Mr Gordon Oakes: ...find themselves. When the public generally consider the activities of large firms in London and the provinces, they may think that tremendous incomes are made, but these firms probably do expensive conveyancing work in the main and are not interested in divorce work. Many solicitors operate on the theory that the money made on conveyancing subsidises the money lost on litigation. That is...
Sir Hugh Munro-Lucas-Tooth: ...probably in about equal quantities. As the Attorney-General has explained, it was because the Court of Chancery had invented the restraint upon anticipation to cover the case only of a female that conveyancers invented a different system to cover the case of a male. They invented the protective trust, although not by that name. That name came in only with the introduction of the Trustee...
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...
Dawn Primarolo: ...patient; this is not his Adjournment debate. We continue to consult on how we can have a fairer system that reflects commercial practice, not tax distortions, and takes account of moves towards e-conveyancing. Consultation on the processes commenced in the summer of 2002, and on some of the more complex areas, such as large developments and leases, it continued until the summer of 2003....
Conveyancing (Scotland) Amendment Bill,
Conveyancing (Scotland) Amendment Bill,
Conveyancing (Scotland) (Amendment) Bill.
Conveyancing (Scotland) Amendment Bill.
Conveyancing (Scotland) Bill,
Conveyancing (Scotland) Bill.
That they have passed a Bill, intituled, "An Act to consolidate the enactments relating to conveyancing and the law of property in England and Wales." [Law of Property (Consolidation) Bill [Lords.]
Acts have been passed for consolidating the laws relating to workmen's compensation in cases of accident, and to real property and conveyancing, and also for consolidating the Judicature Acts and for simplifying and amending the procedure in criminal cases.
Mr William Spens: Owing to bad conveyancing there may be exceptional cases.
CONVEYANCING AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords].
Orders of the Day — Conveyancing Amendment (Scotland) Bill.
CONVEYANCING AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords]
CONVEYANCING AMENDMENT (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords].
Conveyancing Amendment (Scotland) Bill [Lords], without Amendment.
Mr Samuel Silverman: ...whether the proposal has ever been recommended by any of the various bodies which from time to time have inquired into the matter? It seems to bristle with difficulties. Is it proposed to have a conveyancing system and investigation of title under the Sale of Goods Act?
Mr James McInnes: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the Reid Committee on Conveyancing and Registration of Title to Land is likely to report.