Conveyancing Solicitors
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The Green Deal ; Yet another example of the 'complexity creep' in conveyancing
On Monday 28th January the government formally launched the Green Deal scheme following its inception in October 2012. The intention behind the legislation is to improve the energy efficiency of the property stock in the UK. I have been asked by a number of conveyancing solicitors about what additional responsibilities there are for conveyancers during…
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Breach of trust claims against conveyancing solicitors : A moving target
In 2013 conveyancers are likely to witness the continuing trend for lenders to embrace breach of trust arguments rather than traditional negligence claims against conveyancing lawyers. Call me a ‘conspiracy theorist’ but I suspect that this approach has something to do with lenders’ fear of their previous risky lending practices coming back to the haunt…