Whether you're a layman looking to understand your own transaction or a lawyer needing assistance with a client's conveyancing our step by step sale and purchase guides will lead you through the process while our mini guides will break the whole thing into manageable chunks and give a deep insight into the key issues and stages. Leasehold, freehold, unregistered, registered – we've got it all covered.
Need help with a remortgage or transfer of equity / deed of gift? Our guides will walk you through the process and highlight some of the common pitfalls. Mortgages and transfers can be very simple procedures but complex issues can sometimes arise and mistakes are easily made. These guides will help you deal with them.
So you want to have a go at your own conveyancing? First you should read about the risks, then if you're still happy to proceed, our guides will take you through each stage of the process telling you what to look out for and helping you avoid falling into expensive traps. Our subscription service will give you access to all of the documents you should need for your conveyancing and we can even supply you with the Land Registry Official Copies you'll need. Our general guides will cover all the obstacles you are likely to face and offer a practical solution. Have a look at our sale and purchase guides too.
A big part of the conveyancing process is the conveyancing searches. This section tells you all about them. What they are, how and when to order them and how to interpret the results. Each search has its own guide and you'll see they are separated into Standard (should be done in every case), Regional (area specific) and Optional (not essential but often useful tools for the would be purchaser). All buyers should beware that when you buy a property, the law assumes that you have seen the information that would have been revealed by searches whether or not you have actually carried them out, so you buy the property subject to the results.
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Hi all, I hope someone can help with this, I'm being run round in circles by my current solicitor.
The background to this is, I was made bankrupt in 2003. In 2004 I purchased the interest in the property. I have a letter from my trustee saying they had no further interest in the property. I was told to get a solicitor to draw up a formal deed to transfer the property back to me. Unfortunately, I didn't do this at the time and forgot all about it until it was discovered when trying to sell this property.
We've contacted the trustee, arranged the transfer and I now have the TR1 document ready to be signed. However, it has this clause in it which I don't fully understand? It's the last paragraph I'm most concerned about.
"By an Order of the Sunderland County Court dated ******* the Registered Proprietor was adjudicated Bankrupt and under the provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 the
Official Receiver became Trustee in Bankruptcy on the 17 March 2003
The Official Receiver consents to and concurs in this Transfer but
expressly excludes and disclaims any personal liability arising directly
or indirectly in connection with this Transfer.
For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby agreed and declared that the
Official Receiver for himself and as Trustee in Bankruptcy gives no
covenants for or warranties of title expressed to be implied by the Law
of Property Act 1925 or the Land Registration Act 2002 or the Law of
Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 or otherwise howsoever
arising.
The Official Receiver hereby certifies that the interest of the
Registered Proprietor in the Property is comprised in the estate in
bankruptcy of the said Registered Proprietor and divisible amongst the
Bankrupt's creditors"
My solicitor hasn't been much help and has referred me back to the insolvency service for clarification. Unfortunately my contact there is on holiday at the moment and I was actually due to complete this sale on the 26th.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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