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.
The number of homes for sale in April was 51% lower than it was in April 2008 according to newly released figures. According to the property search engine, there were 855,585 on the market in
John Bates, a Barrister at Old Square Chambers has published a guidance note for solicitors, covering sustainable drainage systems. The note covers new planning policy changes in support of sustainable drainage systems, or “SuDS”. John
Home valuations fell by one percent from April into May according to surveyors Connells Survey and Valuation. The number of valuations however rose year on year, with 18% more compared with May last year. The
A former partner of Andersons Solicitors has been fined £2,000 and asked to pay further costs of £3,000 after admitting failings in over 100 conveyancing transactions. Ms Emma Kate Dancer was a solicitor and then
The addition of VAT to local authority searches has been deferred for a second time. VAT was set to be applied to CON29 searches from 4th July, but the decision has been taken by HMRC
TMA have re-launched their conveyancing panel with three providers chosen. After a “rigorous tendering process”, BM Solutions, My Home Move and Blacks Connect all made the cut. Previously, only BM Solutions provided conveyancing services for
Reducing the size of the Council for Mortgage Lenders Handbook would vastly speed up the conveyancing process according to one former conveyancing MP. The MP for Colchester Will Quince was admitted as a solicitor in
Here are the latest scam alerts issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Emails claiming to be from Mullis & Peake Emails concerning an unclaimed inheritance have been sent, claiming to come from “Elaine Wood Esq”
At Legalex this year, we interviewed Andy Crawshaw, a Strategic Account Manager at Brighton based environmental search provider Groundsure, who spoke about the importance of historical mapping. Andy spoke of the digitisation of data Groundsure
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers have published their annual Stakeholder Perceptions Report. The report goes over much of the same ground as the Legal Services Board’s recent report, which the CLC says gave them a
An assistant conveyancing solicitor has been fined £5,000 plus costs of £3,452 for failing to register an AN1 form, which meant an investor missed out on a payment of £40,400 after a property sale. According
Jon Whittle of LexisNexis has called on conveyancers to forget about being a legal professional when considering what service their clients need. Speaking to Josh Morris of Today’s Conveyancer at Legalex, Jon Whittle says clients
Estate agents Savills have bought a minority stake in so-called hybrid agents YOPA for £16 million. The primarily online estate agents launched earlier this year and offers to sell homes for a fixed fee of
ULS Technology, the owner of the eConveyancer platform have announced mortgage broker John Charcol will be launching a new conveyancing service using their eConveyancer platform. The new venture will be named John Charcol Legal. Shares
A woman who bought a house before auction and transferred the majority of the £148,000 price to a fraudster says by the time she realised what had happened, her bank’s fraud team had gone home.
A lawyer who acts for leaseholders in extensions and freehold purchase has called for a judicial review after the upper tribunal handed down a judgement which she says takes billions from leaseholders and gives to
A Trafford based firm who boast they have “fewer clients per fee earner” have joined Fitzalan Partners’ conveyancing panel. JP Goldman currently act for home buyers around the Manchester area but believe Fitzalan will bring
The number of loans for house purchase taken out in April was 71,849 according to the Bank of England, a drop of just over 5,000 from the previous month. However the number of loans taken
The Solicitors Regulation Authority are proposing slashing their handbook to enable Solicitors to work across new fields and markets like will writing, advice on social welfare, employment or tax The consultation is set to run
Here are the latest scam alerts as issued by the Solicitors regulation Authority Emails from “Hamil Butt” Members of the public have received emails from a “Hamil Butt” claiming to be from various firms. The
Hamptons International are to launch their own private conveyancing hub with Countrywide. The hub will aim to reduce completion times and work closely with Hamptons branches across Buckinghamshire and Hampshire by Autumn 2016. London branches
A former partner at Linder Myers LLP has been appointed as a Director and Head of Conveyancing at Preston based Harrison Drury. Liverpool University graduate Duncan Rawlinson was at Lytham St Annes based Linder Myers
Manchester based law firm Linder Myers have been bought by Metamorph Law, two years after they avoided administration. Linder Myers, who trade from Lytham St Annes, Chester and Shrewesbury as well as central Manchester will
The Law Society has become the latest in a long line of organisations to announce their opposition to George Osborne’s second attempt at privatising Land Registry. Previously, the Conveyancing Association, the Competition and Markets Authority
It’s been nearly two years in the making, but today we finally got to unwrap and show off the new look Today’s Conveyancer. It’s been all change since I started writing for the site back
The nominations for the Eclipse Proclaim Modern Law Conveyancing Awards have been announced ahead of the award ceremony in Liverpool on 14th July. Awards include regional conveyancing firm of the year for the North of
The acceleration in technological developments is set to change conveyancing even more than it has over the last fifteen years, are the thoughts of Search Acumen’s Managing Director, Andrew Lloyd as he looks back on
Providing a great service through being easily contactable but also not just telling clients what they want to hear is one of the keys to success according to ESTAs winning firm Mander Cruikshank. Shani Box,
Mortgage Brain’s conveyancing service, ConveyancingBrain has been picked as one of the Mortgage Support Network’s preferred conveyancing technology solutions. Mortgage Brain say the system has a simple, one-step registration and login process and will offer
The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has written to the Legal Services Board for approval of it’s new public indemnity insurance plan. It follows the end of the consultation on the matter, with the CLC’s proposals
Two firms who illegitmately avoided more than £3 million in stamp duty each have been fined and rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Norfolk-based Hawkins Ryan avoided payment of at least £3,763,634.47 to HMRC on
The number of transactions in April plummetted by over 100,000 compared with March according to statistics released by HMRC. In total, HMRC say there were 70,690 residential transactions for over £40,000 in April, down from