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CLC welcomes LSB report on the cost of regulation

24 May, 2016

CLC Reaction to LSB’s Report on the Cost of Regulation Reacting to the publication today of the Cost of Regulation report by the Legal Services Board, Sheila Kumar, Chief Executive of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers said: ‘I am very pleased that the LSB’s work on costs of regulation has found that the profession’s views of both the fees and [Read more]

CLC Consults on lower regulatory fee rates

12 May, 2016

In March 2016 the CLC announced that it would look to reduce by 20% the regulatory fee rates for the firms it regulates.  Today, the CLC has published a consultation paper on its proposals for setting fee rates for the regulatory year beginning 1st November 2016, including the reduction for firms.  Individual regulatory fees will remain [Read more]

LSB endorses CLC’s approach to regulation

10 May, 2016

The Legal Services Board has published individual reports on the regulatory standards of the front line regulators as well as a thematic report drawing on all of the individual reports. They can be read here. The CLC is pleased that LSB recognises the ‘real improvement against all of the standards since 2012/13’. The LSB agrees with [Read more]

Consultation on new arrangements for Professional Indemnity Insurance

5 May, 2016

Consultation on new arrangements for Professional Indemnity Insurance Proposal to move from a Master Policy Scheme to a Participating Insurers Agreement Insurers to provide six year run-off cover at no cost to firms at time of closure Help for firms transferring from regulation by the SRA to the CLC The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has [Read more]

CLC targets 20% fee rate cut for firms

23 March, 2016

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has today published its Financial Statements for the year 2015 and announced that it plans to reduce regulatory fee rates for all firms by 20%, effective from November 2016. The Financial Statements and the Annual Report published in February evidence a year of wide-reaching change, including the CLC’s staffing restructure, investments in improved [Read more]

Spoof email

17 March, 2016

It has come to our attention that there is a malicious spoof email circulating which purports to come from the CLC-uk.org domain. The email is titled ‘INVOICE’ and contains a MS word document attachment.   Should you receive an email from the CLC containing any of the following : An email from: Maddi Cross A [Read more]

Reporting on 2015, planning for the future

15 February, 2016

The CLC has published its Annual Report on the year 2015 and its business plan for 2016 setting out as priorities three major strategic projects New routes to qualification leading to licence as a CLC lawyer becoming available in 2016 Reviews of regulatory arrangements and financial protection arrangements under way A review of regulatory fees [Read more]

Legal Services Market Study: CLC response to statement of scope

3 February, 2016

The CLC has published its response to the statement of scope set out by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for their proposed market study of legal services. Read the CLC’s letter to the CMA

CLC reacts to Chancellor’s Announcements on Legal Services

30 November, 2015

The Chancellor announced today that in 2016 the Treasury will be consulting on Removing barriers to entry for Alternative Business Structures Making legal services regulators independent from their representative bodies and Injecting innovation into the process of home buying Responding to the announcements Sheila Kumar, Chief Executive of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers said: ‘Simplifying the [Read more]

Dame Janet Paraskeva sparks debate on PII, Lenders Panels and calls for genuine choice of

19 November, 2015

PII and run-off requirements seen to be inhibiting firms’ choice of regulator Lenders panels could be anti-competitive and a barrier to market access Incomplete separation of representative and regulatory bodies muddying regulation Read the full speech Dame Janet Paraskeva, the new Chair of the specialist property law regulator, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), highlighted [Read more]

Deadline passed for Licence Renewal

1 November, 2015

The deadline for submission of licence renewal applications was 31st October 2015. If you are one of the few who have not submitted their individual or firm’s renewal application you must take immediate action to do so. Renew your licence now

Changes in CLC Education

6 October, 2015

Council for Licensed Conveyancers and Scottish Qualifications Authority announce strategic partnership in legal education The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), the specialist property law regulator, and the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), an Ofqual recognised awarding body, have today announced a partnership for the delivery of a suite of qualifications, enabling those who achieve them to [Read more]

Apprenticeship Standards in Conveyancing and Probate ready to roll

3 September, 2015

New apprenticeship standards in conveyancing and probate published following approval by the Department for Business, Industry and Skills Developed by practitioners with the support of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers Assessment bodies going through approval process so that apprenticeships can begin Innovative apprenticeship standards creating accessible new pathways to recognition for legal professionals have been [Read more]

August Newsletter Published

28 August, 2015

CLC holds fees steady for third year

24 August, 2015

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has today announced that it is freezing regulatory fees for the next year. This will be the third year for which fees have been set at the same level. Individual licences are fixed at £400 while entity fees are calculated based on a firm’s turnover. The CLC has been streamlining [Read more]

Regulatory Return 2014/2015

14 July, 2015

All CLC-regulated practices have until Friday 31st July to complete the CLC’s Regulatory Return 2014/2015. We have written with full details to the preferred contacts of each practice. Find out more

CLC Consultation Adjudication Panel Rules 2015 Analysis of Responses

30 June, 2015

Between May 2015 and June 2015 we consulted on proposed amendments to the Adjudication Panel Rules. The CLC received 2 completed responses. This document sets out the findings of that consultation exercise.  Whilst the response rate is disappointing, it does, perhaps, reflect the fact that the amendments proposed are not seen as particularly controversial:   [Read more]

CLC to move to London

2 June, 2015

The CLC will be moving its offices from Chelmsford to London in August 2015.  This decision has been taken to continue improvements to the service the CLC provides to place us closer to key stakeholders and make us more accessible to the businesses we regulate.  With no more than 25 people on the staff and [Read more]

Consultations on fees, Adjudication Panel members

28 May, 2015

The CLC is consulting on the level and method for calculating individual and entity licence fees. The proposal is to make no change to current fee levels. Find out more and respond to the consultation here We’re also asking for views on the make-up of the Adjudication Panel that determines disciplinary matters referred to it by [Read more]

New Chair of CLC appointed

20 April, 2015

Dame Janet Paraskeva named as new Chair of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers Follows open recruitment process through advertising and search carried out for the CLC by an independent organisation Appointed for initial four year term with effect from 1 May 2015 The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has today announced that Dame Janet Paraskeva has [Read more]

CLC granted powers to issue licences to probate specialists

9 March, 2015

Government amendments to Deregulation Bill passed today at Lords’ Third Reading CLC will be able to issue stand-alone licences to probate practitioners who are not also Licensed Conveyancers Removes an unnecessary hurdle to new practitioners and supports the CLC strategy for the prompting of competition and innovation.    The Lords yesterday accepted government amendments to the Deregulation Bill that [Read more]

CLC Publishes Strategy and 2015 Business Plan

26 February, 2015

Governing Council of CLC settles strategy of specialisation in regulation of property law services Focus on continued support for innovation and competition in context of high standards of consumer protection Builds on the regulator’s strengths and sets clear course for its fourth decade The Council for Licensed Conveyancers has published its strategy for a clear [Read more]

Strategy and Business Plan

20 February, 2015

The CLC has published its focused strategy of specialisation in the regulation of property law services and its business plan for 2015. Find out more

Environmental Searches

18 February, 2015

Risk and responsibility   The Council of Mortgage Lenders Handbook requires conveyancers to procure Local Authority searches to determine whether there are any contaminated land records. However it does not contain a general requirement for environmental search reports, though risk appetite obviously varies between individual lenders (as set out in Part 2 of the Handbook), with some [Read more]

Nationwide Panel

16 February, 2015

The recent announcement regarding the requirement for solicitors to be CQS accredited to be on the Nationwide panel does not in any way affect the status of Licensed Conveyancers on that panel. We have discussed this with Nationwide and hope that this clarification from them clears up any confusion caused by the announcement.