As a busy conveyancer, you need to keep up to date with changes in practice as well as changes in the law. So, this presentation is designed to provide you with a vital overview on a range of current matters that you otherwise might not have time to read about.
A key part of this seminar will be its focus on the practical implications of developments in the field of residential conveyancing.
As this area of the law is rapidly evolving, the content is liable to change (e.g. as and when the government announces new leasehold reform measures).
Key topics covered by this course will include:
· Progress on reforms to planning enforcement, lease extensions, leasehold sales and rentcharges
· Vendor Fraud and inadequate AML Checks carried out by solicitor
· SDLT update, including non-residential purchases
· Developments with the new TA6
· Japanese knotweed: The amended questions in the new edition of form TA6 and the latest RICS guidance
· Selective updates to Land Registry Practice Guides
· New builds: The New Homes Ombudsman, the future for the Consumer Code
· Recent cases on practical aspects of conveyancing including:
o Rights of way: rights that vest in the future, prescriptive right or licence
o Restrictive covenants: Power to discharge absolute covenant, is an enlarged replacement building permitted?
o New Homes: buyer-funded developments, risks for both seller’s and buyers’ conveyancers
o Beneficial interests: undue influence and deed of gift without legal advice, purchases jointly between attorney and donee?
o Reporting to clients on title: the extent of your retainer
o Recent developments with auction sales
o Adverse possession and the general boundaries rule