Conveyancers ‘should not cross-examine clients’ over stamp duty

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm3rd February 2016

The Law Gazette Conveyancers risk becoming a police force as part of unintended consequences of the government’s higher stamp duty rates, a trade body has warned. In last year’s autumn statement and spending review, the government announced higher rates of stamp duty land tax on the purchase of additional residential properties as part of a…

Blavo & Co judgment reports thousands of files missing

UncategorizedBy hardwood_adm3rd February 2016

The Law Gazette Further details have emerged about the demise of London-headquartered firm Blavo & Co Solicitors, which was shut down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in October. Mr Justice Garnham continued a freezing order against the firm’s former managing director John Blavo in a High Court judgment handed down on 28 January. A freezing…