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Guidance: beating the SDLT holiday

Conveyancing solicitors under heavy pressure to meet client demands to complete transactions ahead of the expiry of the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday on 30 June

New boundary disputes mediation service

A new mediation service to help neighbours resolve boundary disputes outside of the courts has been launched

Estate agents face 'regulatory timebomb'

A lack of regulatory guidance hampering 5MLD adoption is exposing agents, research revealed.

Local authority funding boost for local land charges move

A further £26m has been promised to local authorities to speed up migration of local land charges services to central register

Overworked conveyancers at breaking point

Residential conveyancers are struggling to cope with the covid-19 property boom 

The cladding blame game

Alec Samuels considers who could potentially be held responsible in law for problem cladding

The cladding conundrum

Government moves to deal with the fallout from dangerous cladding leaves solicitors, in Sarah Dwight's view, unable to properly advise clients

Funny money: Don't be like Al Capone

With money laundering now a sophisticated affair, Susan Humble warns of the risks of complacency