Conveyancing Handbook
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Conveyancing Handbook

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Conveyancing Handbook

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About this book

The Conveyancing Handbook has been a trusted first port of call for thousands of practitioners for over 28 years. This year's edition has been extensively updated to include the latest guidance on good practice in residential conveyancing and is a crucial resource for answering queries arising from day-to-day property transactions.The 28th edition includes new and updated guidance on: SRA regulatory changes shared ownership (including the new 2021 model for shared ownership) external wall systems money laundering reforms HM Land Registry and electronic signatures VAT and SDLT.Throughout the book reference is made at appropriate points to the SRA Standards and Regulations, the Law Society Conveyancing Protocol, Standard Conditions of Sale and Law Society Code for Completion (2019).Appendices include Law Society codes and formulae, and other practice information including COVID-19 industry guidance.

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Information

Publisher
Law Society
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9781784461805
Edition
0
Topic
Law
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to the 1992 edition
  6. Preface to the 28th edition
  7. About the authors
  8. Table of cases
  9. Table of statutes
  10. Table of statutory instruments
  11. Table of European and international law
  12. A.    PRELIMINARY MATTERS
  13. A1.    Taking instructions
  14. A2.    Property selling
  15. A3.    Advertising
  16. A4.    Financial services
  17. A5.    Dealing with non-solicitors
  18. A6.    In-house solicitors
  19. A7.    Introductions and referrals
  20. A8.    Price transparency and estimate of costs
  21. A9.    Joint purchasers
  22. A10.   Acting for both parties
  23. A11.   Mortgages: acting for lender and borrower
  24. A12.   Preliminary deposits
  25. A13.   Surveys
  26. A14.   Stamp duty land tax
  27. A15.   Land transaction tax
  28. A16.   Capital gains tax
  29. A17.   Value added tax
  30. A18.   Annual tax on enveloped dwellings
  31. A19.   Tax relief on mortgages
  32. A20.   Transfers on breakdown of marriage or civil partnership
  33. A21.   The Law Society Conveyancing Protocol
  34. A22.   Interest on clients’ money
  35. A23.   Reproduction of standard forms
  36. A24.   Electronic conveyancing and services
  37. A25.   Money laundering
  38. A26.   Mortgage and other property fraud
  39. A27.   Rentcharges
  40. A28.   Energy performance of buildings
  41. A29.   Shared ownership
  42. B.    PRE-EXCHANGE
  43. B1.    Pre-contract negotiations
  44. B2.    Contract races
  45. B3.    Seller’s investigation of title
  46. B4.    Seller’s title awaiting registration
  47. B5.    Seller’s duty of disclosure
  48. B6.    Defective title and restrictive covenant insurance
  49. B7.    Capacity
  50. B8.    Agricultural land
  51. B9.    Milk quotas
  52. B10.   Pre-contract searches and enquiries
  53. B11.   Form of contract
  54. B12.   Standard Conditions of Sale and Standard Commercial Property Conditions
  55. B13.   Conditional contracts
  56. B14.   Sub-sales
  57. B15.   Supply of evidence of title before exchange
  58. B16.   Undertakings for bridging finance
  59. B17.   Deposit
  60. B18.   Liquor licensing and food safety
  61. B19.   Mortgage offers
  62. B20.   Auctions
  63. B21.   Plans
  64. B22.   Fixtures and fittings
  65. B23.   Powers of attorney
  66. B24.   Planning
  67. B25.   Environmental issues
  68. B26.   Boundaries and easements
  69. C.    EXCHANGE
  70. C1.    Preparing to exchange
  71. C2.    Signature of contract
  72. C3.    Insurance
  73. C4.    Exchange of contracts
  74. C5.    After exchange
  75. D.    TITLE
  76. D1.    Deducing title
