Residential Conveyancing – Autumn Update 2024

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KEY SUBJECTS

This half day course is designed to update conveyancers with topical issues and will provide a practical look at the developments in law and how they will affect day-to-day working practices.

• THE PROPOSED PROTOCOL FOR EXCHANGE AND HOLD TO ORDER
• SELLER BEWARE: Rosser v Pacifico, & BUYER BEWARE: Co Mayo Estates Limited v Hidden Gem Limited
• LEASEHOLD AND FREEHOLD REFORM ACT AND FURTHER REFORM PROPOSALS
• THE NEW PLANNING AND BUILDING REGULATION ENFORCEMENT REGIMES
• MISCELLANEOUS PRACTICE POINTS AND DEVELOPMENTS

SPEAKER

David Keighley, Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

1.30pm CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION

THE PROPOSED PROTOCOL FOR EXCHANGE AND HOLD TO ORDER 

An outline of Law Society Proposals in respect of:

• Holding to Order of Documents
• Holding Money to Order
• Immediate Exchange Protocol
• Release of Contracts Protocol

SELLER BEWARE: Rosser v Pacifico, AND BUYER BEWARE: Co Mayo Estates Limted v Hidden Gem Limited

This session will consider the implications of recent case law and the potential impact on material information.

LEASEHOLD AND FREEHOLD REFORM ACT AND FURTHER REFORM PROPOSALS

This part of the presentation will look at the reform provisions already enacted & further proposals now tabled before Parliament & outlined in the Kings Speech.

THE NEW PLANNING AND BUILDING REGULATION ENFORCEMENT REGIMES

The Enforcement periods relating to both breach of Planning Control & Building Regulations have both been significantly changed. This session will look at:

• The planning enforcement regime in England
• The new powers given to Local Planning Authorities
• The planning enforcement regime in Wales
• Building Regulation Enforcement

MISCELLANEOUS PRACTICE POINTS AND DEVELOPMENTS

• Land Registry Practice Guide 9
• Land Registry Practice Guide 68
• Land Registry Practice Guide 78
• Land Registry Practice Guide 55
• Land Registry Feescale

David Keighley, Solicitor, Legal Lecturer and Trainer

5.00pm CLOSE OF PROCEEDINGS