Property

A 50-person law firm that specialises in property management work has taken investment from LDC, part of Lloyds Banking Group.

Confidence among home movers about sharing information digitally – and indeed in the home-buying process improving – is growing strongly, research has found.

A former partner in a London law firm transferred almost £700,000 of his own money to a client company to avoid a negligence claim.

A group of conveyancers have joined forces to create a new initiative aimed at solving practical issues that “clog” the conveyancing process.

A South London law firm that failed to perform an undertaking given during a property transaction for nearly two and a half years has been rebuked by the SRA.

The government has promised to “simplify” conveyancing as part of its home-buying reforms, recognising that the role of conveyancers has “expanded significantly”.

The government is pressing ahead with reforms to the home-buying process, which it says will cut transaction times by around four weeks.

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has warned of the risk of “regulatory blind spots” after a review of referral fees revealed shortcomings in firms documenting arrangements.

HM Revenue & Customs has finally issued detailed guidance on when conveyancers need to register with it as tax advisers.

There are good levels of job satisfaction across the conveyancing and probate communities regulated by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers – but workloads are high.