Conveyancing Specialist Reference Group

For members of all grades working in conveyancing, and for those with conveyancing practice rights

Thank you to the members who have signed up to form part of this specialist reference group. If you are not a member, but wish to join, please email [email protected] with your full name (as you are registered with us) and your membership number.

Previous work 

CILEx continues to promote member views throughout the legal community. We hope that the Conveyancing Specialist Reference Group grows with us. 

We have consulted with the Conveyancing Specialist Reference Group on a number of occasions in order to provide our work with greater amounts of evidence. Examples of our work can be found below, some of which includes direct references so our SRG engagement that proves to be increasingly valuable as we engage more with those in the legal services market:

• 08/03/2019 – Reinvigorating Commonhold
• 22/01/2019 – A New Housing Court
• 07/01/2019 – Leasehold Enfranchisement
• 20/11/2018 – Implementing reforms to the leasehold system
• 01/11/2018 – Electronic Execution of Documents
• 14/09/2018 – Parliament Leasehold Inquiry
• Land registration practice guide: Overseas companies and limited liability partnerships (PG78)
  1 June 2018: Guidance for conveyancers on overseas companies and limited liability partnerships (practice guide 78).
• Modernising house buying: government response to consultation
  17 May 2018: The government has further revealed how it plans to modernise house buying and selling in England and Wales.
• Property transactions: legal formalities and requirements
  9 May 2018: There is no exception to the rule under Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 s2 for very ‘small’ transactions.
• Tenant Fees Bill introduced into parliament
  2 May 2018: The Tenant Fees Bill will among other key measures, end letting fees.
• 08/03/2019 – Reinvigorating Commonhold
• 22/01/2019 – A New Housing Court
• 07/01/2019 – Leasehold Enfranchisement
• 20/11/2018 – Implementing reforms to the leasehold system
• 01/11/2018 – Electronic Execution of Documents
• 14/09/2018 – Parliament Leasehold Inquiry
• New housing secretary appointed
  30 April 2018: James Brokenshire has been appointed as Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
• Laws with unintended consequences: HA 1988 Sch 1 para 3A and HA 1988 s8
  27 April 2018: Mike Bowen FCILEx suggests that the government will have to legislate to deal with the unintended consequences of HA 1988 Sch 1 para 3A and HA 1988 s8.
• Conveyancing Association reveals new Technical Protocol
  25 April 2018: The Conveyancing Association has just revealed the third edition of its Conveyancing Protocol.
• Fraud, mistake and rectification of the Register
  25 April 2018: The High Court has clarified that an entry on a register cannot retroactively become a mistake.
• 08/03/2019 – Reinvigorating Commonhold
• 22/01/2019 – A New Housing Court
• 07/01/2019 – Leasehold Enfranchisement
• 20/11/2018 – Implementing reforms to the leasehold system
• 01/11/2018 – Electronic Execution of Documents
• 14/09/2018 – Parliament Leasehold Inquiry
• Property Guardians: an outline of the phenomenon
  24 April 2018: This article introduces the property guardianship trend, focusing on extent and geographical reach; property standards; and the protection of deposits.
• Residential leasehold and commonhold
  24 April 2018: The HCLG has published a report following its pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Non-Domestic Rating (Property in Common Occupation) Bill.
• Charities: advice for applications sent to HM Land Registry (PG14)
  23 April 2018: Advice about applications to be sent to HM Land Registry to register transactions involving charities.
• Guidance for preparing plans for HM Land Registry applications (PG40s2)
  23 April 2018: This supplement describes boundary agreements, determined boundaries and the application process.
• 08/03/2019 – Reinvigorating Commonhold
• 22/01/2019 – A New Housing Court
• 07/01/2019 – Leasehold Enfranchisement
• 20/11/2018 – Implementing reforms to the leasehold system
• 01/11/2018 – Electronic Execution of Documents
• 14/09/2018 – Parliament Leasehold Inquiry
• March Transaction Data from HM Land Registry
  23 April 2018: Transaction data gives numbers of applications for first registrations, leases, transfers of part, dealings, official copies and searches lodged with HM Land Registry.
• Second reading for Empty Homes Bill
  23 April 2018: The Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill will allow councils to charge double the rate of council tax on homes left empty for year.
• Preparing for the GDPR
  20 April 2018: To support firms to work towards compliance, the Law Society has produced a guide.
• Labour party housing green paper
  19 April 2018: Housing for the many: a Labour party green paper sets out the Opposition’s plan to change the country’s approach to affordable housing.

Practice advice

At CILEx we do our best to provide our members with as much advice and guidance as we can for our members looking to, or those who are already working in conveyancing. Our Practice Advice page is a great place to start if you have any questions or queries. If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for, or would like further guidance or advice, please get in touch with the membership contact centre via the general enquiry form. 

Contact us

If you have any questions about this or other Specialist Reference Groups, then please contact us on [email protected].