A power of attorney is a deed by which one person ("the Donor") grants the attorney ("the Donee") the right to perform certain functions in place of the Donor. Powers of attorney can be useful when the Donor is unable to sign documents or give instru...

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It has always been incumbent upon conveyancers to take steps to identify clients and to be reasonably satisfied as to the identity of any unrepresented party to the transaction to ensure that they do not become involved in any fraud or other criminal...

The Land Registry is the government department responsible for maintaining records of all registered land in England & Wales. As registration has been compulsory in all areas following a change of ownership since 1998 (and for much longer in many...

It is not the intention of this page, or indeed this site, to either attract people to or deter them from carrying out their own diy conveyancing transactions without instructing a solicitor. I merely wish on this page to give a balanced view, pointi...

When is Building Regulations Approval Required? According to section 1 of the Building Act 1984, any work which involves the design and construction of buildings (which includes extensions and alterations to an existing building), the demolition of b...

What is a "Defective Title"? A title can be considered defective if there is something missing from it, or something within the title that should not be. This might be a missing right of way, a piece of land that forms part of the physical property b...

The CML Handbook is a set of standard instructions from mortgage lenders to solicitors when dealing with conveyancing transactions. The CML handbook is issued by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) and applies only to those lenders who are members ...

What is an Overriding Interest? An overriding interest is any interest in land which "overrides" registration, i.e. it is still valid and enforceable against land even though it is not registered against the land's title. Examples of overriding ...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...