All Conveyancing articles – Page 4
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NewsConveyancing: Government leaps back on the digital bandwagon
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government says it will 'modernise the way the process works to bring down current delays of almost five months'.
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NewsHM Land Registry staff 'work to rule' over compulsory office attendance
Union says action will have a huge impact on service delivery while Land Registry says it will cause minimal impact.
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NewsLaw Society identifies key concerns over TA6 property information form
Chancery Lane working with independent research agency to analyse findings of more than 1,200 consultation responses.
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NewsHM Land Registry staff vote to strike over compulsory office attendance
Industrial action will not affect conveyancing transactions, agency says.
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NewsSolicitor asked another firm to amend date on property sale
Experienced solicitor acted after his client’s transaction went through a day after SDLT deadline.
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NewsConveyancing giant axes hundreds of jobs as transactions dip
Simplify admits it has scaled back the work it takes on as part of cost-cutting measures.
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NewsCommercial leaseholds under scrutiny in Law Commission consultation
Possible reform is part of government plan to revive high streets and town centres.
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NewsConveyancing solicitor fined after failing to disclose link to borrower
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal fines lawyer £12,500 and orders he pay almost £20,000 in costs.
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NewsMemory lane
Lords urged to throw out HIPs, legal advice for Princess Diana, obscenity and the law and working mothers: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsLaw Society extends TA6 'two-form approach' period
Chancery Lane currently working through significant volume of feedback received during consultation process.
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ProfileMy legal life: Dona Awano, Amphlett Lissimore
Solicitor, London, and member of the Law Society’s Conveyancing and Land Law committee.
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News'Avoidable errors' costing conveyancers £19m, says Land Registry
Analysis based on £5 to fix a clerical error and £30 where third parties have to be chased.
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OpinionMake sure you have your say on proposed climate risk and conveyancing practice note
There is still time to respond to the Law Society's consultation, which runs until 31 October.
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NewsClimate risk and TA6: takeaways from the Law Society’s Property Conference
Helping conveyancers understand the ramifications of climate risk was among the topics discussed at the Law Society’s Property Conference. The divisive TA6 information form came up too.
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FeatureRoundtable: Sale agreed?
Modern conveyancing has ‘specialisms within itself’, reflecting the complexity of a process that is too often assumed to be simple or capable of being ‘standardised’. Eduardo Reyes reports from the latest Gazette roundtable discussion.
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OpinionSafe as houses – avoiding common pitfalls
Anna Newport reviews 'Post-completion: A Conveyancer’s Guide to Process, Risk and Compliance'.
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NewsSociety seeks conveyancers' views for climate risk practice note
Chancery Lane says members want to know how climate risk affects their practice and how best to advise clients.
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OpinionLetters roundup: 6 September 2024
Court 'management' enriching litigators and speaking up for conveyancers: your letters to the editor
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NewsSociety unveils TA6 property form consultation timetable
Independent research body will soon reach out to conveyancers to carry out a quantitative survey.
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NewsThousand sign up for property form consultation
More than 1,000 conveyancing professionals have registered to be part of the Law Society's consultation on the TA6 property information form.