Rob Hailstone, an ex-residential property conveyancer with (this year, 2024) 5 decades of experience, formed the Bold Legal Group (BLG) in 2010. The BLG now has approximately 700 member firms of all different shapes and sizes throughout England and Wales (all of which carry out a significant number of residential conveyancing transaction annually) and is widely respected by all stakeholders including legal regulators, lenders, HMLR and the DLUHC. As well as the weekly information bulletins, having a thriving online Q & A forum (with over 1500 individual subscribers), and BLGTraining (CPD accredited), BLG members have over the years been given a voice and are kept informed about all relevant conveyancing issues, including (but not limited to) SRA Fraud Alerts, Law Society Practice Notes, HMLR updates, GDPR, the IDD, Dreamvar, VAT on searches/disbursements, Pricing and Transparency, cladding (EWS1), SDLT changes the Government’s current attempt at Improving the Home Buying and Selling Process, referral fees, the ongoing changes to Material Information and the Building Safety Act 2022!
Rob also set up National Conveyancing Week, now an annual event, which was launched in the Spring of 2023.
BLG member firms are among the best informed and best protected firms in England and Wales, with membership respected by lenders, professional indemnity insurance brokers and professional indemnity insurers amongst others.
“Rob, you are the eyes, ears and voice we need and appreciate.” BLG Member