All Conveyancing articles – Page 24
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News
Creditors lose almost £1m as former directors buy back fraud-hit firm
Administrator says pre-pack deal is best possible for creditors and staff of Kent practice.
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Conveyancing tax hike on 1 January? Society demands answers
An apparent 'stealth tax’ hike on housebuying has left conveyancing solicitors facing an uncertain Christmas. The Law Society is today seeking urgent clarification from HMRC on unconfirmed reports that VAT will be imposed on searches conducted by local councils from 1 January - just six working days away. Chancery Lane ...
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Opinion
The high street solicitor can survive - I know, I used one
Tradition is almost a dirty word among the people urging firms to modernise. But it could be the high street’s saviour.
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Conveyancing productivity up 55% in three years
Study by search company shows conveyancers completing one transaction every 2.4 working days.
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Conveyancers urged to publicise fraud email alert scheme
Free Land Registry service sends e-alerts of all activity relating to up to 10 properties.
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Conveyancers back ‘pre-contract packs’ for buyers
Solicitors believe upfront information would help to speed the homebuying process - but a HIP replacement is off their agenda.
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Autumn statement: U-turn on Land Registry
For the second time in two years, government abandons plans to sell off Land Registry.
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Feature
Conveyancing: taxing obligations
Managing stamp taxes compliance has become a whole lot harder.
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News
New manifesto for homebuying reform
Streamlining money laundering rules, leasehold reform and a big push towards electronic conveyancing identified as priorities by the Conveyancing Association.
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Solicitor fined over £2m SDLT avoidance scheme
Kelly Buckle-Fleming acted in transactions where there was a ‘significant risk of conflict’.
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Lawyers who suffered ‘years of anxiety’ cleared of fraud allegations
Case against solicitor and legal executive ’should not have been brought’, High Court judge rules.
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Societies cautious on SDLT proposals
Plan to reduce payment window to 14 days could increase risk of error in complex transactions.
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Practising restrictions lifted on ex-Blakemores chief
Conditions imposed on former Blakemores chief Guy Barnett are ’no longer in public interest’.
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Share price tumbles as listed company increases debt by £10m
Fairpoint profits drop slightly in first half of this year.
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Firm helped clients avoid £1.3m stamp duty payments
Gloucestershire firm BPE Solicitors agrees to regulatory settlement following SRA investigation.
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Wales levies first tax in 800 years
Land transaction tax will be payable on the purchase or lease of a building or land in Wales over a certain value.
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Opinion
Identity check
Could Land Registry register passport-sized photos of buyers with their signatures?
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News
Land Registry sell-off dropped from infrastructure bill
Government says no decision has yet been taken on privatisation.
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Conveyancing clerk banned from profession over fake client emails
Non-solicitor Graham Borley ordered to pay £7,500 financial penalty because of employer's ABS status.