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Series: Estates Gazette ; (0218) 4 May 2002, 143(1)Publication details: 2002Subject(s): Summary: Argues for conveyancers to challenge local authority practice to use postal searches which earn them revenue rather than using personal searches when requesting information on property for a client. Legislation allows a lawyer to use personal representation to search the local authority registers in order to relive pressure on lawyers to speed things up but in return the local authorities have restricted access to the registers. The Law Society has failed to support its members in improving personal access but the local authorities do need to improve their customer service.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS65563 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 118343-1001 |
Argues for conveyancers to challenge local authority practice to use postal searches which earn them revenue rather than using personal searches when requesting information on property for a client. Legislation allows a lawyer to use personal representation to search the local authority registers in order to relive pressure on lawyers to speed things up but in return the local authorities have restricted access to the registers. The Law Society has failed to support its members in improving personal access but the local authorities do need to improve their customer service.