Property


Rescinding £32.5m house sale “will not change conveyancing”

11 February 2025

The High Court has rejected the argument that its decision to order recission of a £32.5m house sale because of the presence of clothes moths will cause conveyancers problems.


Civil servant takes chair of Digital Property Market Steering Group

11 February 2025

A senior civil servant has taken over as chair of the Digital Property Market Steering Group amid the positive response to the announcement of plans to digitise the home-buying process.


Government commits to digitising home-buying process

10 February 2025

The government yesterday pledged to bring the home-buying process “into the digital age” by opening up property information so it can be shared between all those involved in a transaction.


Court readiness will not drive Renter’s Rights Bill, says minister

10 February 2025

The government will not tie implementation of the Renter’s Rights Bill will “what could be a subjective assessment of court readiness”, a minister said last week.


Solicitors “letting down” women subjected to economic abuse

28 January 2025

Lawyers giving independent legal advice in cases of potential economic abuse of women are helping the abusers more than their clients, new research has suggested.


Too complex and long – conveyancers condemn Law Society form

17 January 2025

Conveyancers have told the Law Society that its controversial new TA6 property information form is too complex and too long, it revealed yesterday.


Solicitor had clients pay fees into personal bank account

15 January 2025

A solicitor has been struck off for telling clients to pay small sums of money into his personal account – but, very unusually, his identity has been kept secret.


Strike-off for partner who asked seller’s firm to backdate completion

14 January 2025

A conveyancing partner who asked the seller’s solicitor if he could backdate completion by a day to save his client stamp duty land tax has been struck off.


City firm partner fined for unwitting role in property fraud

9 January 2025

A property partner who failed to undertake proper anti-money laundering checks on a client involved in a “substantial fraud” has been fined £27,500.


SRA imposes control order on CILEX lawyer who misled lender client

7 January 2025

A CILEX lawyer who misled her lender client so as to complete a residential property transaction has been made subject to a control order by the SRA.

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