Richard Durrant is Head of the Residential Conveyancing Department at East Kent solicitors’ practice Boys & Maughan which has just won Residential Conveyancing Firm of the Year (51 or more employees) at the Property Forum

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has announced it has arranged with R K Harrison Insurance Services Limited (RKH) to offer a Society of Licensed Conveyancers Policy Scheme for Professional Indemnity insurance. The Scheme, which

Ambitious Midlands based law firm Shakespeares have launched a recruitment drive in their Residential Conveyancing and Lender Services Departments. With 7 offices in the Midlands transacting residential conveyancing, together with Stratford-upon-Avon based specialist remortgage team,

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced the appointment of Lloyd Davies, Managing Director of Convey Law and long-standing member of the CA Management Committee, as its Director of Operations. The announcement was made at the

Hopes that the decisive election result will improve confidence in the housing market Broad support amongst property professionals for new Government’s housing policies – but doubts over changes to inheritance tax for family homes A

It might have been expected that the political uncertainty and insecurity that Britain faced in the previous month would slow down rising house prices, as people looked to wait to move after political constancy was

DUAL Asset Underwriting, the specialist asset protection division of The DUAL Group, is delighted to announce the appointment of industry veteran Mark Dennis, who will be joining from August, to lead its new DUAL Residential

Having a roof terrace or a balcony adds an average of 12% to the value of a flat, according to research by London estate agents Marsh & Parsons. With the weather heating up and the RHS

Dudley Building Society has appointed Legal Marketing Services (LMS) to provide conveyancing services for the fees assisted and referral services. The partnership commences on the 18th May 2015. The move will see LMS, which has 25

Wakefield-based Beaumont Legal is celebrating a decade of being a “modern law firm”, after marking 10 years since moving from the city centre to its current headquarters and beginning to target online business nationally as

At the end of last month the Law Society updated their practice note which provides guidance on holding client funds. The Law Society advise that the updated guidance should be read by all solicitors who hold

Richard Cunningham is an Associate at Downs Solicitors LLP and runs the residential property team. They have just been voted ‘Best for Customer Service’ in the SearchFlow Property Forum Awards. Richard told Today’s Conveyancer why

Firms must be more aware of how they are quoting for work and ensure that eye-catching “headline figures” do not mislead prospective clients and prevent them from making an informed decision on instructing legal services,

Newport-based conveyancing specialists Convey Law have been recognised for their excellent record in staff welfare with a prestigious accreditation. The law firm has been re-accredited by Investors in People and has been awarded Gold Standard,

myhomemove, the UK’s leading provider of mover conveyancing services, will be hosting its housing conference on the 20th May at Hilton, St George’s Park, Burton-upon-Trent. The event will include a panel discussion between high profile

Unadopted roads refer to roads which do not have to be adequately maintained by the highway authority under the Highways Act 1980. A legal duty to maintain these roads still exists, but it falls onto

Homes in Prime Central London saw the biggest rise in value during Q1 2015, as the centre starts to outperform Outer Prime parts of the capital for first time since June 2013 Buyers now pay

Andrew Hiesley is Managing Director of Conveyancing Direct Property Lawyers Ltd (CDPL). Originally from a financial background, he has grown CDPL to 170 staff with offices in St Leonards-on-Sea, Cardiff, and a rapidly expanding operation

Marsh & Parsons has added to its office network with a new branch in Queen’s Park, unveiled on Monday 27th April. Following the estate agency’s successful opening in Shoreditch earlier this year, the Queen’s Park

This is certainly one way to speed up the residential property buying process – 24/7 conveyancing! Do conveyancers ever deserve a break?   Think I’ve found the home buying delay. Our conveyancer was away yesterday, @TaylorWimpey

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are specific rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their charges to clients. For example, Outcome 8.2 of the Code

A Labour-led government would likely hit homeowners with a combination of falling house prices and rising interest rates, warns leading property website Zoopla. The state of the UK property market is a key driver of

Building upon 20 years’ experience of working with UK mortgage lenders, LMS is delighted to announce their latest partnership with Monmouthshire Building Society. LMS will undertake general panel management for Monmouthshire Building Society. This will allow them

The Law Society has issued a new practice note underlining the importance that solicitors – particularly those who carry out conveyancing work – do not mislead prospective clients by giving them a false indication as

Veyo, the comprehensive home conveyancing portal, has now appointed Laura Morgan–Rees as Business Development Manager for Wales and the West, as the launch date soon approaches. Laura Morgan- Rees is a highly experienced and results

New entrant to the electronic legal forms market, FormEvo has become the latest legal software supplier to gain approval to supply the Law Society’s legal forms. FormEvo is a new product developed by the team

Leading conveyancing search provider, SearchFlow is launching a new seminar programme. It addresses how firms can market themselves to a changing consumer audience, highlights appropriate searches for specific transactions, and provides an update on compliance.

Redbrick Solutions, market leading innovators in legal case and practice management, have this afternoon announced that they have plans to integrate with Veyo. They are the first case management provider to make such an announcement.

Nigel Poole is Director of Place on the Market, which launched in March 2015 and is offering a brand new ‘dating’ service to estate agents and vendors. He told Today’s Conveyancer why people will fall

Demand is at the lowest it’s been in a year Nearly two thirds (63%) of NAEA member agents have seen the housing market cooling in the run up to the General Election Less than a

This week’s Conveyancer Slater is an international tweet comparing conveyancing to a form of magic. If this is an accurate description of conveyancing, we wonder who Professor Snape would be?   Inter-department banter’s the new norm

The March data shows an annual price increase of 5.3 per cent which takes the average property value in England and Wales to £178,007 compared with the peak of £181,049 in November 2007. House prices