In today’s budget the Chancellor made an early nod to the regeneration of Battersea Power Station, a project that will bring a huge number of new homes to the UK market. This was a sentiment

Claire is the managing partner of Equilaw Ltd and Chair of the Equity Release Solicitors Alliance. She took a traditional path into law, working in a residential property team in a mid-size corporate firm. This

This year solicitors will be able to complete the keeping the roll process online through the mySRA portal. The exercise will run from mid-April to mid-June. The 2013 fee of £20 will be payable by

Law Society Chief Executive Desmond Hudson told a meeting of the Conveyancing Association that they had a role to play in shaping the regulator. At the meeting, last Thursday, Mr Hudson talked about the changing

The Law Society have issued a new practice note to help solicitors responsible for their firm’s online presence or marketing. It illustrates the importance of protecting and maintaining online reputation pointing out that online reputation,

The Law Society has urged all solicitors to read their latest practice note, particularly managing or senior partners, directors of risk, practice managers, money laundering reporting officers or staff appointed to respond to enquiries from

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has launched a new course explaining the basics of conveyancing. The course is aimed at staff working in a wide range of sectors such as legal, property or financial services.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) announced yesterday that it plans to drop the requirement for compliance officers to annually report all non-material breaches to the SRA. The decision is subject to approval from the SRA

Leading software company Peppermint Technology, have won the 2013 KnowList Award for Technology Innovation. TheKnowList was developed in 2009 and initially launched to the professional services sector with an emphasis on legal technology news and

According to the latest Housing Market Activity Report by Connells Survey & Valuation February saw first time buyer numbers rise to their highest level for four years. New buyers in February outnumbered those a year

All 250 solicitors and employees of Midlands firm Blakemores, owner of the consumer brand Lawyers2you, were told yesterday to clear their desks and go home. The Solicitors Regulation Authority had intervened ‘in order to protect

The SRA has on 12th March issued an alert over the email address info@pierceconsult.com and website www.pierceconsult.com which purport to relate to ‘Morgan Pierce Solicitors. The SRA do not regulate or authorise a firm with

If the phrase “it can’t be done” had dismayed the world’s leaders we would still be in the Stone Age. Second only to divorce, moving house is right up there in the stress stakes. No

Samantha is the Head of Property at Moneypenny, a company who look after business telephone calls. How can Moneypenny help conveyancers? In a best case scenario your receptionists would always be able to answer your

In an AGM last year the Law Society of Scotland agreed to examine a potential change to Rule B 2.1.4 which governs joint representation for Scottish conveyancers.  A working party to review this rule was set

The SRA has on 8 March issued an alert over a fraud involving fake letters using the name of Universal Solicitors.   The SRA states that fake documentation has been sent out using the name

The business information division of the Daily Mail & General Trust plc, DMG Information (DMGI), has announced the appointment of Stephen Stout as CEO DMGI Asia Pacific. The newly created position will include responsibility for

The HMRC have announced that stamp duty relief for those in areas designated ‘disadvantaged’ will soon come to an end. This measure will be effective for transactions on or after 6 April 2013. Current legislation

Law Firm Services are reporting an amazing response to this year’s Conveyancing Awards with entries coming in from all four corners of the country. Richard Mathias, LFS Sales Director said “we are really pleased with the interest,

The SRA has on 7th March issued an alert over correspondence purporting to have been sent from Yousaf Amin at the address 6-8 Hallfield Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 3RO.  The correspondence also gives a

The SRA have expressed concern that hundreds of letters and emails they have sent out with notice of revocation have been returned as ‘not known at this address’, or, in the case of emails, have

We reported last week on the Land Registry’s new Electronic Document Registration Service (e-DRS). Residential Conveyancing Lawyers, Convey Law were a pilot firm for the scheme and managed to make an application, have it processed

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council was awarded the Customer Satisfaction Award for local authority searches at the 2013 Land Data Local Land Charges Awards for Excellence.  The awards have been running for six years and this

According to The Law Society Gazette, Santander have confirmed that they will remove any conveyancing firms who have not applied for the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme accreditation by 28th March from their panel. The

Market leading conveyancer myhomemove today announced ambitious plans for growth, building on an exceptional 2012 during which, according to recent HMLR data, they completed more purchase conveyancing cases than any other UK conveyancer.  The firm,

On Friday March 1st the SRA issued four separate alerts.  These notices all warn consumers and solicitors about contact details purporting to be from solicitors. The warning notices covered Simon & Co Solicitors, Shirley Griffiths

The SRA has on 1st March issued an alert over the address Unit 7, 275 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4EW which purports to be an address relating to ‘Simon & Co Solicitors’. Simon & Co Solicitors LLP

The SRA has on 1st March issued an alert over the address Suite 04, 497 AJBC Business Centre, Sunleigh Road, Wembley, HAO 4LY which purports to be an address relating to ‘Hugh James Solicitors’.  The

One of the UK’s largest remortgage specialists, LMS, has announced a partnership with Chorley Building Society (The Chorley). Chorley Building Society, formed in 1859, is the oldest building society in Lancashire and provides a range

The SRA announced today that just under 97% of firms now have COLPs and COFAs in place. Those firms that have still not nominated individuals for these positions, despite repeated reminders, will now be subject

Law Firm Services have announced they are running two seminars that will give delegates the chance to openly raise their opinions on Santander’s panel arrangements. Attendees at the Bristol and Leeds seminars will be able

New home registrations are up nearly 30% from the same time last year according to new data from NHBC. In good news for the industry, 10,112 new homes were registered around the country in January