RICS members remain downbeat but ‘the worst could be over’
Downwards trends in the property market show signs of stabilising, according to the latest sentiment survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). According to RICS members, the negative trend remains, with fewer enquiries and sales, but market evidence suggests “the pace of deterioration is no longer intensifying”. The supply of housing to the […]
‘Polluter pays’ model could see firms pay £1500 to settle complaints escalated to LeO
A “wide-ranging” consultation on the Legal Ombudsman’s Scheme Rules has been launched to tackle what the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) has described as a response to “unprecedented levels of demand.” Driven by a 37% increase in demand in the last year alone, the Changes to Scheme Rules, case fees, and the publication of ombudsman […]
MPs demand consultation on the future of SDLT ‘before the end of the calendar year’
A consultation on stamp duty land tax should be launched by the end of this year, according to a Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (HCLG) report into affordability and barriers to home ownership, particularly amongst those on lower incomes. The inquiry, launched in July last year, set out to examine how the government supports […]
LMS CEO steps down after 10 years
The chief executive officer at Legal Marketing Services (LMS) has announced he is stepping down. Nick Chadbourne has held the role for a decade having joined LMS in 2016. Chief operating officer Ian Robinson, who has been with LMS for more than 20 years, will assume the role of interim CEO while the board undertakes […]
The most important AI tool in your firm might be the one that says ‘stop’
Ed Molyneux argued last week that the next 18 months in conveyancing will be defined less by what AI can do, and more by which firms have the management muscle to adopt it. This week he turns to the layer below that: how a firm adopts AI without the adoption itself becoming the liability. […]