Wills can be urgent – they are certainly important

Posted by Justin on Sep 30, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Over the past couple of weeks, as well as my normal workload, I have had to make three emergency Wills. To be fair, one was not – I suspect – a genuine emergency: the client insisted he was about to die and that he had to be visited at home so he could make his Will but, as he is now asking for time to pay his bill, I reckon he was just demanding special attention. The other couple...
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Land Registry’s possible “Home Owner Monitoring Service”

Posted by Justin on Sep 29, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments The Land Registry is considering this service, saying, “We are currently researching customer appetite for a home-owner alert service to anyone who feels they may be at risk of property fraud or to anyone who would like the comfort of knowing they will be notified if any enquiries are made against their property.  We want to hear your views on whether you would use this service and what...
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Free Wi-Fi for visitors to Nelsons

Posted by Justin on Sep 28, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Visitors to Nelsons can make use of our free Wi-Fi connection while they are here – just ask for details when you call
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Property theft – an update

Posted by Justin on Sep 28, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments For those of you who have read our factsheet on property theft, I see that the Land Registry is now consulting on a possible “Home Owner Monitoring Service” – it seems that the Land Registry has woken up to the fact that their existing anti-property theft measures are ineffective and something more is required
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Strange but true: legal documents are significant

Posted by Justin on Sep 26, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Many people seem to think that, when it suits them, they can shrug off their obligations under a lease or contract with no consequences. Believe it or not, this is not the case: legal documents do indeed have legal consequences Contracts If you enter into a contract, you are legally bound by it. It is no good claiming later that the contract does not suit you. Perhaps more importantly, until the...
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Et tu, Brute?

Posted by Justin on Sep 23, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments With something of a fanfare, the Law Society has introduced its “Conveyancing Quality Service”, but in doing so it is harming the interests of solicitors and not helping anybody – except the big lending institutions who want to tighten their grip on the housing market. The original aim of the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) was, the Law Society tells us, “to speed up...
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