Seven former directors of Manchester-based conveyancing firm, LLP Wolstenholmes have been banned from being involved in the management of any law business, for up to 15 years. The long-established practice (est. 1818) was forced to

It’s come to our attention that some of the country’s most popular newspaper publications are supporting the campaign to reform the current stamp duty tax system — recently being discussed within Parliament. Many MPs and

Good afternoon, lazyweb. Are there any conveyancing solicitors in the north-west of England that don’t suck? Suggestions will be welcomed! – Gavin Hamill (@gdh_gdh) September 3, 2014

Following a public consultation earlier this year, the Money Advice Service are putting to work plans to create an impartial financial adviser directory, to help consumers research and find regulated financial experts and the most

We welcome again Anis Waiz, solicitor and head of commercial litigation at Curtis Law Solicitors, as he continues his critical review of current case law. This important case raises a number of key issues as

Convey Law’s Geraint Aubrey has completed his Alpine three peak challenge but still needs a little help in raising the final figure to achieve his £10,000 fund raising target. Geraint first discussed undertaking a fundraising

It is now becoming more crucial than ever for employees to be screened prior to employment. Though the typical references and security checks are now a familiar routine among many law firms and professional sectors,

Members of the Conveyancing Association (CA) accounted for more than one in 7 of all housing transactions in 2013, according to research and analysis by the new Conveyancing Map business intelligence tool. The Conveyancing Map

Recent research carried out by the Halifax has revealed first time buyers are saving around £1,300 a year, compared to those who are renting. Assuming first time buyers have a 10% deposit and considering all

£· LMS (Legal Marketing Services) is one of the UK’s largest providers of outsourced property services, including conveyancing, remortgage, and IT services. £· Each year LMS successfully manages some 130,000 transactions, helping to enable more

£· 484,081 homeowners in Britain are now ‘property millionaires’, up 49% on last year £· 10,613 streets in Britain with an average property value of £1m+, up 29% on 2013 £· Value of Britain’s most

As the proposed changes that arose out of the SRA’s recent consultation will now not proceed prior to the 1st of October 2014, Neil Pointon from Howden Windsor comments as follows:  ”The Legal Services Board

First-time buyer sales have climbed to their highest since the economic recession, according to new figures. July saw the number of first-time home buyers reach 30,000, which is the highest since August 2007 and a

Property transactions decreased from June to July, according to the HMRC’s property transaction report. The provisional seasonally adjusted UK property transaction count for July 2014 was 101,190 residential and 9,330 non-residential transactions, a decrease of

The Legal Services Board (LSB) has approved the regulatory funding requirements for 2014/15, including practising fee levels. The coming year’s individual fees have been set at £320, down £64 from £384 for 2013/14, while firm’s

Seasonally adjusted house building starts in England have seen a zero per cent change in the June quarter and are at estimated at 36,230, according to the house building figures released by the Department for

The chair of the Legal Services Consumer Panel, Elisabeth Davies, has released her latest blog post, where she talks about the commitment of organisations to ‘providing open data and putting a core and reusable set

A policy paper released by the Land Registry and Ordnance survey has outlined the key roles each organisation plays in displaying and indicating land ownership through boundaries. The Land Registry’s role has been set out

Conveyancing Direct Property Lawyers (CDPL) is delighted to announce the approval of two new industry standards for conveyancers. CDPL was part of a consortium of legal firms which designed and submitted the new standards including

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has today announced a tie up with the newly launched Conveyancing Map with a special deal for its members. The new on-line tool allows conveyancing firms to undertake a

Recently the RICS UK Construction Market Survey Q2 2014 reported that 54% of respondents now say there are insufficient numbers of quantity surveyors available to meet workloads (up from 41% in Q1 2014). Have we

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has responded to the Legal Services Board (LSB) since they published their warning notice relating to the  SRA’s application to alter the Indemnity Insurance Rules by reducing the compulsory minimum

Dear All, We need your assistance with a fundraising initiative if possible please.  One of our Conveyancers, Geraint Aubrey, will be undertaking a herculean challenge this weekend when he will be climbing three massive mountains

The Law Society has announced the appointment of Catherine Dixon as its new chief executive. Catherine will begin her new role in the coming months and will take over from Desmond Hudson, who will retire

The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) has announced that Mandie Lavin is to be appointed as its new Chief Executive, taking over the post on January 1 2015 upon the retirement of Diane Burleigh

Employment application fraud made up over half of all confirmed frauds recorded to the UK’s fraud prevention service (CIFAS) in the first half of 2014. Job applicants making serious false declarations about anything from employment

Online conveyancing portal SortRefer, winner of two industry awards this year for its intermediary conveyancing work, has bolstered its team with the appointment of Annabel Halhead as operations manager. Annabel has spent the last nine

Eric Pickles has announced the first wave of projects that will benefit from a £1 billion scheme to accelerate the provision of over 200,000 new homes across the country. The Communities Secretary published a shortlist

As the 30th September approaches and firms are thinking about renewal of their Professional Indemnity Insurance we at St Giles are often asked what firms can do to save time in completion of their proposal

Following approval from the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), TCS has announced a major internal appointment with John Jones appointed as Head of Legal Practice. John joined TCS in October 2013 as Compliance Director and

The DC Law Training Academy has been launched by the conveyancing arm of Move with Us to tackle the shortage of conveyancers in the current market which is leading to delays in the house moving

The Conveyancing body CLC have sent a warning to Conveyancers regarding the increase of bogus offices set up to clone legal practices, ultimately to steal mortgage loans and client information. Conveyancers were warned not only