Month: August 2021

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has rejected an appeal by a solicitor struck off after he “turned a blind eye” to the warning signs of fraud in an early release pension scam. The post High Court rejects appeal by struck-off pension scam solicitor appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe High Court has rejected a claim by Manchester City football club that there was apparent bias on the part of three QCs sitting on a Premier League arbitration panel. The post QC arbitrators in Man City case were not “beholden” to Premier League appeared first on Legal […]

This post was originally published on this siteHM Land Registry is to pilot a new lawyer certification scheme in the next year to “help provide trust” in the information it receives. The post Land Registry to pilot lawyer certificate scheme appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteShould your conveyancer answer the phone? According to Bernadette Bennett, head of legal at Moneypenny and Clare Yates, consultant and conveyancing founder of CY Training Works, the answer is unequivocally no. The post Should conveyancers answer the phone? appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteThe number of property transactions registered in England and Wales climbed 20% over the last quarter, rising to 290,248 in Q2 2021, up from 241,916 in Q1 2021, according to the latest edition of the Conveyancing Market Tracker from Search Acumen, the property data insight and technology provider. […]

This post was originally published on this siteAfter market review and trial evaluation, leading global law firm selects iManage as unified, secure, and governed global platform for 6,500 professionals The post Linklaters selects iManage as global platform for document, email management and collaboration appeared first on Legal Futures.

This post was originally published on this siteAnother five firms have been fined for AML breaches, which follows on the heels of six that were recently fined £800 each with £600 costs; it is of note that two of these firms held the CQS accreditation and another two held the Lexcel accreditation; I hope they […]

This post was originally published on this siteWith changed economic and political influences, coal mining has now virtually ceased in the UK. Although there are a few proposals for underground mines in the pipeline (such as the proposal to mine Coking coal in Cumbria), this seems unlikely to change in the near future. Equally, the […]