LPC Law Notes Property Law and Practice Notes
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Conveyance procedure: Sale and Purchase of Freehold
NOTE Seller markets the property hoping to find a buyer (estate agents are common). Seller is required to obtain an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) (Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2012(si 2012/3118)) | An example of an attendance note recording instructions from a client which follow a check list is found in PLP book page 94-95 | NOTE | ||
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SELLER | BOTH | BUYER | ||
Solicitors receive instructions which are usually confirmed by writing, together with written info relation to the solicitor’s costs (Confirm Client ID/M Laundering/Mortgage fraud/Confidentiality):
| Take instructions | Solicitors receive instructions which are usually confirmed by writing, together with written info relation to the solicitor’s costs (Confirm Client ID M Laundering/Mortgage fraud/confidentiality):
If 2 or more co-buyers confirm instructions with all (Penn v Bristol and West Building Society and Others (1995))
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Pre-contract package includes:
| Prepare pre-contract package (draft contract, evidence of title etc.) |
| Investigate tittle | Buyer’s solicitors must check documents of title and ensure that seller is entitled to sell and that there are no encumbrances (e.g. restrictive covenants) which may prevent the buyer from using the property as he intends to. Check that terms of draft contract accord with instructions by buyer. Check proof of the seller’s ownership of land “title”. Any queries about the title made to the seller’s solicitors are called “requisitions”. Requisitions require seller to resolve problems in seller’s ownership or title. Identify defects in title. If also acting for lender prepare report on title 4 them. |
Commission survey | Buyer must find out as much as they can (about boundaries, access, works, disputes, outgoings) as due to the Caveat Emptor principle. | |||
Seller is not obliged to answer questions about the property but is encouraged to do so in order to facilitate the sale. Incorrect responses may account for misrepresentation. | Raise pre-contract searches and enquiries | Solicitor must carry out pre-contract searches of various statutory private and public bodies (eg local authorities) to help buyer build up a whole picture of the property.... |
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A collection of the best LPC PLP notes the director of Oxbridge Notes (an Oxford law graduate) could find after combing through dozens of LPC samples from outstanding students with the highest results in England and carefully evaluating each on accuracy, formatting, logical structure, spelling/grammar, conciseness and "wow-factor".
In short these are what we believe to be the strongest set of PLP notes available in the UK this year. This collection of notes is fully updated for recent exams, a...
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