Solicitors Regulation Authority
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Products & Services
PM Law closure – emergency advice offered to housebuyers and sellers
The Home Buying & Selling Council chaired by Kate Faulkner OBE, has produced an emergency information kit for buyers and sellers caught up in the closure of the major conveyancing firm.
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Housing Market
Investigation launched after major conveyancing firm shuts doors
PM Law operated five offices and traded under several different names before it closed abruptly last week.
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Regulation & Law
Estate agents forced to issue guidance after solicitor’s closure
The shock shutdown of north-west legal firm Butterworths Solicitors has left property transactions in limbo.
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Regulation & Law
Highly-experienced solicitor struck off for £650,000 deposit breach
Charles Stevens has been found 'guilty' of misleading seller's solicitor over the whereabouts of deposit for £6.5m property transaction.
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Latest property news
Land Registry boss talks candidly about speeding up property sales
Each episode sees HM Land Registry’s Deputy Chief Executive talk to industry leaders across the property sector about speeding up homebuying.
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Latest property news
Conveyancers face disciplinary hearing as police probe ‘speedy house sales’ firm
Meena Kumari and Teena Kumari Banga are alleged to have processed house sales that left vendor clients of website substantially out of pocket.
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Latest property news
LATEST: Solicitors report vendor fraud as ‘key money laundering’ activity during 2020
Report to Solicitors Regulation Authority board says suspicious activity worth £200m was reported to NCA last year, much of it involving vendor fraud.
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Regulation & Law
Solicitors’ regulator closes down 16-branch conveyancing group
Group with four trading names and over 180 employees has been closed down after suspected staff dishonesty and a failure to comply with regulatory rules.
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Latest property news
Conveyancing fraud – cases are on the rise
Fraudsters hacked emails to seller’s solicitor and stole £340,000 proceeds of a property sale.
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