Hot Topics in Residential Conveyancing,including Leasehold, Rentcharges and Planning Reform with Stephen Desmond

Date:
16/01/2025 8:30 am
Speaker(s):
Stephen Desmond
Venue:
Channels Lodge, Pratt's Farm Lane, Little Waltham, CM3 3PT

As a busy conveyancer, you need to keep up to date with changes in practice as well as changes in the law. So, this presentation is designed to provide you with a vital overview on a range of current matters that you otherwise might not have time to read about.

A key part of this seminar will be its focus on the practical implications of developments in the field of residential conveyancing.

As this area of the law is rapidly evolving, the content is liable to change (eg, as and when the government announces new leasehold reform measures).

Key topics covered by this course will include: 

  • Adverse possession: ambiguous statutory declarations
  • Progress on reforms to planning enforcement, lease extensions and rentcharges
  • Vendor Fraud and inadequate AML Checks carried out by solicitor
  • SDLT update, including non-residential purchases
  • Developments with the new TA6
  • Japanese knotweed: The amended questions in the new edition of form TA6 and the latest RICS guidance
  • Selective updates to Land Registry Practice Guides
  • New builds: The New Homes Ombudsman, the future for the Consumer Code
  • Leases: are Airbnb lets suitable?
  • Recent cases on practical aspects of conveyancing including:
  • Rights of way: rights that vest in the future, the widest possible grant?
  • Restrictive covenants: Power to discharge absolute covenant, building schemes, is homeworking allowed?
  • New Homes: stakeholder contracts and buyer-funded development
  • Beneficial interests: undue influence and deed of gift without legal advice, purchases jointly between attorney and done?
  • Reporting to clients on title: the extent of your retainer
  • The duty of disclosure at auction versus material information

£50 per delegate

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