News – Page 11
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NewsTaylor Wimpey pledges to remove 'unwarranted' leasehold terms
Competition watchdog warns it will take legal action against other developers who 'fail to do the right thing'.
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NewsConveyancing nightmare continues weeks after 'security incident'
Seller spent £1,000 moving out but exchange and completion failed to happen on agreed date.
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NewsCompetition watchdog probes search industry giant
Merger between Dye & Durham and TM Group could lead to higher costs for conveyancers, Competition and Markets Authority warns.
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NewsConveyancers face 'unjustified' negligence claims over stamp duty
HM Revenue & Customs unveils plans to end abuse of tax rules for mixed property and multiple dwellings.
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NewsIT crash firm says only a 'small proportion' of clients have moved
Simplify Group is continuing to restore systems three weeks after 'security incident'.
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NewsConveyancers 'failed' in their leasehold duty, MPs told
Solicitors criticised during parliamentary debate on measure to abolish onerous ground rents.
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NewsConveyancing IT crash should make firms 'review own response'
Cyber law specialist says major IT systems failure should encourage firms to ask themselves: 'what’s the worst that could happen and what would you do?'.
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NewsCriminal investigation opened on outage that caused conveyancing chaos
Simplify says it cannot comment on what caused major IT systems outage.
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NewsConveyancing giant still restoring IT systems after 'security incident'
Regulator says Simplify cannot confirm when restoration will support return to business as usual.
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NewsConveyancing giant suffers IT 'security incident'
Simplify says it has restored systems sufficiently to enable clients to complete transactions.
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NewsLand Registry announces first mandatory digital process
'Digital applications will be game-changing – for you and us', says chief executive.
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News‘You use it, you pay for it’: Conveyancers change how they fund ombudsman
Two practices subject to most complaints set to pay an extra £28,000 between them.
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NewsLand registration charge to soar from January
Increase is the first since 2009 and will help fund digital ambitions, HMLR says.
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NewsEmails intercepted in £640,000 conveyancing fraud
Law Society, National Economic Crime Centre and National Crime Agency unveil anti-scam campaign.
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NewsListed tech startup acquires conveyancing firm as test bed
Acquisition of CLC-regulated Amity Law will help ULS Technology evolve new digital products in a 'live environment'.
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Opinion‘You can only work a seven-day week for so long’
Following the tsunami of instructions post-lockdown, many conveyancers hope today marks a new chapter in their professional lives.
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NewsFirms offered lower PII premiums for security tech
Offer from leading professional indemnity insurer is on condition firms use specific system for verifying client identities.
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NewsCalls to 'socialise' unique property reference numbers
Residential property specialists suggest UPRNs have not been widely adopted due to lack of awareness.
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NewsYorkshire firm swoops to take 11-strong team from rivals
Switalskis adds Sheffield arm to its residential property team.