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15 December 2009
Law Society Publishing
9781853287497
Paperback + CD-ROM
234 x 156 mm
288 pages
Conveyancing Checklists
2nd edition
Overview
Refining conveyancing procedures can save valuable time and money and so contribute towards a profitable practice. Using checklists is a reliable method of ensuring that all the necessary steps in a transaction have been successfully fulfilled, in order, and to deadline.
Conveyancing Checklists provides a comprehensive range of checklists that follow the steps of a transaction. All of the checklists are reproduced on an accompanying FREE CD-ROM so they can be adapted to suit your practice and case management system.
This updated edition takes account of:
- the introduction of Home Information Packs, Energy Performance Certificates, and Sustainability Certificates
- changes to the Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007
- lasting powers of attorney
- customer due diligence under the Law Society's Anti Money Laundering guidance.
Contents
Part A - Checklists:
1. General matters;
2. Taking instructions;
3. Pre-contract procedures;
4. Contracts;
5. Exchange of contracts;
6. Pre-completion procedures;
7. Completion and post-completion;
8. Mortgages;
9. Building estates;
10. Sales of part;
11. Leaseholds;
12. Remedies;
13. SDLT, VAT, and other tax matters;
14. Registered Land;
Part B - Standard letters:
15. Sale;
16. Purchase;
17. Remortgage;
Appendices: A. Law Society standard procedures;
B. Council of Mortgage Lenders' Instructions;
C. Fees.
About the Authors
Frances Silverman is a solicitor and formerly a Reader at the College of Law. She sits as a part-time Chairman of the Employment Tribunal and of the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, and acts as an expert witness. She is also General Editor of the Conveyancing Handbook, 16th Edition (2009, Law Society).
Russell Hewitson is a solicitor and principal lecturer in Law at Northumbria University and a Consultant to Blackett Hart & Pratt LLP, Newcastle upon Tyne. He is author of Licensing Law Handbook (2005, Law Society Publishing), general editor of Precedents for the Conveyancer and has written and lectured widely on property law and licensing law.