A residential conveyancing solicitor who joined a regional law firm 18 months ago has become its youngest partner. Darlington & Stockton Times reported that” “Sally Hare, 31, has risen through the ranks at BHP Law

The latest Mortgage Monitor from LSL Property Services showed that 78,000 monthly home loans were advanced in December, the highest level since November 2007. High LTV lending was also up 60% higher year-on-year but there

The start of the year is always a good time to get your house in order and think about what is round the corner. Here we highlight five areas that you might wish to consider

Sheffield solicitors, Taylor&Emmet LLP has announced a merger with Bakewell firm, Cockertons. The deal will see Cockertons become a division of Taylor&Emmet, widening the range of legal services available in the North Derbyshire market town.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has urged firms to introduce policy’s relating to the use of personal devices at work. They referred to a survey from before Christmas that showed that sixty per cent of

The UK Legal Services Practice of Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH), the global risk adviser, insurance and reinsurance broker, has announced that it has increased its market share of the Solicitors’ Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII)

Conveyancers beware of who you take a conveyancing undertaking from. Firms that failed to secure a new professional indemnity insurance policy by 1 October automatically entered the extended policy period (EPP), which provided a 90-day

During the last three months over 6000 people have put in offers on homes and applied for a mortgage thanks to the Help to Buy scheme. The latest statistics released by the government show that

The Met Office has warned that the worst storms the UK has seen for 20 years are set to continue, with 70 flood warnings in place throughout England and Wales and a further 217 areas

The Daily Mail has warned their readers of the dangers of Chancel Repair Liability in their story “Homeowners face huge bills for repair to churches under ancient laws – regardless of their religion”. The story

The latest Money and Credit Report from the Bank of England has revealed 70,758 mortgage loans were approved in November. This was considerably higher than the six month average of 62,999 with the increase equating

According to the latest Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker 51% of the British public think that 2014 will be a good time to sell property. This is the first time since April 2011 that the

The SLC has announced the appointment of Gill Pirie of Chelmer Conveyancing Services, Shelley-Rae Rounding of Wills Chandler and Valerie Holmes of Valerie Holmes Property Lawyers as directors of the Society. All will form part

This case raised a novel issue before Mr Justice Morgan as to  whether the court had, following the Land Registration Act 2002 ("the 2002 Act"), an inherent power to order the cancellation of a unilateral

Stephen Noakes, the mortgages director of Lloyds Banking Group, has been appointed chairman of the Council of Mortgage Lenders. He will start at the beginning of January, taking over from Nigel Terrington, chief executive of

The major mortgage lenders have published details of their total outstanding residential mortgage lending (including most buy-to-let lending as well as home-owner lending) broken down over 9,030 postcode sectors across Great Britain. The aggregate mortgage

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has finalised the work it needs to do to identify firms that have failed to secure a new insurance policy and are in the Extended Policy Period (EPP). Those firms

According to the latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders there was an estimated £17 billion of gross mortgage lending in November. Despite this being 4% lower than October’s figure of £17.6 billion, this

We reported back in August that the OFT had launched an investigation into several quick house sale firms for alleged unfair practices. The OFT concluded that quick house sale companies can provide a beneficial service

The Land Registry has made a couple of enhancements to their electronic Document Registration Service (e-DRS) to save customers time and money. The first allows you to send electronic applications to extend the term of

In 2014 we saw conveyancing clients pushing the boundaries of how they expressed their unhappiness with poor service.  No longer is it just a letter to the senior partner, consumers are increasingly vocal. Despite all

On Tuesday we reported that a Law Society SGM had passed a vote of no confidence in the Law Society. The SGM was triggered by 118 criminal legal aid practitioners who were angered by the

Thanks to efficiency savings made in the last year by Land Registry customers will soon benefit from lower fees. A new Land Registration Fee Order was put to Parliament yesterday, Monday 16 December 2013 and

By a vote today of 228 votes to 213, the assembled solicitors in Chancery Lane have passed a vote of no confidence in the Law Society. The motion stated “That the meeting has no confidence

We reported earlier in the month that the Conveyancing Association (CA) had worked together with Connells, Move with Us, Countrywide and LSL Property Services, to develop the Conveyancing Protocol. The Protocol is now available to

The latest LSL house price index reveals average house prices in November have reached the record high of £238,839. Prices were up £1,400 from October and were up £11,219 from November 2012. Increases were seen

Introduction This case highlighted again the dangers of failing to properly grasp the issue of an appointment of an LPA Receiver and the failure to understand some basic principles under the Law of Property Act

According to chartered surveyors Connells Survey & Valuation the number of valuations has increased by 33% from last year. This increase was despite a small dip in valuations during November. John Bagshaw, Corporate Services Director

According to a recent survey from Move with Us, 60% of estate agents believe it is twice as hard to sell a property during the Christmas period. As many as 23% felt it was three

The London market has shown no sign of easing off for Christmas with sales up 2% in November from October and 56% year-on-year. According to the latest figures from Sequence, London continues to move at

The imbalance between supply and demand continues to have a market impact on the market with 38% less properties available than in December 2007. The latest Asking Price Index from www.home.co.uk raises concerns about what

National Conveyancing specialists Convey Law have capped a hugely successful 2013 by collecting a coveted Sunday Times Conveyancer of the Year Award. 2013 has been a fantastic year for the South Wales based residential conveyancing