There are some important changes afoot for CLC regulated practices. On 21 October 2024, they announced: ‘Proposed changes by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) to its Code of Conduct have been approved by the Legal Services Board (LSB) and will take effect from January 1, 2025. Last reviewed in 2011, the CLC closed a …
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HMLR has issued two blogs in an attempt to connect with conveyancers to help bring down the number of requisitions. HMLR makes the point that these do contribute to the current HMLR delays in processing times. The ten most common ‘avoidable’ requisitions are: variations in names; missing information; plans and descriptions; identity; missing evidence; type …
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Continuing the theme of updating practice guides to tell conveyancers what they arguably should already know, HMLR has updated section 4 of PG6 (devolution on the death of a registered proprietor) to clarify the guidance in the third paragraph in section 4 concerning the death of a joint proprietor where the legal estate vests in …
Form DJP is very useful as it is used to remove the name of a deceased joint proprietor from a register of title and removes the need to submit an entire AP1. This form has been updated to make it clear in the explanatory information that the form is only to be used where there …
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In our September 2024 edition (p3) we reported on HMLR’s change of policy regarding first registration applications. PG1 (first registrations) has been updated to reflect this practice (4.4.4.1 provides that acceptance of certified copy deeds has now been withdrawn but does still apply to applications lodged prior to 1 October 2024 at HMLR and that …
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Property practitioners may feel that advising on climate risk should be outside the scope of the average conveyancing retainer and that there is little more to be said on the subject. But the Law Society has announced a consultation on ‘Climate risk and conveyancing’. The Law Society issued its guidance on client change in April …
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The Construction Leadership Council has issued guidance for duty holders and accountable persons on the ‘golden thread’ requirements under the BSA 2022. The scope of the guidance is as follows: ‘The golden thread is a legal requirement for a higher-risk building (HRB) under the Building Safety Act 2022 and supporting secondary legislation. Guidance on the …
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HMLR has updated PG 35: corporate insolvency. Section 7.7 has been updated to confirm when HMLR will consider an application for cancellation of a restriction on a freehold title in favour of a dissolved management company: ‘7.7 Restrictions in favour of dissolved companies 7.7.4 Cancellation of the restriction Where the restriction is no longer required …
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The HC has heard a case which should prompt conveyancing practitioners to read the judgment and review their standard mortgage reports. The case involved the taking over of now-defunct Northern Rock’s mortgage loan book following the collapse of the former during the 2008 financial crash. The judge summarised the position thus: ‘1. In the early …
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Response to Roger Sceats Thank you for posting your question on Ask the Editor Clearly any situation depends on the specific facts and communications sent to a person by a law firm, but in general terms, cases have held that solicitors can owe a duty of care to non clients and a potential implied retainer …
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