Property Law For Paralegals / Legal Assistants
This course is designed for support staff and paralegals who carry out some of the conveyancing tasks involved in a sale or purchase (typically under supervision by a more senior lawyer) but who want to have a deeper understanding of the process.
The course provides an essential overview of key elements of the conveyancing process, from initial instructions until completion of the transaction.
The course will help you to be clearer about the issues you can tackle and matters that would need the involvement of your supervisor.
Obtaining client instructions
Understanding basic money laundering rules
Joint tenancies and tenancies in common
Seeking replies to enquiries
Reviewing the contents of a registered title
Lenders' instructions and the UK Finance Handbook
Pre-contract searches
Exchange - What it means and whether you should do it
The priority period of official pre-completion searches
What are professional undertakings and who should give them?
Preparing and submitting a sale contract
The key differences between forms TR1 and TP1
How a deed is to be executed
Key tasks to be undertaken on completion and post-completion
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: