New-build Issues for Conveyancing
Date: Wednesday 22 October 2014
Time: 8:30 registration and breakfast, 9:00 – 12:00 Seminar
Venue: TBC
CPD: 3 Hours CPD Accredited by the SRA
Fees: £99 + vat for members, £115 + vat for non-members (£30 Discount is available when booking the morning and afternoon courses together, this will be reflected on your final invoice.)
Speaker: Richard Snape
Newbuild Issues for Conveyancing
The newbuild market is becoming a major area of conveyancing and is undergoing various fundamental changes. The course aims to look at current issues and update the busy conveyancer. In particular, Help to Buy is a complex area which is being met frequently.
Topics include:
• Help to Buy requirements
• Help to Buy documentation for conveyancers
• The future of Section 104 Water Industry Agreements which are due to undergo fundamental changes
• Planning permission issues
• Problems in relation to easements and transfer of part
• Current issues in relation to NHBC
• The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 and issues for newbuilds
• Community Infrastructure Levy and its effect on the purchaser
• Issues in relation to planning conditions
Richard Snape has worked as a Consultant and Professional Support Lawyer for Davitt Jones Bould Solicitors since 2002. He was formerly a senior lecturer in law at the University of West of England, Bristol, and was head of Land Law. He and has done numerous courses for local law societies all over the country, various public courses throughout England and Wales, in-house seminars within solicitors firms, and has also talked extensively to local authorities and central government bodies such as the Ministry of Defence, National Health Service and HM Revenue & Customs. He has also lectured within the Land Registry and has written various articles for the legal press. His areas of specialism include both commercial and residential property, in particular in relation to local government law, domestic conveyancing issues, development land, commercial property and incumbrances in relation to land.
Web Links:
http://birminghamlawsociety.co.uk/cpdcalendar?task=view_event&event_id=127