Conveyancing

Articles

1 Mar 2016

Solicitors and conveyancers predict a busier market in 2016

Searches UK discuss the predicted increase in transactions this year and the VAT to be added to council (official) local authority searches

17 Feb 2016

Safe Move Scheme captures first fraud prevention victim

Product sets benchmark for preventing phishing scams, says RG Solicitors' managing partner

17 Feb 2016

CLC hopes to develop 'specialist' service after strong 2015

New routes to qualification will open up further access to the legal profession

4 Feb 2016

The fraudsters after conveyancers' money

Conveyancing firms in England and Wales handle close to 100,000 transactions a month. With the average property worth £186,325, it is easy to see why fraudsters find conveyancing transactions so irresistible. Firms must be vigilant, particularly as the methodologies adopted by fraudsters are constantly evolving.

25 Jan 2016

InfoTrack advertising campaign empathises with conveyancing challenges

Service provider aims to evolve traditional working practices and administrative processes to make transactions easier and faster

19 Jan 2016

The new CPD scheme 'for conveyancers

Solicitors now have more freedom to assess their training needs and the flexibility to undertake training that is tailored to the work they do, explains Russell Hewitson

19 Jan 2016

LeO publishes new guidance to clarify lawyers' role in conveyancing process

Home buyer's £20,000 bill hits headlines as conveyancing complaints take centre stage

12 Jan 2016

A new year, a new non-resident capital gains tax

Samantha Mason advises conveyancing solicitors on the rules governing ?the tax on gains arising from the sale of UK property