Cyber Crime & Buying Property
How safe is your data? Newspapers are full of horror stories about scam emails and homebuyers losing thousands to online criminals. Cyber criminals often mislead buyers to misdirect their deposits or outstanding monies into the wrong bank accounts instead of to their Conveyancing Solicitor’s account. [...]
Conveyancing Rules Of A Gift
When is a gift not a gift? I mean this in relation to buying a house and being given cash towards a conveyancing transaction. You will no doubt have seen the piece in the news recently about Ryan Giggs moving into the house he bought for [...]
CMA To Assess Quality Of UK Legal Services
For a long time the legal services industry has seemed confusing and often expensive for customers, but it has been revealed that many firms themselves find the complex and overly stringent regulations system a nightmare to navigate. The framework is seemingly just as complicated for [...]
Buying Property & Money Laundering
Money laundering is something that we have to talk about a lot. Clients who are buying a property are often puzzled about why this is… Conveyancing solicitors have a legal duty to be sure about the source of funds for a transaction. Confusion We have [...]
Buying New Build Homes
Marmite There are generally two camps for new builds - those who absolutely love the idea of purchasing a new build and those who are terrified of the prospect of purchasing a new build property. You could call new builds the Marmite of the housing [...]
Buying At Auction – Get Prepared
Buying property at auction is a great way to buy property - you can get a great deal through an exciting and vibrant process. But, for some, buying property at auction can be an overwhelming and a confusing process. Unlike usual conveyancing transactions whereby contracts [...]
