Category: Latest News

A sack marked 'stamp duty land tax' next to a small wooden house

Scrapping stamp duty ‘would benefit 75% of UK households’

14 September 2026

A street sign of an unadopted road

Delays in new-build road adoption ‘threaten to undermine house building efforts’

14 September 2026

A red alarm clock on top of blocks with the number 28 them, against a blue background

Project 28 marks first anniversary with industry gathering

14 September 2026

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New acquisitions for growing legal services groups

14 September 2026

A collection of files marked compliance, regulations, violations, policies and procedures

Conveyancing Task Force joins calls to rethink COLP and COFA changes

11 September 2026

A row of terraced houses with 'to let' signs outside them

Landlords must sign up to new government property register or face fines

11 September 2026

A woman at her desk with her head in her hand looking stressed and unhappy

Month-long campaign highlights pressures faced by solicitors

11 September 2026

A graphic of a neon laptop and house

Property data and software provider Cotality joins OPDA

11 September 2026

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Rightmove and RICS find cause for optimism in latest market reports – with caveats

10 September 2026

Ministry of Justice ILCA

Conveyancing Association reiterates opposition to ILCA as MoJ ‘presses on with plans’

10 September 2026

A form with the word 'suspension' stamped on it in red

Solicitor suspended for compliance failings and ‘reckless’ conduct

10 September 2026

A magnifying glass placed over the letters AML in red

FCA will take on AML oversight ‘by end of 2028’

10 September 2026

A woman in a black suite working on a laptop with a notepad and pen next to her

LawCare launches free online course to support wellbeing in the workplace

10 September 2026

The exterior sign of the Bank of England building

Mortgage lending at over 90% LTV is at highest levels since 2008

9 September 2026

A banner with the words 'available through shared ownership' is strung across the outside of a building

Vistry-led industry coalition calls for ‘Choice-led Shared Ownership’ model

9 September 2026

Government report questions value of reservation agreements without up-front information

9 September 2026

A stamp with the word 'fine' stamped in red on white paper

Solicitor fined £20,000 for ‘reckless disregard and risk of harm’ to his clients

9 September 2026

Housing market ‘remains resilient’ despite first price dip since 2023

8 September 2026

Businessman, hand and writing on document for signature for legal contract, agreement or deal for partnership as Lawyer

New collective mobilises SME and boutique firms to challenge COLP and COFA proposals

8 September 2026

A group of people protesting against leasehold with banners and posters

‘Ground rent cap will save more than solar initiatives’, campaign group tells PM

8 September 2026

The Law Society sign shot from below

New Law Society president to have ‘difficult conversations’ about disability inclusion

8 September 2026

A housing estate under construction

Nine out 10 planning departments are short-staffed, HBF report reveals

8 September 2026

An interior sign at the Solicitors Regulation Authority

Independent review sets out extent of opportunities missed by SRA to address PM Law failings

7 September 2026

Scales of justice

£89k costs for two conveyancers struck off for serious misconduct

7 September 2026

Close-up of hands on a laptop which has a picture of a house on the screen and a small toy house placed on the keyboard

MMoA ‘ultimately about trust’, platform says

7 September 2026

Hands typing on a laptop which has a complaint form on the screen

Increases in LeO fees could incentivise complaint payoffs, CILEX warns

7 September 2026

A file marked regulation in the foreground with two smartly dressed people in the background

LSB steps up enforcement against SRA ‘to protect consumers’

7 September 2026

A draw containing files marked 'complaints', 'clients' and 'urgent'.

Law Society warns of administrative burden of new SRA complaints rules

7 September 2026

Ministry of Justice ILCA

SLC reaffirms strong opposition to ‘fundamentally flawed’ ILCA proposals

4 September 2026

Surveyor In Hard Hat And High Visibility Jacket With Digital Tablet Carrying Out House Inspection

First-time buyers put off by damp and structural defects, survey suggests

4 September 2026

The exterior signage of The Law Society in London

Law Society delivers robust response to client account interest recruitment ad

3 September 2026

person pressing on screen in formal wear, with an image overlay, drawings of a brain on the left, scales of justice in the middle and 'AI' written on the right of the scales.

AI now ‘firmly mainstream’ and used by 94% of lawyers – with 10% depending on it to do their job

3 September 2026