News – Page 8
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NewsConveyancer offered discounts - to clients paying him directly
Firm’s internal audit found nine occasions when clients paid into salaried partner’s personal account.
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NewsWye Valley firm absorbs conveyancing practice
Gwyn James Solicitors announces merger with Dean Conveyancing.
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NewsNew coalition seeks to drive e-conveyancing
Digital Property Market Steering Group represents government agencies, legal professional bodies and business.
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NewsConveyancing: Law Society lobbies for changes to building safety legislation
Measures expose profession to potentially ‘unacceptable’ levels of risk, says president Lubna Shuja.
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NewsLand Registry customer satisfaction falls again
Overall service rated good to excellent by 60% of customers in 2022-23, down from 70% two years previously.
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NewsPII trends: seven in 10 firms still lack cyber-insurance
First Law Society survey of professional indemnity insurance since 2018 also tracks huge increase in premiums as market hardened.
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NewsLaw firm accuses rivals of turning conveyancing into 'combat sport'
Dutton Gregory hits out at other firms for slowing down the process, setting back completion times.
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NewsSolicitor who helped relative’s house sale faces private SDT prosecution
Lawyer denies all allegations of professional misconduct brought by purchaser of a property with an ongoing neighbour dispute.
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NewsClients search for new conveyancers as firm shuts doors
Headcount at Alexander Grace Law had more than doubled at the start of this decade but business is now gone.
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NewsLand Registry embarks on recruitment drive
Dozen assistant land registrars will replace staff who have left the organisation.
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NewsLand Registry says its hub 'saves conveyancers hours'
Front-loaded support introduced for complex and large-scale applications.
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NewsCyber-attack cost conveyancing giant £7m - but the insurers paid up
Goodwill writedown contributes to huge operating loss at Simplify, which was forced to cut new instructions for 10 weeks.
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NewsLeasehold reform 'in next session of parliament'
Levelling up minister rules out pre-legislative scrutiny for 'very complex' legislation.
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Opinion'No shocks': CLC sets out its stall
Council for Licensed Conveyancers chiefs explain what sets niche regulator apart from the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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NewsNews focus: National Conveyancing Week - home truths
National Conveyancing Week aims to boost an ‘undervalued and unappreciated’ sector. This week’s inaugural event heard many gripes but also set out to bust a few myths
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NewsNational Conveyancing Week: upfront information 'myths' debunked
Conveyancing chief says those providing upfront information are averaging transaction times of 12 weeks.
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NewsNational Conveyancing Week: Panel managers 'slowing conveyancers down'
Practitioners attending event say they are bombarded with calls and emails.
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NewsSolicitor fined £32,000 for secretly working against firm's own client
Firm’s manager instructed solicitor to be 'more aggressive' in correspondence.