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Barry Borman
OpinionIn for the long haul
The goal of a rapid exchange of contracts must not come at the expense of sacrificing the long-term preservation of our clients’ interests.
OpinionLand consent problem solved
I had a similar query to R.M. Napier (‘Land consent conundrum’, letters, 4 December) in ascertaining how to approach a covenant restrictive of the user of a property that I was purchasing for a client.I accordingly searched online for ‘release of restrictive covenant HMLR’ and, lo and behold, a Land ...
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Let’s get a life
I completely empathise with John Greenwood’s concern over the pressure and ennui of a solicitor’s practice (letters, 3 April). What I cannot agree with is his solution of taking on, for example, the duties of a deputy district judge or a recorder as ‘a chance to get away from the ...
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Wild goose chase on tax
There are pitfalls in endeavouring to negotiate the minutiae of the SDLT regime – and I know from experience.
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Wrong message to give clients
What sort of introduction is it to a new client to say: ‘Hi, welcome aboard, we’re going to look after you and this is how you can grumble about us’?
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Conveyancing code breaker
There needs to be some further professional guidance to aid buyers’ conveyancers when raising case-specific additional enquiries.
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Clients want to see something tangible
I was interested to read Bob Haworth’s comments on bringing back Land Certificates. My experience also indicates that clients want something tangible.
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Lost for words
A senior lecturer has called on lawyers to abandon complex expressions that are ‘more complicated than they need to be’ [see [2009] Gazette, 1 October, 1].