All Conveyancing articles – Page 15
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Home truths
Conveyancing is in need of an overhaul – but will vested interests thwart effective reforms? Marialuisa Taddia reports.
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Coronavirus: New guidance over conveyancing transactions
Request for properties to be decontaminated among issues raised with Law Society.
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Competition watchdog backs upfront leasehold information
Competition and Markets Authority says reaction to its investigation is testament to importance of issues.
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Electronically signed deeds are legal, lord chancellor confirms
Government to convene working party to consider video witnessing question.
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Conveyancing fraud gang jailed for diverting deposit monies
Investigators found group would steal log-in details for email accounts and dupe conveyancing clients.
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Competition watchdog attacks conveyancer-developer tie-ups
Competition and Markets Authority concerned solicitors could compromise duty to clients to avoid losing recommendations.
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Active conveyancers at record low
Conveyancing bore the full brunt of political and economic uncertainty in the final quarter of 2019, market tracker shows.
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High street big names to create ‘conveyancing powerhouse’
McMillan Williams and Taylor Rose TTKW hope to reach merger agreement this week, Gazette understands.
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Land Registry suffers digital setback over local land charge data
Searches for Peterborough City Council disabled days after it moved to a national register.
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Conveyancers to test HIP-inspired questionnaire
Stakeholder group assisting the government says new form will deliver 'one source of truth' about a property.
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Conveyancing referral fees move up the agenda
Report to land on ministers' desks next month revealing how well estate agents are doing on transparency.
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Slow progress migrating land charge data
Land Registry hopes to have 15 local authorities signed up to digital register by April.
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Three options for reforming leasehold enfranchisement
Law Commission says it received hundreds of differing views from leaseholders and landlords.
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Putting the house in order
From fighting money laundering to keeping an eye on dodgy estate agents, the regulatory burden on conveyancing solicitors is growing. Marialuisa Taddia reports
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'Inflection point' looms for top conveyancers
Biggest players grab record share of the market amid slowdown.
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Supreme Court backs freeholder in leasehold covenant dispute
Justices rule three to two to overturn Court of Appeal decision over London property.
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Serious misconduct is not always a banning offence, High Court rules
SRA fails to persuade judges to increase suspension penalty imposed on solicitor lacking in integrity.
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Government keen to test reservation agreements to cut conveyancing stress
Property lawyers told that a field trial could be run by March.
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Tribunal ‘extremely troubled’ by SRA investigator’s inadequate evidence
Bulk of case against experienced solicitor is thrown out following criticism.
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Brexit blamed for conveyancing dip
Number of transactions falls for a second consecutive quarter.