Seller Disclose or Buyer Beware? A Conveyancer's Guide to Searches

Introduction

Despite being routine conveyancing activities, pre-contract searches and enquiries present a number of pitfalls and traps for both clients and conveyancer alike.

This webinar will go beyond the mere wording of the questions asked and examine the underlying legal, practical and regulatory consequences of failing to spot a potential problem or to give correct advice to a client.

It will also consider where the line is to be drawn between simply relying on the replies to the questions on the search forms and raising additional enquiries, for example in the light of the most recent changes to the Con29 questions, the Conveyancing Protocol (in 2019).

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Law Society guidance on Coal Mining Searches
• Con 29: public highways and unadopted roads
• Other problematic entries on local search, such as enforcement notice, restricted PD rights, tree preservation orders
• Listed building or conservation area consents needed for alterations?
• Private drains and sewers, build over agreement & drainage and water searches
• What the Conveyancing Protocol says about replying to and raising enquiries

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 27th October 2025

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