- Update/Intermediate *5 hours CPD
Conveyancers are regulary faced with the challenge of the growing number of clients who wish to co-own property, either as co-habitants or as co-owners seeking to jointly invest in the property market. The recent pace of change in statutory law, Land Registry practice and the decisions of the higher courts has been rapid and is still in the process of development. This course provides a practical guide through these recent changes and covers the following areas:
- A summary of the law relating to co-ownership and cohabitation
- The common pitfalls that conveyancers experience when dealing with co-ownership and co-habitation issues and how to avoid them
- Advising prospective and existing co-habitants whether unmarried, married or civil partners or co-owners who do not intend to co-habit
- Protecting Purchasers from sellers' undisclosed trusts and beneficial interests
- Recent developments in Land Registry practice
- Express trusts, wills and other mechanisms for representing the wishes of clients
- Tax issues
- The future: A summary of recently proposed law reform issues