Legislation has now become law and letting agents not registered with one of six schemes is now trading illegally.

NALS and Money Shield get official approval to offer agents Client Money Protection schemes, membership of which is to become mandatory.

Hamilton Fraser's Client Money Protect offering now has an official seal of approval and is for agents holding up to £5 million of client cash.

As unintended consequences go, says Adam Walker, this tale of woe is a great illustration of how our lives and businesses can be dramatically disrupted without us doing anything wrong.

Details of the new Client Money Protection schemes that letting agents must join before April 2019 are shaping up.

The government has laid down the new legislation in parliament that will make Client Money Protection mandatory for all agents by April next year.

Switch to mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP) could come in a matter of weeks, with Government expected to finalise and release its regulations imminently.

The news that the government is to introduce compulsory Client Money Protection (CMP) for agents made the national newspaper headlines recently. But the strenuous attempts to have it introduced have been in…

If you are a professional agent, rather than a gun-slinging bandit, you can demonstrate to landlords and tenants that you are one of the good guys.

Membership of a Client Money Protection scheme must be made compulsory for all letting agents in England, a government working group has concluded following more than six months of written and spoken…