DIY Conveyancing / General

  • How to Find Solicitors

    How to Find Solicitors

    Whether you are selling or buying your property in England and Wales, you'll probably need to find solicitors to deal with the conveyancing. Most of us have little or no contact with the law in our daily lives so the idea of having to find solicitors...

  • Legal Indemnity Insurance

    Legal Indemnity Insurance

    What is legal indemnity insurance? Legal indemnity insurance is obtained in order to offer protection to a buyer (and a lender) where there is a defect in the title which cannot be resolved. In theory indemnity insurance should only be used as a last...

  • Planning Permission

    Planning Permission

    Introduction to Planning Permission The conveyancer has a duty when acting for a lender, in accordance with the CML handbook, to ensure that all necessary planning permissions and building regulations approvals have been obtained in respect of the co...

  • Notices and Restrictions

    Notices and Restrictions

    What is a Notice? A notice is an entry which appears in the Charges Register (with the exception of a Bankruptcy Notice) of the Official Copies and which protects the priority of a third party interest in the property against the affect of a "disposi...

  • Useful Transfer Clauses

    Useful Transfer Clauses

    Useful Transfer Clauses The transfer deed is the document that is used to transfer legal ownership of land in England and Wales. One of the prescribed forms produced by H M Land Registry must be used. These are: TR1 (Transfer of whole of a single...

  • Fire Safety Act 2021: What you need to know

    Fire Safety Act 2021: What you need to know

    The Fire Safety Act 2021 introduced a number of changes to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (“RR(FS)O”), the most important of those (for conveyancers) being the amendment to article 6. Article 6 describes the extent to whic...

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