Conveyancing

Articles

25 Oct 2010

Conveyancers pin survival hopes on new accreditation scheme

Property lawyers have welcomed the idea of a new accreditation scheme for conveyancers but some are already doubting whether a scheme intended to raise professional standards and help the profession fight off new entrants will have any effect in practice.

19 Oct 2010

Update: health and safety

The Young report promises to crack down on health and safety law, but does this area really need improving? Zahra Nanji investigates

28 Sept 2010

Conveyancers feel most threatened by ABSs

A large majority of conveyancing lawyers, 73 per cent, believe that client loyalty will not protect them from the threats posed by Tesco law, a survey seen by Solicitors Journal has found.

20 Sept 2010

Pulling together

Collective actions have typically been dealt with in an ad hoc and unpredictable manner, but, now that they are rising in popularity, how can solicitors make them work? David Greene explains

16 Sept 2010

DEFRA plans to give farmers licences to cull badgers

DEFRA is planning to give farmers licences to cull or vaccinate badgers in those parts of England worst affected by bovine TB.

13 Sept 2010

Advocates remember the 'greatest jurist of our time'

Lawyers have reacted with sadness to the death this weekend of Lord Bingham, described today by Lord Hope, the deputy president of the Supreme Court, as the "greatest jurist of our time".

13 Sept 2010

Djanogly 'not going to get the chop' for calling in private investigators

Legal aid minister Jonathan Djanogly is expected to cling onto his job despite admitting he paid private investigators £5,000 to monitor his colleagues.

13 Sept 2010

Slipping through the net

The internet has enabled copyright infringement to spiral out of control, but will the Digital Economy Act help tackle the problem? Rob Hines and Clare Arthurs find out