Updated Practice Guides: PG50, PG36, PG63 & PG13
There has been an update published in the following practice guides: Requisition and cancellation procedures (PG50) Page summary: Advice on how to avoid requisitions on applications and our procedures where they do need to be raised (practice guide 50). Change made: We have updated section 3 regarding the information we require to consider granting an […]
Property housing market displays buoyancy
Market Data from HM Land Registry and HMRC show a promising buoyant property market. The latest UK monthly property transactions data from HMRC shows the biggest April for property sales since the financial crisis in 2007, with sales double that of 2020 when the UK entered the first lockdown. By the end of the 2020/21 […]
Surrey firm admitted property negligence liability
A Surrey law firm has admitted liability to property negligence and is ordered to pay more than £800,000. The error resulted in the firm paying damages for negligence after omitting to inform their client, who thought he was purchasing the whole property, had actually only owned part of it and the rest had been kept […]
Call to scrap SDLT to replace with annual tax levy
A think tank is calling on the Government to scrap the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) altogether and replace with a new levy. The chancellor Rishi Sunak is once again being urged to get rid of SDLT in favour of a property tax instead. The think tank, Bright Blue believes that doing away with the […]
Is the workplace consultancy model increasing?
With a surge in remote working following the pandemic, the landscape of office life has now drastically changed and the way people utilise offices is undergoing the biggest transformation in generations, resulting in a growth of workplace consultancy models. The expeditious changing role of offices in professional working life has resulted in firms rethinking their […]
Conveyancing jobs continue to climb
Conveyancing job advertisements continue to rise since Today’s Conveyancer started tracking them in the summer of 2020. The stamp duty holiday, the government’s new mortgage scheme and overall impact of the pandemic, continues to change the shape of conveyancer’s professional working lives and the market. Today’s Conveyancer has been monitoring the job search site, Indeed, […]
Connect, build and engage – LinkedIn has it all
We hosted the second in our series of content marketing webinars last Thursday and it was all about LinkedIn. We were so excited to welcome guest speaker along Rich Dibbins from Staxton Digital. Rich has many years’ experience within law firm marketing and a wealth of knowledge when it comes to LinkedIn, so it was […]
Website Transparency – Haven’t we done this already?
As part of our ‘Technical Corner’ we want to bring you information that will help you to continue to learn and grow in your career. This month’s technical corner article comes from Amy Bell, Director of Teal Compliance. We have seen an increase in the enquiries we have had about compliance with the Transparency Rules. […]
Updated Practice Guides: PG1
There has been update published in the following practice guide: First registrations (PG1) Guidance for conveyancers on how to register unregistered estates in land for the first time (practice guide 1). This guide deals with the procedure to be followed when applying for first registration of unregistered estates in land. It does not deal with […]
Would the Digital ID framework alter the way fraudsters behave?
The home buying and selling process will always be a lucrative prize for fraudsters because their pay out is huge. It seems to be a frequent occurrence in the news that a fraudster has made off with a buyer’s money, with a recent example of two homeowners picking up the pieces after losing £800,000 following […]
CLS Group sells Future Climate Info Ltd (FCI)
CLS Group (“CLS”), a leading provider of data, technology and insurance services to the UK property sector, can confirm the sale of its title, chancel and ancillary search services from CLS Property Insight to Future Climate Info Ltd (“FCI”) on 17th May 2021. In addition, on 17th May 2021, FCI was acquired by Dye &Durham […]
Call for Kindness – what more can we do?
As Aconveyancing backs the Today’s Conveyancer Call for Kindness campaign, Director Natalie Moore writes about how the industry needs to turn support into action. ‘This global pandemic has exposed the deep-rooted problems that overstretched conveyancers experience as a result of firms undercutting on fees.’ High pressured, emotionally charged and enormous financial responsibility, conveyancers face stress […]
Digital ID panel answer your questions
Embracing technology and the positive impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on the legal sector in regards to adopting technology has been a hot topic of conversation. Here at Today’s Conveyancer we’ve been at the forefront of these discussions and recently welcomed a panel of esteemed guests to discuss the importance of the digital ID […]
Terrafirma warns just one month to go until Bank of England launches climate stress testing
Ground risk specialist, Terrafirma, warns that there is just one month to go until the Bank of England launches regulatory climate stress testing. This will initially affect all the largest banks, building societies and insurers who will have until September to provide initial feed back to the Bank of England. It is then expected to […]
Digital Identity Standard will ‘revolutionise’ West Midlands’ residential property sector
Stratford upon Avon District Council has completed its migration to the HM Land Registry’s (HMLR) local land charges (LLC) online register, marking a major step forward for the residential property sector’s digital-first strategy for professional advisers, conveyancers and solicitors in the West Midlands. The latest in the rollout of the HM Land Registry’s Digital Local […]
Technology is raising standards in conveyancing
John Espley, LEAP UK CEO, explains how conveyancers are using the latest technology and the LEAP Best Practice Standard to enhance their customer service and to win new business. The UK housing market remains remarkably buoyant, due to government measures such as the Stamp Duty holiday and government backed 5% deposit scheme. As with all […]
Stratford-on-Avon Council joins Land Registry’s Local Land Register
Stratford-on-Avon looks forward to more efficient property market thanks to digital register after the council joins lengthening list of local authorities transferring their local land charges data to HM Land Registry. Anyone requiring local land charges (LLC) searches in the local authority area of Stratford-on-Avon District Council will need to get them from HM Land […]
Female-majority board for Convey Law after new director appointments
Convey Law has appointed two new Directors, making it one of the few UK companies and Legal Practices to have a female-majority Board of Directors. Kathryn Jones and Sophia Ramzan have been appointed Directors of the South Wales-based legal practice, one of the UK’s largest conveyancing companies, joining three other women on the Board. Both […]
New Chair of DWSN appointed
Owen Davies, Searches Business Development Manager at Severn Trent Services and a Director of DWSN, has been appointed to Chair of DWSN as of 1st April 2021. Owen replaces Kevin Brown, former DWSN Chair and Director, and Director of Tide Services. On his appointment Owen Davies said: “I am looking forward to leading the work […]
Free Event: Tips to Create a Better Conveyancing Website
Want to build a better website for your conveyancing firm? Then make sure to book your place at Clio’s free webinar, The Making of a Law Firm Series: Winning Websites—A Lawyer’s New Shop-Front Window, taking place on Wednesday, 26 May, at 11 a.m. BST. You can register for this free online event here. Creating a […]