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Law Society practice note on conflict of interests
www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/practice-notes/conflict-of-interests/
Acts of Parliament
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga
Keep up to date with statutory developments.
Association of British Insurers
www.abi.org.uk
Remember insurance may be required from the time of exchange. Look at the contract terms to check.
Bank of England
www.bankofengland.co.uk
Canal & River Trust
canalrivertrust.org.uk/
Chancel Check
A product from Conveyancing Liability Solutions Ltd for chancel repairs liability checks,
www.safe-move.co.uk/residential-searches/chancel-check/
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
www.ciarb.org
Chartered Surveyors, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
www.rics.org
Coal Mining Report Service
www.searchpoint.co.uk/terrafirma-mining-searches/
Companies House
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house
Online company searches are available from this site.
Countrywide Legal Indemnities
www.countrywidelegal.co.uk
Drainage and water enquiry
www.southernwater.co.uk/regulations-services/drainage-and-water-searches
Land Registry searches online
www.land-search-online.co.uk
Energy Saving Trust
www.energysavingtrust.org.uk
Environment Agency
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
Estates Gazette
www.egi.co.uk
Financial Conduct Authority
www.fca.org.uk
Obtain information on all aspects of financial regulation in the UK.
Legalmove online conveyancing
www.legalmove.com
National Highways
www.nationalhighways.co.uk
May assist in the process of Commercial Conveyancing.
HM Revenue and Customs
www.hmrc.gov.uk
The site for information on any problems about the payment of stamp duty land tax (e.g. the apportionment of price in the contract between land and chattels).
HM Stationery Office within the Office of Public Sector
Information, www.legislation.gov.uk/ (locate official information).
HM Treasury
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-treasury
Homecheck
www.landmark.co.uk/products/homecheck-professional/
Supreme Court judgments
www.supremecourt.uk/decided-cases/
Inland Revenue - see HM Revenue and Customs
Islamic Mortgages
www.alrayanbank.co.uk/moving-home
Land Registry
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry
Land Registry Internet register access
www.gov.uk/guidance/land-registry-portal-how-to-request-official-copies
The location for online applications for official copies of registered title.
Landmark Information Group, property and environmental risk information
https://www.landmark.co.uk/
Environmental searches can be obtained from the Landmark Information Group. These might shed light on former uses of the land perhaps revealed by covenants in the deeds.
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber)
www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/courts-and-tribunals/tribunals/lands/index.htm
The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) considers applications to discharge or modify restrictive covenants
Law Commission
www.lawcom.gov.uk
Keep up to date on proposals for law reform.
Law Society
www.lawsociety.org.uk/home.law
Law Society's Gazette
www.lawgazette.co.uk
The weekly publication from the Law Society that contains much relevant information concerning conveyancing.
Licensed Conveyancers, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers
www.clc-uk.org
Law Society, Vital Property Forms
www.lawsociety.org.uk/en/topics/property/transaction-forms
Location and other statistics
www.zoopla.co.uk/
Ministry of Justice
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
National Association of Estate Agents
www.naea.co.uk
National House Building Council
www.nhbc.co.uk
National Land Information Service
This was set up to facilitate online searches and has its own site at www.nlis.org.uk
Office for National Statistics
www.ons.gov.uk
Office of Public Sector Information
www.legislation.gov.uk
Online SDLT submissions
www.gov.uk/sdlt-online
Ordnance Survey
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
It might be useful to consult a detailed Ordnance Survey map when drafting descriptions of land in the draft contract (e.g. sales of part).
Practical Law Company
https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/
Public Record Office - The National Archives
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
May assist in the process of Commercial Conveyancing.
Registers of Scotland
www.ros.gov.uk
Royal Institute of British Architects
www.architecture.com
After completion the client might want to carry out alterations, additions, or a complete reconstruction. If so, an architect will be needed.
Royal Town Planning Institute
www.rtpi.org.uk
Searchflow
www.searchflow.co.uk
Sitecheck (Landmark Information Group)
www.landmark.co.uk/products/sitecheck-assess
Solicitors Regulation Authority
www.sra.org.uk
Street map of anywhere in the UK
www.streetmap.co.uk
UK Parliament
www.parliament.uk
Details of Parliamentary business.
Valuation Office
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/valuation-office-agency
Verderers of the New Forest
www.verderers.org.uk
Water UK
www.water.org.uk