PLAG Submits Written Evidence to the Levelling Up Committee
To: The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (Committee) Inquiry: ‘Improving the home buying and selling process’ (Homebuying). My name is Stephen […]
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PLAG Submits Written Evidence to the Levelling Up Committee
To: The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (Committee) Inquiry: ‘Improving the home buying and selling process’ (Homebuying). My name is Stephen […]
An Open Letter to: Ian Jeffery, CEO of the Law Society
Dear Mr. Jeffery, We write to you on behalf of the Property Lawyers Action Group (PLAG), an informal non-profit group of property […]
An Open Letter to: James Munro at National Trading Standards
Dear Mr. Munro, We are writing to you in our capacity as members of the Property Lawyers Action Group (PLAG) who are […]
Estate Agent Regulation: Be careful what you wish for
It is often said that truth is stranger than fiction. So, I was not entirely surprised to hear recently that Labour, who […]
Commercial pressure on solicitors to use connected suppliers
Following on from the discussion/expose of estate agent “conditional selling” kicked off by MtgeBroker Malcolm Davidson of Moneyman Mortgage Brokers on LinkedIn, […]
Are Conveyancers Being Marginalised?
Politics “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors” ~ […]
A Contaminated Home-Buying Environment
Young Buyers A young couple enters the offices of a branch of a large chain of estate agents. They are just an […]
The Broken Regulation of Legal Services
Parody Regulation Somebody once wrote, “All the conventions of art and life find their highest expression in parody”. Following the evidence sessions […]
Regulators to be Grilled.
The Law Society Gazette has reported: “The legal sector’s main regulators and representative bodies are to be grilled by an influential cross-party […]
Media Release
PLAG LAUNCHES CHARTER
The recently formed Property Lawyers Action Group has published its charter containing its core principles and beliefs.
Why was PLAG formed?
There are several reasons. But let us look first at recent history.