Legal Focus, part five: Residual balances rules have changed
The penultimate guide in Hazlewood’s Legal Focus series looks at confirmation of the increase in the limit for donating residual client balances without prior SRA authorisation.
Ascent Legal reports 10% rise in ‘bizarre’ freeman on the land defences
Ascent Legal, one of the UK’s leading specialist recoveries law firms, has reported a 10% increase in bogus ‘freeman on the land’ defences filed by defendants facing unsecured and secured debts.
The university in the office
Law firms are being temporarily transformed into universities for their partners in an initiative from leading costs and pricing consultancy, Burcher Jennings.
Business is booming as national legal services provider expands it North Wales operations
Market leading national conveyancing search provider PSG is set to expand its operations in north Wales.
UK firm Maclay Murray and Spens chooses HighQ and Tikit for user-friendly client extranets
UK law firm Maclay Murray and Spens LLP (MMS) has selected HighQ Collaborate, through technology resellers Tikit, to provide its enhanced client extranet services.
Nearly half of conveyancers don’t know how serious a client’s flood risk could be
In a recent poll conducted by leading property data and service provider TM Group, it was revealed that almost half of the conveyancers polled did not realise how serious a client’s flood risk could be.
CML lender update – rely on TitleChecker to tell you the answer
Amendments to the CML lenders handbook were made on 1 December, with 31 changes made to both part one and two of the CML.
Legal Focus, part four: VAT – a reminder of why tax law is so lengthy
Part four of Hazlewood’s Legal Focus guide looks at the difference between “basic tax point” and “actual tax point.”