  77. D2.    Investigation of title
  78. D3.    Requisitions on title
  79. E.    PRE-COMPLETION
  80. E1.    The purchase deed
  81. E2.    Pre-completion searches
  82. E3.    The buyer’s mortgage
  83. E4.    Preparing for completion
  84. E5.    The buyer in occupation
  85. E6.    Death and insolvency
  86. E7.    Foreign companies
  87. F.    COMPLETION
  88. F1.    Date and time of completion
  89. F2.    Place of completion
  90. F3.    The money
  91. F4.    Completion
  92. G.    POST-COMPLETION
  93. G1.    After completion
  94. G2.    Stamping documents
  95. G3.    Registration of title
  96. H.    LENDERS
  97. H1.    Acting for the lender
  98. H2.    Sales by lenders
  99. H3.    Second and subsequent mortgages
  100. H4.    Certificates of title
  101. I.    NEW PROPERTIES
  102. I1.    New property
  103. I2.    Defects in new commercial buildings
  104. J.    SALES OF PART
  105. J1.    Sales of part
  106. K.    LEASEHOLDS
  107. K1.    Acting on grant of lease
  108. K2.    Acting for the landlord
  109. K3.    Acting for the tenant
  110. K4.    Acting for both parties
  111. K5.    Tenants’ guarantors
  112. K6.    Short-term residential tenancies
  113. K7.    Long-term residential tenancies
  114. K8.    Business premises
  115. K9.    Agricultural tenancies
  116. K10.   Right to buy
  117. K11.   Liability on covenants in leases
  118. K12.   Assignment of leases
  119. K13.   Licence or tenancy
  120. K14.   Options
  121. K15.   Variation of leases
  122. K16.   Sale of tenanted property
  123. K17.   Mobile homes
  124. L.    COMMONHOLD
  125. L1.    Commonhold
  126. M.    DELAY AND REMEDIES
  127. M1.    Delayed completion
  128. M2.    Rescission
  129. M3.    Breach of contract
  130. M4.    Specific performance
  131. M5.    Misrepresentation
  132. M6.    Other causes of action
  133. M7.    Rectification
  134. M8.    Liens
  135. M9.    Covenants for title
  136. M10.   Solicitor’s negligence and breach of trust
  137. N.    COSTS
  138. N1.    Costs
  139. I.    SOLICITORS REGULATION AUTHORITY
  140. I.1.    Relevant rules and guidance
  141. II.    LAW SOCIETY PRACTICE NOTES
  142. II.1.    Useful links
  143. III.    LAW SOCIETY PROTOCOL, CODES AND FORMULAE
  144. III.1.    Law Society Conveyancing Protocol
  145. III.2.    Formulae for exchanging contracts by telephone
  146. III.3.    Law Society Code for Completion by Post (2019)
  147. III.4.    Law Society and Council of Mortgage Lenders Approved Certificate of Title
  148. III.5.    Law Society and Council of Mortgage Lenders Approved Certificate of Title – short form
  149. IV.    STANDARD CONDITIONS
  150. IV.1.    Standard Conditions of Sale (fifth edition – 2018 revision) (including Explanatory Notes)
  151. IV.2.    Standard Commercial Property Conditions (third edition – 2018 revision) (including Explanatory Notes)
  152. V.    LAW SOCIETY FORMS
  153. V.1.    Law Society CON 29 Enquiries of Local Authority (2016)
  154. V.2.    Law Society CON 29O [Optional] Enquiries of Local Authority (2016)
  155. V.3.    CON 29DW Standard Drainage and Water Enquiries (2016)
  156. V.4.    CON 29M Coal Mining Search: Law Society’s Guidance Notes 2018
  157. V.5.    Property reports on purchase
  158. VI.    LAW SOCIETY PRACTICE INFORMATION
  159. VI.1.    Apportionment of rent
  160. VI.2.    Accepting undertakings on completion following the Court of Appeal decision in Patel v. Daybells
  161. VI.3.    Undue influence – solicitors’ duties post Etridge
  162. VI.4.    Form of undertaking agreed with banks
  163. VI.5.    Recommended form of undertaking for discharge of building society mortgages
  164. VI.6.    Mortgage redemption statements
  165. VI.7.    Dealing with unqualified conveyancers
  166. VI.8.    Coronavirus (COVID-19) – industry guidance: re-opening the home moving market safely
  167. Index A-C
  168. Index D-J
  169. Index K-R
  170. Index S-Y