The Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (5th February 2021) announced GlobalX as the latest organisation to join as Affiliate Members. Established over 30 years ago, GlobalX is a provider of property and company information. Each day, GlobalX delivers thousands of accurate, accessible, and cost-effective searches to the UK’s […]
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January was a month in which one issue tended to dominate – the stamp duty holiday deadline and the growing industry calls for a tapering and possible extension. Many CA firms are dealing with workloads far in advance of normal, and there has been a variety of industry statistics focusing on the number of potential […]
Terrafirma, a leading provider of ground risk assessment, has today (28th January 2021) become the latest firm to join the Conveyancing Association, the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, as Affiliate members. Established in 2015, Terrafirma provides accurate and innovative mining and ground risk assessment and has grown into a leading provider of property […]
December always brings with it a chance to reflect on the year that has passed and what is to come in 2021. What we do know is that the first quarter of 2021 is likely to be incredibly busy for the conveyancing profession as they seek to ensure property transactions complete before the end of […]
Once again, it is the CA’s focus on the ongoing stamp duty holiday which takes up the bulk of our activity this month. Some were expecting an announcement on an extension to be made during the Chancellor’s Spending Review however that wasn’t forthcoming and the anticipation must be that, if any extension is to be […]
The Conveyancing Association (CA), the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry, has today (27th November 2020) launched a revised fifth version of its Cyberfraud and Fraud Protocol which provides conveyancing firms with practical information on how criminals operate and the measures they, and their staff, can take to avoid being victims of fraud and […]
In light of a few recent instances of scam emails being forwarded to Firms purporting to come from the SRA or FCA, Legal Eye thought it may be useful to circulate the SRA Podcast recently released summarising their Thematic Report on Cyber Crime published in September (which you can download below). This was produced following a series of […]
October has been a month dominated by one topic – the stamp duty holiday and the combined efforts of the housing industry to draw attention to next year’s deadline and to urge the Government to reconsider whether an extension or a taper wouldn’t be in the best interests of all. The CA has been working […]
Lloyd Davies MD of Convey Law, The Conveyancing Academy and Director of The Conveyancing Association joined CA Members to discuss approaches to conveyancer training, recruitment, and staff welfare. The Webinar is part of the series of Zoom Meetings created by the Association to provide their Members with the most up to date conveyancing and practice […]
Edward Donne, Divisional Director within our Professional Indemnity division, specialises in Licensed Conveyancer firms. 2020 has proven to be an extremely challenging year, particularly for Licensed Conveyancers. In these short, bite sized commentaries, he shares his experience of the current PII season along with his observations on how you might improve your position ahead of […]
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Our News Coverage | February 2021
February was another month dominated by calls for the stamp duty holiday to be extended/tapered or smoothed. At the time of writing, the entire industry is waiting for an...Read More