All 16 results for conveyancing speaker:Baroness Ashton of Upholland

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 8 May 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...of a claim to professional privilege;". 3ZD In section 67 (directors, etc, not to accept commission in connection with loans), in subsection (7), in the definition of "solicitor" for "licensed conveyancer" substitute "any person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes a reserved instrument activity (within...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 8 May 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...purpose "designated regulator" means— (a) The Law Society;(b) The General Council of the Bar;(c) The Master of the Faculties;(d) The Institute of Legal Executives;(e) the Council for Licensed Conveyancers;(f) The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys;(g) The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys;(h) The Association of Law Costs Draftsmen;(i) any other body which is a body to which...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 8 May 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...insert— "Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12) In section 49(11), the definition of "legal representative"." Schedule 23, page 303, line 8, column 2, after "2," insert ""Authorised Conveyancing Practitioners Board." and" Schedule 23, page 303, line 9, at end insert— "Superannuation Act 1972 (c. 11) In Schedule 1, "Employment by the Legal Services Ombudsman" and "The...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 8 May 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...to the Solicitors Act have in the main been dealt with in Schedule 16. Those Acts variously deal with the regulation, education and training applying to the provision of advocacy, litigation, conveyancing and probate services. They also set out the persons who have a role in regulating those services, such as the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Justice, the Secretary of State—the...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 8 May 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...17, page 264, line 25, at end insert— "( ) In subsection (4), for "or" at the end of paragraph (a) substitute— "(aa) pending the hearing and determination of any appeal brought by the licensed conveyancer under paragraph 18, 20, 29, 32, 34 or 37 of Schedule 13 to the Legal Services Act 2007;(ab) pending the review by a licensing authority, in accordance with its licensing rules, of a...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 8 May 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...may think fit. "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Council. (3C) The conditions which may be imposed under subsection (3A) or (3B) include— (a) conditions restricting the kinds of conveyancing services that may be provided by the body;(b) conditions imposed by reference to criteria of general application;(c) conditions requiring the body to take any specified steps that...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 8 May 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: moved Amendments Nos. 587A to 596: Schedule 17, page 273, line 21, at end insert— "( ) after sub-paragraph (1)(e) insert—"(ea) the Council is satisfied that a licensed conveyancer has abandoned his practice;(eb) the Council is satisfied that a licensed conveyancer has been practising in breach of any conditions subject to which his licence has effect;"," Schedule 17, page 274, line 33,...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Land Registry: Key Performance Indicators and Targets (28 Mar 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...report to Ministers. Other Business Development: Move the Land Registry corporate website to the new portal and establish the portal for the use of one or more of the following segments; citizens, conveyancers, lenders, estate agents. 1 Result from quarterly satisfaction. 2 Agreed with HM Treasury on 20 December 2006. 3 Based on the GDP deflator issued by HM Treasury on 21 December 2006...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 6 Mar 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: I am grateful to the noble Lord. I agree; we need to recognise that it is important to update and streamline the powers of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. Schedule 17 already makes a number of changes to the Administration of Justice Act 1985 and the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990, to ensure that the council is able to operate effectively under the new framework. As the noble Lord...

Legal Services Bill [HL] (21 Feb 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...to an activity which is a reserved legal activity. It does not matter under the Bill whether the act or omission in question relates to a reserved legal activity—advocacy, litigation, licensed conveyancing, and so on—or some other legal activity or service that the respondent was providing. That is partly because we have taken the view that what matters is that the person is...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 6 Feb 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...with the noble Lord that a complainant should not be prevented from making a claim on the Law Society's compensation fund or, for that matter, the compensation fund of the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. Indeed, these compensation funds can make payments where the OLC would not be able to act. A clear example might be where a solicitor had improperly taken money from a client account...

Legal Services Bill [HL] ( 6 Feb 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ..., for example, might apply only to consumers from one area, but it is difficult to prevent them going elsewhere for services and to ensure that services stay within the boundaries of an area. Conveyancing, litigation and other services can all have aspects that might not be restricted to defined physical areas. One might limit pilot providers to one area, but it is hard to prevent them...

Legal Services Bill [HL] (22 Jan 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...Association of Law Costs Draftsmen Ltd, which is currently going through the Courts and Legal Services Act procedure, has expressed interest in regulating probate, as has the Council for Licensed Conveyancers. There may be others, but those are the two that I know of. I do not have an estimate of the number of likely applications, but I shall consult the department and write to the noble...

Legal Services Bill [HL] (22 Jan 2007)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...Bar Council, they have to be approved now by the Secretary of State. All other rules are dealt with by the Law Society through the Master of the Rolls. All rules made by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers must be approved now by the Secretary of State. What we are providing for is a Legal Services Board with the discretion to exempt. In a sense we are arguing about two sides of the same...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Land Registry: Key Performance Indicators (28 Mar 2006)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: ...hectares of land to the total areas of registered freehold land in England and Wales. Electronic service delivery: Introduce a prototype chain matrix service to provide transparency to residential conveyancing chains. Other Business Development: Establish a Land Registry portal as a first step in implementing a single integrated customer interface for all online Land Registry information...

Written Ministerial Statements — House of Lords: Land Registry: Electronic Conveyancing (15 Feb 2006)

Baroness Ashton of Upholland: Land Registry has carried out extensive further consultation with stakeholders on the introduction of electronic conveyancing in England and Wales since the formal consultation exercise in 2002. The implementation of this important reform programme will continue to be carried out incrementally. A prototype in 2006 (the Chain Matrix) and a pilot exercise in the second half of 2007 (the system...


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