A simple pushing of the boundaries by Arc Property Solicitors has led me to question what good service actually is and ask what does the client really want?  Whilst many lawyers will see this as

Hilary Osbourne of The Guardian wrote an article published in The Guardian on the 2nd September drawing attention to the impact on the public of reduced panel sizes. “Mortgage lenders cut lists of “approved” solicitors

JET, the new online compliance tool for conveyancers, has been welcomed by the CML as a ground breaking product which will ensure conveyancers, working with lenders, can help counter both fraud and negligence. Incorporating over

Parveen Kumari, who has previously worked as Group Sales Manager for London & European, has recently been appointed by Countrywide Conveyancing Services as Associate Director.  Parveen says: “I am thrilled to be joining Countrywide during

Every now and again a new risk to conveyancers emerges that require a change in the way risk is managed.  Examples include the development of environmental searches and also chancel enquiries.  Surprisingly many conveyancers still

The Law Society recently announced that Todmans SRE in Rayleigh, Essex were the 500th law firm in England & Wales to secure the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation.  Partner at Todmans SRE, William Todman, commented:

City of London based Prime Professions have been appointed as the new brokers for the Council for Licensed Conveyancers’ (CLC) Master Policy Scheme following a formal tender. The specialist professional indemnity insurance (PII) broker will

A well respected survey has revealed some interesting views from solicitors generally about the post ABS direction of prices in the conveyancing sector. As we all know conveyancers are happy to fall over themselves to

Countrywide’s Nigel Stockton last week criticised the lack of context that accompanied the issue of CML circular 2531, listing the firms that have been accredited under the Law Society CQS scheme. The circular highlighted the

Louise Humphries Associate of Cowling Swift & Kitchin Solicitors in York has written this conveyancing article to balance the views that change in the legal profession is always good and she advocates that many of

Whilst many professional indemnity insurance companies are running for the hills when it comes to small solicitor firms Marsh believes it has identified and partnered with two that want to insure them. Marsh has issued

Paul Hajek a solicitor with Clutton Cox and one of the most active conveyancers using social media to promote his business has used his skills to launch an e-petition to kick start housing activity. We

Local firm reminds Liverpool of EPP2 and the need to register septic tanks.  Is it time to change your procedures now before the compulsory date? Whilst the ability to register septic tanks has existed since

The Department of Communities and Local Government has produced two leaflets on rent charges and the Rentcharges Act 1977 which will be of interest to conveyancers. Since 1977 the Rentcharges Act has limited the creation

Often solicitors complain about the Law Society policy or procedures.  A reasonble response is that if it matters that much to you go and get involved and make a difference. Richard Barnett has for the

The latest LSL Acadametrics HPI release shows that transactions, year on year, are down 5.9 per cent with price falls of 0.1 per cent, the lowest level for some 19 months. The only region showing

Senior Supervising Solicitor for Optima Legal’s Newcastle and Bradford offices, Paul Mason, has recently been promoted to Partner. Having joined the firm in 2009 Paul, who has in excess of 20 years experience specialising in

Readers of Today’s Conveyancer have been offered discounted tickets to the next Legal Futures conference “New ways to practise law” on 17 October in London. New ways to practise law will look at the challenges

The latest RICS UK Housing Market survey, released today, reports that housing market activity remained stagnant in July and house prices dipped further. There was a slight improvement on June’s net balance of -26 as

Providing search services in the East of England, as part of Anglian Water, for over 14 years, Geodesys has now expanded their offering to cover CON29DWs for residential property throughout England and Wales. Business Director

NHBC recently reported a “stable first half of the year for new home registrations”  but indicated that there was still some way to go as far as the housing market is concerned. Statistics for January

Optima Legal have won the ‘What Mortgage’ award for ‘Best Legal Services Provider’, having been nominated alongside Legal Move, Rose & Rose Solicitors, and 1st Property Lawyers. What Mortgage is a monthly mortgage magazine whose

The Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) renewal date is fast approaching and Chartis UK, a leading provider of Professional Indemnity Insurance, announce that they will not be writing new business in this sector. Chartis, amongst other

Most of us know the saying “there’s an app for that” and for those people lucky enough (or unlucky depending on your view of Apple products) to have an iPhone Conveyancing Data Services have launched

CQS was launched back in January with the aim of dealing with the concerns of lenders, insurers and promoting quality conveyancing to the public.  Last month we wrote that The Law Society had received their

House builder, Linden Homes, has launched a new regional business unit, taking their total business units to 11.  The units are across the UK, ranging from the South West, Cornwall, to the North, Newcastle. The

Shortlisted in the category “Companies with a Turnover between £10 million and £50 million” which is sponsored by PwC, Arc Property Solicitors are understandably excited by this latest news. Established just over six years ago

The Law Society are inviting you to regional seminars which are being held across England and Wales.  The seminars’, named ‘Outcome Focused Regulation for Conveyancers’, will clarify new obligations and responsibilities, helping you overcome the

Rob Hailstone of the Bold Group attended the launch of the Quality Solicitors/WH Smith sales concession on Saturday and has kindly allowed us to publish his thoughts on the whole event. Is Quality Solicitors what

Fidler and Pepper Solicitors, who have offices in Sutton, Mansfield and Kirkby, Nottinghamshire, carry out conveyancing and recently had an old mill play havoc with a client’s purchase, leaving them having to source an insurance