The ombudsman has reported that residential conveyancing was the biggest cause of complaints for 2020/21. Family law (14%), personal injury and wills and probate (13%) and litigation (8%) were the next highest areas of complaint. The ombudsman found evidence of poor service in 55% of...

Leading law firm, Beyond Law Group, has established a specialist conveyancing practice, Beyond Conveyancing, to provide a top end quality conveyancing service for clients. In a market dominated by volume conveyancers and call centres, Beyond Conveyancing will provide a very different service for its...

Fees for registers and transfers of title will be subject to a fee increase by the end of the month, says HM Land Registry. Conveyancers are warned of the first fee increase in 13 years, with other changes set to follow suit. Last November, the agency...