A risky business
Conveyancing remains a prime target for money launderers. Colette Best examines the key risk areas attracting scrutiny and outlines the practical steps conveyancers can take to stay compliant
Awaab’s Law – Phase 2
Kerri Harrison and Baljit Basra look at the details of the second phase of Awaab’s Law and how practitioners can prepare for implementation
SDLT – how commercial is ‘commercial’?
In Andrew Charles Ferguson & Gemma May Ferguson v HMRC [2026] TCO9782, the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) found that residential stamp duty land tax (SDLT) rates applied on a property purchase where a let paddock formed part of the grounds of the property. Julie Butler and Fred Butler look at the ...
SDT cases – signatures and undertakings
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has recently considered SRA allegations against property lawyers at different ends of the sanctions spectrum: a serious allegation relating to witnessing a signature and a relatively minor allegation on a breach of an undertaking. Nigel West reports
Features and opinion
Law Society Property Conference 2026, Weds 7 Oct 2026, London
The Law Society’s Property Conference 2026 brought together leading voices from across residential and commercial property to discuss the latest policy, legal and practice developments shaping the profession. Through expert-led mainstage panel sessions, you’ll gain practical insights into law reform, case law, digitisation and compliance. You’ll hear from those in ...
The end of forfeiture? What the commonhold and leasehold reforms mean for residential lease enforcement
Phil Parkinson and Charlotte Gregory examine proposals to replace forfeiture for long residential leases with a court-supervised enforcement regime. They explore what the changes could mean for remedies, costs and the strategies of practitioners advising landlords and leaseholders
Sale and leaseback: when a written agreement can change the SDLT outcome
Sale and leaseback property transactions can help release capital tied up in property. But as Siddharth Agarwal from DNS Accountants explains, the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) implications can be significantly different from those of a conventional property transfer
Homebuying reforms – a chance to get the process right?
Debbie McCathie considers how proposed reforms could make homebuying and selling more efficient, while examining the practical implications for conveyancers
The future of MEES
Victoria Duxbury examines the government’s interim response on the future of non-domestic minimum energy efficiency standards, and looks at how it may affect landlords, investors, developers and their advisers
Rectify and remedy
The government’s proposed Remediation Bill promises tougher enforcement, clearer responsibilities and faster action on unsafe cladding. Eric Johnstone explores the reforms