KEY SUBJECTS
- TOPICAL PROPERTY ISSUES
- SHARING IS SCARING: THE COMPLICATED WORLD OF JOINT OWNERSHIP LAW!
- LAND REGISTRATION ISSUES FOR RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCERS
- DEFINING THE RETAINER
- DEVELOPMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLD CONVEYANCING
SPEAKERS
David Keighley, Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer
Paul Sams, Managing Partner, Dutton Gregory
Ian Quayle, Chief Executive, IQ Legal Training
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
09.30am CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION
TOPICAL PROPERTY ISSUES
This session will examine recent case law, practice guides and related developments. To ensure the content is both topical and relevant the issues to be covered will be determined nearer the time but are likely to include:
- Land Registry Practice Guide updates
- UKFML Handbook changes
- Law Society Consultations
- Leasehold Reform proposals
- A review of recent case law
- Practice points
David Keighley, Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer
SHARING IS SCARING: THE COMPLICATED WORLD OF JOINT OWNERSHIP LAW!
Joint ownership adds far more than “double the potential trouble” when a couple (or more) people buy a property. There are so many consideration to take into account. This session will consider:
- What actually is joint ownership?
- What are the risks?
- Declarations of Trust – how can they be used to mitigate risk
- Undue influence – examples of the same and recent case law to show how it can go wrong
- Severance – how to severe a joint tenancy as well as example cases where it is questionable as to whether it was severed or not
Paul Sams, Managing Partner, Dutton Gregory
LAND REGISTRATION ISSUES FOR RESIDENTIAL CONVEYANCERS
- Dealing with agreed and unilateral notices on registered titles
- Tips and traps when dealing with restrictions
- Boundary issues in residential transactions
- Recent developments and adverse possession
Ian Quayle, Chief Executive, IQ Legal Training
DEFINING THE RETAINER
Residential conveyancing practitioners face ever increasing demands. It seems to be expected that we be experts in, and be able to advise on, all aspects of a wide range of issues such as planning, building regulations, knotweed, bamboo, contaminated land, SDLT, CGT, building safety and climate change. It is implicit in a solicitor’s retainer that advice will be given which is reasonably incidental to the work being undertaken but how far does that extend and how if at all can you limit your responsibility? This session will look at:
- SRA & Statutory Requirements
- Liability in contract & Tort
- Limiting Liability
- The importance of defining what you will do
David Keighley, Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer
DEVELOPMENTS IN RESIDENTIAL LEASEHOLD CONVEYANCING
The Building Safety Act 2022
- Is it safe to act for sellers and buyers?
- The impact of the BSA on professional indemnity Insurance
- Identifying the status of buildings
- Dealing with documentation – the leaseholder deed of certificate and the landlord certificate
- Acting for lenders – things to look out for
- Lessons from recent case law
Dealing with Service Charge Issues in Residential Leasehold Transactions
- Back to basics – what does the lease say?
- What can be recovered? Expenses, legal costs, the reasonableness test, compliance with the LTA 1985
- The obligation to consult
- Decisions of the FTT – important issues for residential conveyancers, sweeper clauses, legal costs and apportionment
- Best practice for conveyancers – dealing with service charge accounts, applications to FTT, and advising clients
Ian Quayle, Chief Executive, IQ Legal Training
5.00pm CLOSE OF PROCEEDINGS