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Law Society calls on Cable to broker long-term peace agreement with lenders
Wednesday, 12 September 2012The Law Society has called on the government to lead a “mediated dialogue” with mortgage lenders to deliver “an amicable long-term solution” to the ongoing arguments over conveyancing panels. It has asked business secretary Vince Cable to intervene.
Tags: conveyancing, Council of, Financial Services Authority, Law Society, licensed conveyancers, mortgage fraud, separate representation
Posted in Latest news
Survey reveals mixed response to Conveyancing Quality Scheme
Thursday, 9 August 2012Just over half of conveyancing firms have applied for accreditation under the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme, with those yet to do so unconvinced of the benefits, according to new research.
Tags: conveyancing, conveyancing quality scheme, CQS, Law Society, licensed conveyancers
Posted in Competence, Latest news
AIM-listed conveyancing business announces first law firm acquisition
Tuesday, 15 May 2012AIM-listed online conveyancing business In-Deed – which last year became the first business to announce its intention to invest in law firms – has today begun its acquisition programme after admitting that its direct-to-consumer model is not growing as quickly as hoped.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, licensed conveyancers
Posted in Latest news, Market monitor
Bigger than ABSs?
Monday, 5 March 2012While alternative business structures are gaining all the headlines right now, something perhaps even more fundamental is going on this year: the Legal Education and Training Review. Many know it’s happening, but I suspect few quite understand how radically it could reshape the foundation of becoming a lawyer. I don’t think I did until last week, when I attended the first of a series of five seminars being run by the Legal Services Board, this one in association with the Legal Services Institute.
Tags: bar standards board, Barristers, ILEX Professional Standards, legal education, legal education and training review, legal practice course, licensed conveyancers, Solicitors, Solicitors Regulation Authority, will-writing
Posted in Blog
Conveyancing regulator warns HSBC and other lenders about restricted panels
Friday, 17 February 2012The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has waded into the row over HSBC’s 43-strong conveyancing panel, expressing concern that “the limited size panel risks inadvertently restricting consumer choice and distorting competition in the conveyancing market”.
Tags: conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, licensed conveyancers, Solicitors Regulation Authority
Posted in Latest news, Other lawyers
Licensed conveyancers unveil rival to CQS amid warning that lenders are becoming backdoor regulators
Thursday, 24 November 2011The body representing licensed conveyancers has launched a quality assurance scheme uniquely linked to their regulator in a bid to help detect mortgage fraud. The move by the Society of Licensed Conveyancers goes significantly further than the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme.
Tags: conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, Legal Services Consumer Panel, licensed conveyancers, mortgage fraud, Society of Licensed Conveyancers
Posted in Competence, News, Other lawyers, Solicitors
Exclusive: top conveyancing practice becomes the first ever ABS
Thursday, 6 October 2011Legal Futures can reveal that Premier Property Lawyers – one of the largest conveyancing businesses in the country – has today become the first ever alternative business structure as the new regime finally gets underway.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, licensed conveyancers
Posted in Alternative business structures, Market monitor, News, Other lawyers
Rightmove founder vows to dominate online conveyancing market in three years
Monday, 23 May 2011The founder of property website Rightmove enters the law today with the intention of making his online conveyancing service the market leader within three years, Legal Futures can reveal. It is being marketed on the basis of service quality, rather than price.
Tags: conveyancing, conveyancing quality scheme, licensed conveyancers
Posted in Client care, Market monitor, News
The end for “licensed conveyancers”? CLC seeks new name as it bids for ABSs’ business
Wednesday, 18 May 2011The Council for Licensed Conveyancers is investigating a new name for both itself and those it regulates as part of plans to attract alternative business structures shopping around for a regulator. It plans to use its position as an ABS licensing authority to strengthen and grow its “regulated community”.
Tags: ABS, advocacy, Alternative business structures, Council for Licensed Conveyancers, licensed conveyancers, litigation rights
Posted in Alternative business structures, News, Other lawyers
Licensed conveyancers on top as Land Registry figures expose “cottage industry”
Tuesday, 8 February 2011The fragmented nature of the conveyancing market has been laid bare by figures showing that nearly a third of the 9,000 legal practices which registered dealings with the Land Registry last year handled 10 or fewer transfers. While MyHomeMove made almost 10,000 applications for transfers in 2010, 834 firms only made one application the whole 12 months, according to Land Registry figures.
Tags: ABS, Alternative business structures, conveyancing, licensed conveyancers
Posted in Market monitor, News