All Conveyancing articles – Page 2
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News
CLC intervenes in collapsed conveyancer Alexander Grace Law
Firm is already in administration, but CLC wants to ensure post-completion work gets done.
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Conveyancing 'roadmap' mandates upfront information
Home Buying and Selling Group unveils discussion paper to get people into their new homes quickly - and by 1pm on completion day.
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Climate change practice note in the works for conveyancers
Lenders positioning climate change as 'tier one' risk, Law Society's flagship property conference hears.
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Conveyancing: chief CQS assessor berates firms over 'standard' enquiries
Solicitors 'going at it hammer and tongs creates bad feeling', Peter Rodd tells national property conference.
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Feature
Home truths
Average house prices are falling – just one of many developments piling pressure on residential conveyancers. Eduardo Reyes reports.
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CLC-regulated conveyancer collapsed owing over £6m
HMRC pulled the plug on a 'controlled closure' of Alexander Grace Law, leaving a property magnate who was briefly CEO among the firm's major creditors.
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News focus: Conveyancing Association calls on members to help meet net zero targets
Conveyancers should consider refusing to act for clients whose actions fall foul of the government’s net zero targets, says controversial new guidance from their specialist trade body.
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'Reduce your climate impact,' conveyancing body tells members
Helping the government reach net zero targets is one of two new Conveyancing Association member pledges.
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Opinion
Not a solicitor? Don't judge us
Legal professionals who do not have the 'solicitor' title are perfectly capable of doing their job.
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News
News focus: Commonhold is the ‘only way forward’ – but how?
Piecemeal reform has helped leaseholders, but the government wants to reinvigorate commonhold as an alternative. However, making commonhold mainstream is not straightforward.
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Commonhold 'about control, not service charges'
Conveyancing Association director says leasehold alternative can give home owners transparency.
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'It's killing me': conference hears leaseholder distress
Consultant says leaseholder's struggles are not unusual and calls for greater promotion of commonhold.
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News focus: Upfront property information - a jungle of words
The Digital Property Market Steering Group aims to align the residential market with the commercial sector to speed up digital change. But regulation and poor communication could impede reform.
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Opinion
Click to convey: a lesson from Norway
Want to see what a real home information pack looks like? Look north.
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News
E-conveyancing coalition aims for upfront information
Digital Property Market Steering Group reveals ambitions at flagship conference.
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Source of funds frustration prompts 'conveyancing rant'
Rose Davis says firms not really interested in conveyancing should stop messing about with it.
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Monopolies watchdog approves searches sell-off
Disposal follows finding that Dye & Durham’s acquisition of TM Group 'substantially lessens competition'.
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Conveyancer offered discounts - to clients paying him directly
Firm’s internal audit found nine occasions when clients paid into salaried partner’s personal account.