Property
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NewsSuspension for failure to disclose wife's property conflict
Tribunal finds experienced solicitor ought to have known about dangers of conflict of interest.
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NewsSociety unveils 'two-form' approach to TA6
Separate 'before and after offer' forms designed to make process of gathering property information straightforward.
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NewsCouncil and legal advice service clash over proposed rent rise of 562,000%
Council says Waterloo Action Centre, which pays a peppercorn rent, is ineligible for further cash until it signs a new lease.
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NewsConveyancing storm over Nationwide's requirements 'grenade'
Conveyancing practitioners feared lender's updated requirements would slow down nearly all transactions.
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NewsCommission revisits 'fragmented and inaccessible' compulsory purchase law
Piecemeal reforms over the past two decades have complicated the current legislative framework.
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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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NewsFirm to appeal negligence finding over property dispute
Solicitors had argued in court that not all mistakes constituted professional negligence.
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NewsMore ‘dither and delay’? Government issues timetable for leasehold reform
’Ambitious’ Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will be brought forward late next year.
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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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NewsFirm hire: Freeths recruits real estate partner
Paul Lloyd specialises in high volume and high value sales, acquisitions and developments.
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NewsLeasehold reforms: Charity challenges massive wealth transfer to ‘non-doms and tax exiles’
Mark Stephens leading novel High Court challenge to primary legislation which could cost charities millions.
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NewsFirm hire: Thrings appoints commercial property partner
Salma Maqsood serves as junior vice president for Bristol Law Society and as a social mobility ambassador for the Law Society.
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NewsElection ‘wash-up’ latest: Leasehold reform bill set to pass
Legislation to reform leasehold system likely to go through - but select committees abort inquiries into probate, the county court, and home buying and selling.
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NewsMemory lane
A call for voluntary HIPs and a constitutional balancing act: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsFirm hire: Property litigation partner returns to Trowers & Hamlins
Dan Banks rejoins the firm in Manchester.
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NewsFirm hire: Bridge McFarland welcomes commercial property partner
Ryan Crellin joins the property team in the firm’s Hull office.
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NewsChurch of England steps into leasehold reform debate
Bishop of Manchester argues charities should be exempt from the abolition of marriage value.
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NewsPLAG shoots from the HIP
Tension simmers in residential property sector over best way to speed up home buying and selling process.
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NewsNews focus: National Conveyancing Week - digital property passport under scrutiny
The draft Digital Property Information Protocol was unveiled for National Conveyancing Week, but many practitioners are unconvinced it is any sort of panacea for the home buying process.
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