Written by two leading authorities in the area with
over 50 years' combined experience of legal practice, A Practical Approach to Conveyancing
continues to provide a detailed and accessible exposition of the key principles and
procedures governing conveyancing transactions. Combining coverage of both residential and
commercial conveyancing, the book guides the reader through the various stages of a
typical conveyancing transaction and provides highly practical guidance on each stage,
from first receiving instructions and undertaking pre-contract searches and enquiries
right through to completion, enabling the reader to approach all aspects of a conveyancing
transaction with confidence in practice.
The pragmatic nature of the book is
enhanced by the inclusion of relevant sample documentation, clauses and forms throughout
ensuring that the reader is familiar with the documentation they will encounter in
practice. Key point summaries and practical checklists provide additional learning support
and can be used to quickly identify the essential points relating to individual subject
areas.
Now in its thirteenth edition, the book has firmly
established itself as a core text on the Legal Practice Course for those seeking to
provide their students with a highly practical and applied overview of property law and
practice. This classic text is also essential reading for anyone involved in the
conveyancing process, including trainee and qualified solicitors, legal executives and
licensed conveyancers.
Robert Abbey is Professor of Legal
Education and Practice at the University of Westminster and a Deputy Adjudicator to HM
Land Registry. He is also the Solicitors Regulation Authority's Chief External Examiner in
Property Law and Practice.
Mark Richards is a Solicitor and
Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Westminster. He was previously a partner in a
central London solicitors' firm specializing in all aspects of property law.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction 1
2 Taking Instructions and Other Initial
Matters 54
3 The Draft Contract 77
4 Pre-Contract Searches and Enquiries, Town
and Country Planning 113
5 Deduction and Investigation of Title
155
6 Exchange of Contracts; Death or
Insolvency of Contracting Parties between Exchange and Completion 194
7 The Purchase Deed and Mortgage 224
8 Pre-Completion Procedures and Completion
258
9 Post-Completion Procedures: Delays and
Remedies 292
10 Leaseholds and Commonhold 324
11 New Properties 360
12 Commercial Conveyancing 375
13 Business Tenancies and the Landlord and
Tenant Act 1954, Part II 411
App. 1 List of Useful Websites 459
App. 2 National Conveyancing Protocol (5th
edition) for Domestic Freehold and Leasehold Property 461
App. 3 Standard Conditions of Sale (4th edition)
(National Conditions of Sale, 24th edition, Law Society's Conditions of Sale 2003) 470
App. 4 Law Society's Standard Form of Contract 481
App. 5 Special Condition Making Contract Conditional upon Satisfactory Local Search 484
App. 6 Precedent for Lock-out Agreement 485
App. 7 Local Search Application Form 486
App. 8 Example of an Epitome of Title 493
App. 9 Precedent for Conveyance of Part of Unregistered Land 495
App. 10 Completion Information and Requisitions on Title 498
App. 11 Specimen Completion Statements 505
App. 12 Law Society's Code for Completion by Post (1998 edition) 510
App. 13 Standard Commercial Property Conditions (2nd edition) 512
App. 14 Important Provisions for Conveyancers in Solicitors' Code of Conduct 2007 531
App. 15 Statutory declaration/certificate as to non-revocation for powers of attorney
more than 12 months old at the date ofthe disposition for which they are used 540
App. 16 The CML Lenders' Handbook for England and Wales 542
App. 17 Water Search CON 29DW 575
App. 18 Mortgage Deed 578
App. 19 From END 1 579
App. 20 Commercial Property Standard Enquiries CPSE.1 (version 2,6) 581
App. 21 Guide to Completing Prescribed Clauses: Text That Must Be Included 608
App. 22 Specimen Land Registry Official Copy
Entries and Title Plan 611
Index 615
656 pages, Paperback