On Demand
14 March
Conveyancing Quality Scheme – Demonstrating compliance and surviving the assessment
NationalChanges to the CQS standard from May 2019 has seen the introduction of both Desk Based Assessments and Onsite Assessments. Practices will be selected for assessment both reactively and through random selection.
The assessment will be both technical and qualitative and will require CQS accredited firms to demonstrate compliance with the CQS scheme throughout the Conveyancing Department, including the ability to evidence the Core Practice Management Standard requirements and The Law Society Conveyancing Protocol requirements through their conduct of conveyancing files.
This webinar is specifically designed for firms who are both CQS accredited, and those firms who are currently working towards attaining accreditation.
The presenter, Tracy Thompson, who is a CQS Lead Assessor, will provide guidance on what to expect if your firm is selected for assessment in addition to gaining practical experience of how to evidence the CPMS requirements to the assessor.
22 February
NEW RISK UNCOVERED – The danger in not obtaining optional enquiry 4 – PLUS Understand the area and expose development risk
Midlands / West MidlandsIndex has identified evidence and found cases where road schemes have been approved, and continue to be approved, by mean in the question regarding the councils’ register. This loophole is leaving conveyancers wide open to complaints. This 15 minute update will share the findings from our live, ongoing, investigation, using case studies and startling visual examples, and we’ll discuss how you can protect yourself and your client from risk. We will then pass to Paul Addison of DevAssist to look at the challenges with identifying development risk, the implications for conveyancers and look at how to adopt a best practice approach to protect both clients and solicitors.
22 February
NEW RISK UNCOVERED – The Danger to Conveyancers and their Clients in NOT Obtaining Optional Enquiry 4
NationalIndex has identified evidence and found cases where road schemes have been approved, and continue to be approved, by means of a ‘loophole’ in the question regarding the councils’ register. This loophole is leaving conveyancers wide open to complaints.
We’ll share the findings from our live, ongoing, investigation, using case studies and startling visual examples, and we’ll discuss how you can protect yourself and your client from risk.
21 February
Commercial Leases Part 5 – Turnover leases and dealing with unrepresented or insolvent tenants
NationalThis one-hour webinar is the last in a series of sessions examining key issues for conveyancers when dealing with commercial leasehold transactions. This webinar will examine a number of developments in commercial lease transactions.
Delegates will learn some important tips and traps when dealing with turnover leases. We will also look at tenant friendly leases and enforcement measures.
16 February
Residential Leases Part 5 – Service Charge Issues in Residential Leasehold Transactions
NationalThis one-hour webinar is the final in a series of sessions examining key issues for conveyancers when dealing with residential leasehold property. This session will look at commonly encountered problems with service charge accounts and will examine the production of service charge accounts by the seller and what to look out for plus key provisions and clauses in residential leases – tips and traps.
21 January
Residential Leases Part 4 – Management Issues
NationalThis one-hour webinar is the penultimate in a series of sessions examining key issues for conveyancers when dealing with residential leasehold property.
This session will explore issues that are commonly encountered including administration charges and fees, notices for assignment, and retrospective consents for alteration.
