CONTENT OVERVIEW
Residential Conveyancing Update, Hot Topics and Compliance Issues
3 hours CPD | Level: Update
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, Commonhold
- SDLT update, including non-residential purchases
- Developments with the new TA6, and consultations on material information and the home buying process
- 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:
- Rights of way
- Restrictive covenants
- New Homes
- Beneficial interests
- Reporting to clients on title
- Adverse possession and the general boundaries rule
Residential Property Fraud Risks: Compliance Lessons from Real Cases
1.5 hours CPD | Level: Intermediate
Property fraud continues to present a growing threat to law firms and their clients. The legal press is frequently full of fresh warnings, and the SRA is increasingly prepared to fine firms it believes have failed to carry out proper due diligence.
This course explores the many ways in which property transactions can be manipulated by fraudsters, along with a wide range of practical steps that conveyancing practitioners can take to reduce the risk of being used as an inadvertent accessory to fraud.
Using case studies and real-life examples, the session highlights how frauds might unfold, the red flags that should not be overlooked, and the essential measures you can take to protect your firm, your clients, and your own professional position from serious financial and reputational harm.
This essential presentation will cover a range of vital issues, including the following:
- Purchaser appears to be acting on someone else’s instructions
- Last minute change of instructions, e.g. source of funds
- Client proposes an arrangement with a potentially improper purpose
- Funds received from or sent to a high risk country without credible explanation
- Loans received from third parties without supporting loan agreements
- Instructions to purchase in instalments
- Transfers to conceal the true beneficial owner
- Declared purchase price appears to be inaccurate or misleading
- Inadequate AML policies controls and procedures
- Unverified trust deed
- Purchase in instalments
To book your place, email KarenU.1323@xpresslegal.uk or Tel: 0330 159 5323