The Land Registry issued its House Price Index during the course of last week. The headline figures reported that the annual fall of 2.6% of house prices year on year with this rate of decline
The recent Secret Agent article, Money for old rope, “Conveyancers are doing less for their money-they don’t share the pressure to close deals as they’ll get paid regardless” filled me with dismay. I started working
A team of 16 from Kent based property search firm SearchFlow have completed the Lake District’s Ultra Challenge on behalf of Demelza House. The gruelling event called on participants to run, cycle, paddle, abseil and
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is consulting on the implementation of the next stage of policy changes to ensure clients are protected financially. The changes were announced as part of the April 2011 Policy Statement
The Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) bills itself as providing “a recognised quality standard for residential conveyancing practices” with the achievement of membership giving member firms a higher level of credibility with regulators, lenders,
A recent High Court decision has given a helpful reminder of how a signed and witnessed Guarantee may not be worth the paper it’s written on. This was on the basis of “undue influence” and
Manorial rights can often be difficult to establish but owners of estates with land attached could retain legal rights over their land, in addition to legal rights over land that once formed part of that
In the first of this series of articles we spoke to some of the estate agents and conveyancers in Derby city centre. With a population of circa 200k and sales volumes of 578 in Q1
Legal Ombudsman (LO), on the conclusion of their first full operating year, are looking to consult with stakeholders about future plans with a consultation on their Strategy (2012-2015) and Business Plan (2012-2013). According to LO
A Relationship Management approach has been piloted by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and will be rolled out across larger firms as part of the move to outcomes-focused regulation. The pilot scheme has been in progress
JET, the recently launched online conveyancing system now has a demonstration available on their website. Following JET’s launch in July JET Convey has now announced that the website “carries an easy to follow demonstration of
But once again it passed me byI know it always willSo now I spend my Sunday standing still CHRISTIE OWEN & DAVIES PLC v RAOBGLE TRUST CORP (2011) [2011] EWCA Civ 1151 Introduction The wisdom
The Law Society Excellence Awards this week were a really good opportunity to demonstrate why so many conveyancers should continue to choose to be part of the Law Society. The Law Society has a chance
Santander, as well as currently being the most talked about lender, do not seem to be flavour of the month with their panel members at the moment. Conveyancers have only just finished discussing the recent
Following its tenth anniversary earlier this year on Thursday last week, Land Data and NLIS celebrated the processing and delivery of the 20 millionth NLIS electronic search, at a lunch held at Land Data’s offices
Last week former straight talking England cricketer and well-known Yorkshireman, Geoffrey Boycott, appeared at the High Court in London seeking to sue a solicitor’s practice on the advice they gave him regarding joint ownership of
Following Find a Property and other parts of the Daily Mail promoting the services of Harry Hill’s www.indeed.net conveyancing service Rightmove have decided to copy the model and start to sell conveyancing services. Whilst we
Many people, including myself, have been predicting a substantial decline in the number of conveyancing firms for some time. So it wasn’t a surprise to me when a conveyancer that I know challenged me a
Last Thursday the remaining members of the E-Homebuying Forum (EHF) decided to close the association. The Forum aimed to put “faster certainty” into one of the most stressful things that you will ever voluntarily put
Overseas companies who were previously required to register charges with the Registrar of Companies are advised that the requirement no longer applies to charges created on or after 1st October 2011, on UK based property.
Conveyancing Data Services recently raised over £1800 for charity by taking part in the Henley half marathon on 10th October. If you follow Conveyancing Data Services on twitter (@ConveyancingDS) you will not have failed to
Cheshire Mortgage Corporation Ltd & Anor v. Grandison & Ors [2011] ScotCS CSOH_157 (23 September 2011) Introduction My review of current case law continues as we tread carefully along the path of justice and legal
We have probably all, at some time or another, acted for a client purchasing a new build plot who has become confused with the incentives offered by builders and developers. As at 1st October the
Land Registry have announced that 23 million titles have now been registered since it’s creation of the Land Register in 1862. Registration is said to provide greater security against fraudulent claims against property, greater certainty
According to a report in Landnet, the Land Registry’s customer magazine, the Land Registry have decided to “halt the development of electronic transfers (e-transfers)”. The Land Registry received 43 responses to their consultation, which sought
Quigley v Masterson [2011] EWHC 2529 (Ch) (07 October 2011) Introduction Continuing with his watching brief of current case law Solicitor Mr Anis Waiz of Mohindra Maini LLP http://www.mmsolicitors.co.uk/ provides another guest article. This
Looking to the future is something that all law firms should be doing and Robertsons Solicitors are doing just that, choosing Solicitors Own Software, SOS Connect, to enhance accounting procedures together with document and practice
The Legal Services Act comes into force tomorrow and whilst we shouldn’t all need reminding of the need for high standards the fact remains that many are still burying their head in the sand. Eddie
By now we all know that an ABS will allow non-lawyers to own a law firm but today marks a change in how consumers choose to purchase legal services. Alternative Business Structures have been billed
Anis Waiz a professional professional partner of Mohindra Maini LLP Solicitors in Manchester has kindly written a guest article for us on the following case. ANTHONY JOHN PAGE TERENCE ALBERT PAGE (as administrators of the
The following is a tweet from the account of Clifford Johnston & Co Solicitors, @CJSolicitors: “Fraudsters are using our name in conveyancing transactions in Liverpool. If you are in any doubt, contact us immediately by
The OFT have recently announced a consultation on draft guidance to improve the regulation of estate agents. The guidance arises from the study carried out by the OFT last year into the buying and selling