A Practical Approach to Conveyancing

Drawing on the authors' own experiences in legal practice, which together spans over 50 years, A Practical Approach to Conveyancing offers a detailed exposition of the key principles and procedures of both residential and commercial conveyancing. Following the progress of a typical conveyancing transaction from first receiving instructions and undertaking pre-contract searches and enquiries right through to completion, the book seeks to offer the reader practical guidance on each stage of the transaction and provides practical solutions to common problems which may arise during the conveyancing process. Each topic is accompanied by relevant sample documentation, clauses and forms throughout which are designed to familiarise the reader with the documentation which will be encountered in practice. Additional learning support is provided by key point summaries and practical checklists, and the book also features a number of practical suggestions to help save time and money. The book has established itself as a core text on the Legal Practice Course for students wishing to have a more applied overview of property law and practice.The book is also essential reading for solicitors, their support staff, trainee solicitors, licensed conveyancers, legal executives and others involved or interested in the conveyancing process. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre provides students with specimen forms, and links to useful websites, while a test bank of questions allows lecturers to test their students' understanding of the topics covered in the book. Lecturers may also access the diagrams from the book in an electronic format suitable for use in lecture slides or other teaching materials.

Table of Contents:
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. 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 Tenact Act 1954, Part II

About the Author :
Robert Abbey is Professor of Legal Education and Practice and the Director of the Legal Practice Course at the University of Westminster. He is also a Deputy Adjudicator to HM Land Registry, the Law Society's Chief Examiner in property law and practice, and a Consultant Solicitor with Russell Jones & Walker. He has co-authored a number of books, all published by Oxford University Press, including the Property Law Handbook, A Practical Approach to Commercial Conveyancing and Property, Companion to Property Law and Practice, A Guide to Assessment and Blackstone's Guide to the Land Registration Act 2002. Mark Richards is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster and an external examiner on the Legal Practice Course. He was formerly an equity partner in a central London solicitors' practice, and has co-authored a number of books, all published by Oxford University Press, including the Property Law Handbook, A Practical Approach to Commercial Conveyancing and Property, Companion to Property Law and Practice, A Guide to Assessment and Blackstone's Guide to the Land Registration Act 2002.