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Non-lawyer gains ABS licence for conveyancing practice
Tuesday, 27 November 2012A conveyancing business set up by a technology specialist has become the latest alternative business structure. Peter Ambrose, the owner of The Partnership, based in Guildford, Surrey, described its licence as an “endorsement”.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
Unsustainable pricing means most conveyancing firms are "bust", says leading enterpreneur
Tuesday, 20 November 2012Fewer than half of the current number of residential conveyancing specialist firms will be in business within three years and probably just one in ten, according to the entrepreneur who founded the UK’s most successful property website.
Tags: conveyancing
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Estate agent-owned conveyancing businesses become latest ABSs
Tuesday, 13 November 2012Two south-east conveyancing businesses owned by estate agents have become the newest alternative business structure (ABS), meaning that more than 50 licences have now been issued by the two ABS regulators.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor, Other lawyers
Conveyancers mull ABS conversion – but don’t think new competition will improve client service
Wednesday, 7 November 2012More than half of conveyancing firms are open to becoming alternative business structures, even though few believe they will improve services for clients. They are also more worried about lenders’ panel selection decisions than new competition.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
Fireworks at PSG as it celebrates the launch of new website
Tuesday, 6 November 2012PSG, one of the market leading providers of searches and reports for conveyancers in England and Wales, is pleased to launch its new website: www.psgconnect.co.uk. The new site has been developed with the client in mind with the national part of the site portraying the corporate credentials and heritage of the company.
Tags: conveyancing, Property Searches, PSG
Posted in associate news
ABS licence for top building society and estate agency
Wednesday, 24 October 2012A volume conveyancing business owned by Britain’s fourth largest building society is targeting a move into other areas of legal services after receiving its alternative business structure (ABS) licence.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, licensed conveyancers
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor, Other lawyers
… as Saga expands into fixed-fee private client services and bids for ABS status too
Wednesday, 3 October 2012Over-50s specialist Saga has today launched a new range of legal services which it claims aims to make the market “more straightforward in terms of charges, language and accessibility” – and has also applied for an alternative business structure licence.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, fixed fees, legal expenses insurance, probate, will-writing
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, Market monitor
News in brief: SRA launches Hillsborough probe, two more ABSs, PC renewal timetable and more
Friday, 21 September 2012Our latest round-up of news you need to know includes the SRA launching an investigation into the conduct of solicitors after the Hillsborough disaster, the latest ABS licences, PC renewal details, and a bid to ensure high standards of complaints handling among conveyancers.
Tags: ABS, conveyancing, Legal Ombudsman, LeO, practising certificate, price comparison, professional indemnity insurance, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news, News In Brief, Solicitors
Conveyancers far more worried by lender panels than ABSs, survey finds
Tuesday, 18 September 2012Lenders’ panel selection decisions, rather than alternative business structures (ABSs), are the main cloud hanging over the conveyancing industry, according to new research. Only a fifth are planning or considering becoming an ABS.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, mortgage fraud
Posted in Alternative business structures, Latest news
AIM-listed conveyancing business eyes new law firm acquisition
Monday, 17 September 2012Online conveyancing business In-Deed is lining up a second law firm acquisition as it shifts its focus away from a direct-to-consumer model, its first annual report has revealed. The AIM-listed company’s chairman is Rightmove founder Harry Hill.
Tags: conveyancing, Online Legal Services
Posted in Latest news, Legal Services Act, Market monitor
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