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Josh Morris
Josh is the Journalist for the Today's Group and writes many of the articles for Today's Conveyancer. He graduated with a degree in Physics from Cardiff University in 2009 before training as a journalist.
He has previously written for The Times, The Mirror and The Daily Express.
Here are the latest scam alerts as issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Emails misusing the name of “Clyde & Co LLP” Members of the public say they have received emails claiming to be from Clyde & Co with some from “Jenny Cooper” or “David Wilkinson”. The emails have come from several @gmail.com addresses and […]Read More
The Law Society has called the Legal Services Consumer Panel’s call for publication of average prices “misconceived.” Responding to the Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP), which argued regulatory intervention is needed to ensure information about average fees is published, Law Society Chief Executive, Catherine Dixon, strongly disagreed. Catherine Dixon said: “We share the LSCP’s desire, […]Read More
The number of homes started in the UK has increased 2% in the year to June with 144,280 homes started, according to new figures released by the Department for Communities and Local Government. Comparing the first and second quarters of the year, seasonally adjusted starts were up 2% and completions up 7%. However the Government […]Read More
The UK has a 1.4 billion brick deficit enough to build Conwy Castle 5,830 times over according to research compiled by the Centre for Economics and Business Research. The National Association for Estate Agents (NAEA) says that’s also equivalent to 740 Big Bens, 40 Tower Bridges, 3,090 Manchester Town Halls or all of the houses in […]Read More
A third of the former customers of a PI insurer declared insolvent by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission are still without insurance, 28 days after the Commission made it’s ruling. The Solicitors Regulation Authority says firms previously covered by the now defunct Enterprise Insurance now without cover are on notice with individual action plans to […]Read More
The number of remortgages in Q2 of 2016 is up 5.8% on Q1, and up 19.3% on Q2 of 2015 according to the Council for Mortgage Lenders (CML). The CML also sayS that the number of loans to home movers has dropped sharply, both on Q1 and Q2 of 2015, dropping 18.3% on a year […]Read More
South Wales conveyancers Convey Law have brought through their first 17 paralegal conveyancers through their fast track training programme. The Newport based company developed The Conveyancing Academy Paralegal Course as part of the induction process for administrative and paralegal employees, allowing staff to be trained quickly, thoroughly and cost-effectively. The Conveyancing Academy is a division […]Read More
The number of transactions for value over £40,000 across the UK rose very slightly from 103,450 in June to 104,200 in July, according to HMRC. The slight rise of 0.7% compares unfavourably to last year’s rise from 114,770 to 120,610 – a rise of 5.1%. The relative stagnation is reflected in the seasonally adjusted figures, which […]Read More
Former Business Development Manager at Blacks Connect Emma Coffey has joined Goldsmith Williams as Head of Sales. In her new role Emma will lead the sales and marketing function of the firm’s property department, focusing on the introducer lender market, implementing their ambitious growth plans for their property proposition within the mortgage intermediary market. Emma […]Read More
The SRA have banned a former conveyancing clerk from the profession for creating two emails supposedly from a client. According to the SRA, Mr Graham Borley could have caused loss to the client as they purported to give instructions to the firm. The SRA say his current practising details are unknown. Mr Borley was employed […]Read More
The vote to leave the European Union will bring house prices down by 1% in 2017, according to estate agents Countrywide. Whilst what “Brexit” means is still being discussed by those who campaigned for it, economists at Countrywide are predicting prices could fall by 6% by the end of the year in London alone. Countrywide […]Read More
Here are the latest scam alerts as issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Emails from a “Clive Henry Solicitors” and “CHS Solicitors” A member of the public says they have received an email with supposed immigration documents claiming to be from a Mr Clive Henry of CHS Clive Henry Solicitors. The email asks the recipient […]Read More
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Legislation & Litigation
Revealed: the top reasons Land Registry rejected applications
These are the most common reasons why Land Registry rejected applications over the last twelve months. The most common reason listed was “defective application” followed by “identity information not supplied for all parties by conveyancer” – responsible for nearly a quarter of all rejections. Land Registry say less than 1% of applications are rejected. According […]Read More
A man in Carlisle has been living in the his neighbour’s flat for six years completely unbeknownst to both. When he came to sell the flat, Chris Meyer discovered that while he thought he’d bought one property, it turned out he owned an entirely separate flat. After contacting his neighbours, it turned out ten out […]Read More
The Society of Licensed Conveyancers have called for the scrapping of SDLT, saying that doing so would help create a more buoyant and vibrant property market. The SLC call echoes that of right wing think tank the Taxpayers Alliance who have also called for the scrapping of HS2 and the so-called Sugar Tax on soft […]Read More
Regular firms should be on an equal footing with Alternative Business Structure firms according to the Law Society. It comes as part of a response to a consultation on reducing barriers to entry for ABSs into the legal sector Law Society chief executive Catherine Dixon said: “The Law Society is supportive of ABS, they provide […]Read More
The Bank of England has cut the base rate to 0.25%, the first time the rate has been changed in seven years. The previous rate of 0.5% was already a historic low. Many central banks across the world have already resorted to negative interest rates. MPC vote to cut #BankRate to 0.25% and for a […]Read More
Index Property Information have been awarded a NLIS channel license by regulator Land Data. The company joins the two existing live NLIS channels, SearchFlow and Thames Water Property Searches in providing authoritative electronic land and property information through NLIS to the conveyancing profession. With 23 regional offices the company say they are one of the […]Read More
Slough and Manchester have the highest density of foreign property investors according to research by Search Acumen. Land Registry lists nearly 100,000 (99,345) freehold or leasehold titles across England and Wales as being owned by foreign-registered businesses, including 675 within Slough’s ‘SL’ postcode area. Search Acumen’s analysis compares this to the number of addresses within […]Read More
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