The Conveyancing Handbook has been a trusted first port of call for thousands of practitioners for 27 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 27th edition includes new and updated guidance on:

• COVID-19: guidance to conveyancers advising clients on house moves;
• SRA regulatory changes;
• money laundering reforms;
• the Conveyancing Protocol and Code for Completion;
• HM Land Registry; and
• VAT.

Throughout the book reference is made at appropriate points to the SRA Standards and Regulations, The Law Society Conveyancing Protocol (2019), the Standard Conditions of Sale and Code for Completion.

Appendices include Solicitors Regulation Authority; Law Society practice notes; Law Society protocol, codes and formulae; Standard conditions; Law Society forms; Law Society practice information; Law Society interest rate; HM Revenue and Customs and COVID-19: guidance to conveyancers advising clients on house moves.

 

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Contents

1. A. Preliminary matters; B. Pre-exchange; C. Exchange; D. Title; E. Pre-completion; F. Completion; G. Post-completion; H. Lenders; I. New properties; J. Sales of part; K. Leaseholds; L. Commonhold; M. Delay and remedies; N. Costs; Appendices.

About the Author

Frances Silverman .is a solicitor and formerly a reader at the University of Law and fee-paid employment judge. She is author of a number of books on conveyancing. Frances sits as a judge in the First-tier Property Tribunal and is a founder member of the Institute of Expert Witnesses.