Conveyancing transactions involving the family home carry an increased risk of error, misunderstanding, and professional liability, particularly where family relationships, gifts, or informal arrangements sit behind the legal title. This webinar is primarily designed for residential conveyancers, while also being highly relevant to family solicitors who advise clients on property ownership and transfers arising from relationship breakdown, cohabitation, or inter-generational planning.
Topics covered include:
- The various declarations of trust available
- Gifts from parents to children
- Potential undue influence and conflicts of interest between the parties
- Overriding interests and consent forms
- Problems in relation to severance
This course is essential viewing for residential conveyancers, family law practitioners, and private client lawyers who advise on property ownership, transfers of equity, or family arrangements involving the home. Attendees will gain practical guidance on identifying risks early, responding appropriately to enquiries, and protecting themselves and their clients in high-risk family property transactions.
Residential conveyancers, family lawyers and private client solicitors who advise on property ownership, transfers of equity, or family arrangements involving the family home.
All Levels – this can be picked up throughout anyone’s professional career regardless of experience
- Understand the potential liability for clients and conveyancers arising from misrepresentation in replies to pre-contract enquiries
- Respond confidently and appropriately to standard and non-standard enquiries
- Identify risks arising from family arrangements, gifts, and shared ownership
- Analyse specific enquiries by reference to the TA6 (6th Edition)
- Recognise situations involving undue influence, conflicts of interest, and overriding interests
This live webinar contains a 45-minute presentation from Richard Snape, a 15-minute Q&A session where you can ask any questions you'd like directly to Richard. You can download your own copy of the presentation and resources to refer to during and after the live webinar.
You will be able to actively listen to the course and ask questions to the speaker.
This live webinar provides you with 1 hour of learning.
Attendees will receive a CPD certificate upon completion of this course.
The live webinar begins at 1.00pm.
The £69 +VAT price includes:
- 45 minutes of topical content
- 15-minute interactive Q&A
- Comprehensive notes
- CPD certificate
Of course! Once you select the live webinar, you will have the option to select the number of tickets you want to purchase, then you can follow the instructions on the screen. Once your payment has been processed, you will then be asked to assign the tickets to those attending. Each delegate will then receive an email with instructions on how to finalise their booking.
Simply get in touch with team@formediagroup.co.uk to request an invoice, you will need to let us know which live webinar you are booking and how many attendees you need to book.
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Richard Snape
Richard has been the Head of Legal Training at Davitt Jones Bould (DJB) since 2002. He speaks at numerous courses for law societies all over the country, various public courses, in-house seminars within solicitors’ firms and has also talked extensively to local authorities and central government bodies. His areas of specialism include both commercial and residential property, in particular in relation to local government law, conveyancing issues, development land, commercial property and incumbrances in relation to land.
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