiries. With a similar line of questioning each year, the survey asks readers to share their thoughts and attitudes toward pre-contract enquiries over the past 12 months. Last year the majority of respondents reported little or no change from […]
Reminder: Purpose codes mandated from 1st May 2025
Conveyancer are reminded the inclusion of ‘purpose codes’ for property transactions, as mandated by Bank of England (BoE), will come into effect this week. The introduction of the new requirement, part of a move to a new global standard in payment messaging, had originally been set for introduction in November 2024, but was delayed to […]
Total lending rises for fourth successive quarter – ERC
The Equity Release Council’s latest quarterly market report for Q1 2025 showed that the market had a strong start to the year with £665m worth of housing equity accessed by customers. This is a 32% increase in total lending when compared to Q1 2024 (£504m) and the fourth successive quarter of growth recorded by this […]
HMRC collected £18.3 billion in stamp taxes in 2024-25, up 23% on previous year
Figures released by HMRC reveal a £3.4 billion rise in stamp taxes this year, with receipts totalling £18.3 billion between April 2024 and March 2025. The rush to complete before the SLDT deadline saw a two thirds year-on-year increase in March receipts from £864 million in 2024 to £1.4 billion in 2025. HMRC said of […]
Government trials AI tool to digitise planning records ‘in 40 seconds’
The government has begun testing an AI tool it says could convert planning documents into digital records in just 40 seconds, in what it says is ‘a vital step’ to helping councils meet the 1.5 million new homes target. Extract is a generative AI tool that will turn documents such as old maps and handwritten […]
Defining workplace culture and its impact on leaders and employees
The latest Today’s Conveyancer Podcast welcomes workplace culture and staff retention specialist Andre Thomas of Thomas Telman to discuss the critical importance of cultivating a positive workplace culture and the direct impact this has on staff retention and overall business success. The firm has created a empirical methodology by which culture can be measured through […]
