A Practical Approach to Conveyancing

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.

1. Introduction ; 2. Taking instructions and other initial matters ; 3. The draft contract ; 4. Pre-contract searches and enquiries, town and country planning ; 5. Deduction and investigation of title ; 6. Preparing for and Implementing exchange of contracts; death or insolvency of contracting parties between exchange and completion ; 7. The purchase deed and mortgage ; 8. Pre-completion procedures and completion ; 9. Post-completion procedures: delays and remedies ; 10. Leaseholds and commonholds ; 11. New properties ; 12. Commercial conveyancing ; 13. Business tenancies and the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II ; Appendix 1: List of useful websites ; Appendix 2: The Law Society Conveyancing Protocol ; Appendix 3: Standard Conditions of Sale (5th edition) ; Appendix 4: Law Society's Standard Form of Contract ; Apendix 5: Example of an Epitome of Title ; Appendix 6: Precedent for Conveyance of Part of Unregistered Land ; Appendix 7: Completion Information and Requisitions on Title ; Appendix 8: Specimen Completion Statements ; Appendix 9: Law Society's Code for Completion by Post (2011 edition) ; Appendix 10: Standard Commercial Property Conditions (2nd edition) ; Appendix 11: The CML Lenders' Handbook for England and Wales - PART 1 ; Appendix 12: Mortgage Deed ; Appendix 13: Guide to Completing Prescribed Clauses ; Appendix 14: Specimen Land Registry Official Copy Entries and Title Plan