property solicitors

Conveyancing firms were concerned about being removed from a lenders panel according to a study

November 10, 2012

According to a research conducted by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) the biggest risk faced by conveyancing solicitors and firms was being removed from a lender panel. The findings have emerged after the regulator had visited to 100 firms over the summer most of who were members of at least one lender panel, said SRA […]

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Homeowners win case against council over repairing bills for work on two blocks

November 8, 2012

The leaseholders on the Tremlett Grove Estate, in Archway, took Islington Council to the Leaseholders Valuation Tribunal (LVT) arguing that the authority was overcharging by seven figures for work on two blocks. The LVT had told the council to slash the bill by £225,000 meaning each of the 14 leaseholders were getting a discount of […]

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