21 February 2012
Conference time: 0900hrs – 1635hrs
Holborn Bars, 138-142 Holborn, London, EC1N 2NQ
The conveyancing world has changed drastically over the last year impacting lenders, consumers and conveyancers alike. Regulatory reshaping; the economic back drop; the significant impact of solicitor fraud on lenders; and the entry of new types of market players in the form of Alternative Business Structures (ABS’s), has all played a part in these changes.
Anyone who has an interest in conveyancing and lender focused legal issues should attend this essential conference.
This conference will cover some of these key drivers with sessions including:
– The future of legal services
– The Legal Services Act
– Panel management
– Separate representation instructions
– Regulation update
– Recoveries
– Scotland issues
– Land Registry initiatives
– The CML Lenders’ Handbook
– FSA’a fraud thematic
– Termination of tenancies
– LPA receivers
Now in its 10th year, the annual legal issues conference will give delegates the opportunity to take part in a wide range of interactive roundtable discussions on up to the minute issues facing the industry today. The conference will be chaired by Michael Webber, head of legal services, Clydesdale Bank and chairman, CML legal advisory panel
Confirmed speakers include:
– Jonathan Smithers, chairman, Conveyancing and Land Law Committee, The Law Society
– Jackie Bennett OBE, head of policy, Council of Mortgage Lenders
– Jennifer Bourne, senior policy adviser, Council of Mortgage Lenders
– Karen Wilshere, credit risk review, prudential risk, Financial Services Authority
– Edward Goldsmith, senior partner, Goldsmith Williams Solicitors
– Anthony Salata, partner, Jorden Salata
– Malcolm Dawson OBE, chief land registrar and chief executive, Land Registry
– Representative from the Legal Services Board
– Georgina Squire, partner, Rosling King LLP
– Zafar Khan, chief executive officer, RPost Registered Email
– John Logan, country manager – Scotland and Northern Ireland, Stewart Title Limited
Job titles of delegates already booked to attend include:
– Director
– Legal counsel
– Panel operational and development manager
– Senior solicitor
and the following organisations will be represented:
– Barclays
– Cobbetts LLP
– Genworth Financial
– UK Asset Resolution Ltd (UKAR)
Cost:
£385 for members (VAT exempt)
£505 for non-members (VAT exempt)
Our event fees remain highly competitive
Location:
This event is closed to the press