News – Page 10
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NewsConveyancing director leaves roll over supervision failure
Solicitor will be excluded from the profession for at least three years after conveyancer created file notes on his watch.
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Crimestoppers aids fraud fight as conveyancers seek protection
Land Registry figures show £25m was lost through property hijack in the year to April 2017.
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Consultant lent client £30k then acted in parents' house sale
SRA notice outlines how experienced solicitor was involved in transaction where conflict was possible.
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Fewer conveyancers dealing with soaring workload
Search company says solicitors are now spending a day-and-a-half less on each case.
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Conveyancers welcome crackdown on leasehold abuse
Law Society president says some practices are nothing short of exploitative.
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Digital mortgages to go live this year
Deeds to be created, signed and registered without the need for any paperwork or involvement by humans, Land Registry claims.
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'Sanctions ladder' proposed for disciplinary action against conveyancers
Council for Licensed Conveyancers consults on guidance to ensure consistency when members face disciplinary action.
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Conveyancing 'still pretty busy' despite Brexit concerns
A third of respondents see little change in volumes according toregular survey conducted for the Gazette .
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SRA to canvass public over conveyancing experience
Former clients will be asked about access, choice, quality and cost.
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High Court overturns 'unfair' SDT decision to strike off solicitor
Judge finds 'serious procedural irregularity' in dishonesty finding.
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Conveyancers seek to put leasehold reform back on government agenda
Conveyancers outline proposals to housing minister Alok Sharma.
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Solicitor struck off - again - after facilitating diamond deals
Naresh Chopra, restored to the roll in 2004, deceived lenders over who was carrying out work.
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Veteran conveyancing solicitor couldn't account for missing £148k
Tribunal strikes off principal who had admitted a string of accounting rule breaches.
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Banned conveyancer worked for three firms after changing name
Oonagh Grant, 57, sentenced to five years for stealing more than half a million pounds.
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Society to look again at training elements of conveyancing quality scheme
Competition Appeals Tribunal rules on question of third party trainers.
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Solicitor fined £7.5k - with four times that in costs
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal orders Daniel Mun Kin Tang to pay £32,469 in costs for 'more than sloppy' conduct.
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'Forget HIPs': conveyancers push digital home reports
Conveyancing Association says talks around the return of home information packs is a red herring.
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Former solicitor named in £2m FCA confiscation order
Dale Walker was jailed after making nearly £900,000 from bogus land investment scheme.
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Opinion
Tories' land data body sounds excellent. But...
A cadastral agency is a very non-conservative - indeed Napoleonic - concept.
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Bird & Bird loses negligence appeal over £26m property
Court of Appeal says there is no basis to upset High Court judge's conclusion.
