Conveyancing market restarts with 450,000 home moves ready to go - CONVEYANCING PODCAST EPISODE 11

Welcome to Conveyancing Podcast Episode 11.  

Matthew and Thomas explore the weekly news roundup in the Conveyancing world.  

In today's podcast the first article from the Law Society Gazette reports that the Land Registry had a major failure of its flagship IT system due to a poorly executed overnight update affecting Conveyancers access to the system.  

The second article comes from the Law Society Gazette and examines the Government announcement to extend the furlough scheme for an extra 4 months until October.  

The third article is also brought to you by The Law Society Gazette and looks at a Solicitor who has been struck off for allowing payments in excess of £8 million worth of cheques to be run through her company bank account.  

The fourth article comes from Legal futures and revisits the case of a Junior Lawyer and her struggle to appeal her striking off for leaving documents in a colleague's briefcase on a train.  

The fifth article comes from the BBC following an announcement by the housing minister that the housing market can resume.  Estate agents are allowed to show properties again and Removal firms and Conveyancing firms are allowed to operate given they follow safety guidelines.  

The sixth article comes from Legal Cheek and looks at a letter sent by the Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society to the Solicitors Regulation authority regarding the treatment of Ms Matthews following her losing a briefcase on a train.  It shows concern for the toxic environment some Junior Lawyers are subjected to. 

The Negotiator brings us the seventh article which also looks at the Housing market restart following the Government announcement and examines how there are 450,000 properties waiting in limbo during the suspension of the market which can now potentially resume.   

Next, in our eighth article The Negotiator tackles the state of e-Conveyancing and predicts that it may still be some time until Conveyancing goes fully digital.  

The ninth article in this episode harks from the Daily Mail and questions what course of action is available for people who were already in the middle of a property transaction before the virus outbreak.  And whether they should consider low balling.  

The tenth and final article comes from Evening Standard Homes and Property and concerns a study by Savills estate agents into whether the virus outbreak has changed patterns of home purchasing to favour the countryside over the city.  

Finally on a lighter note Country Life magazine showcases a 700+ year old £2.2 million five bedroom house with a donkey wheel house and 5 acres of land in Canterbury in Kent.  

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