November 2020

Announced last week, the government department has set the deadline for comment on its draft identity-checking requirements. The drafted document sets out to create a ‘Safe Harbour Standard’ for Conveyancers when checking a client’s identity and it is hoped that it will provide clarity for software developers as well as property lawyers. Mike Harlow, general counsel, deputy …

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Here we go again – as soon as the Prime Minister’s announcement was made, the biggest question for the legal sector, along with if courts were to remain open,  was if house moves could still continue. With levels higher than ever caused by pent up demand of lockdown #1 and then the Chancellor’s SDLT freeze, …

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