All Conveyancing articles – Page 36
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FeatureChancel repair liability
This is certainly a difficult and complicated topic. Here is a fresh view on it.
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Opinion
Property: exchange rate
Exchange of contracts in residential transactions will be made redundant.
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NewsHudson: unrated indemnity insurers not an automatic risk
The Law Society has called for talks with Yorkshire Building Society to discuss its plans to remove law firms from its panel.
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OpinionConveyancing and the great address mess
It makes economic sense for address records to be made freely available as a single national resource.
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NewsConveyancing firm must pay £100k over valuation
Judge orders law firm to halve the costs of settlement with surveyors.
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FeatureChancel repair changes
There has been little clarity about the impact of changes to chancel repair liability.
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Opinion
Conveyancing panel frustration
We have been frustrated by being prevented from discharging our clients’ mortgages.
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NewsRegistry plan could undermine economy, Law Society says
Government proposals could undermine register’s integrity and introduce conflicts of interest, Smithers warns.
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Opinion
Stop racing to the bottom with conveyancing and wills
The undercutting war undermines the profession and sets a dangerous precedent.
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NewsSociety criticises Land Registry land-charge grab
No pressing need for registry to extend powers and take over local land charge service, Society says.
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ProfileAssets frozen in conveyancing case
Nitin Khandhia is acting for clients whose funds intended for buying a house never reached the vendors.
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NewsConveyancing case is a ‘clarion call’ for lawyers
The Court of Appeal ruled that a conveyancer’s failure to follow best practice contributed to a mortgage fraud.
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NewsIrwin Mitchell buys ex-Halliwells unit
ABS pioneer’s debt legal services arm to take on HL Interactive for undisclosed sum.
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Opinion
Battling to stay on conveyancing panels
Is everyone else fed up with dealing with negligently run lenders?
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OpinionLand Registry: let’s have a broader view
Plan to turn the registry into a ‘service delivery company’ deserves greater scrutiny.
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NewsHigh Court action taken against firm closed for ‘dishonesty’
Zangir and Nazmin Mehrban claim they are victims of Deidre Newell-Austin’s firm.
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NewsConveyancing boom exposes skills ‘gap’
Warning over recruitment despite renewed confidence in the sector.
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FeatureRoundtable: conveyancing
The Gazette’s latest roundtable discussion, on risk management in conveyancing.
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News£350,000 ceiling for county court cases
Lords approves 11-fold increase to limit established 33 years ago.