The Law Society of England and Wales have written to all those who registered for the TA6 consultation to outline plans and timescales for the next steps of the process.
The Law Society have engaged a third party company to conduct the research and report back its findings ahead of any proposed amendments to the fifth edition of the form. 2CV Ltd have been tasked with direct member engagement exercises to capture views on the wider policy changes in residential conveyancing, the TA6 form and the experience of using it. The research aims to
- understand conveyancers’ engagement and views on external opportunities and threats impacting the market
- understand users’ experiences and views of the TA6 form (4th edition and 5th edition) and its part in the wider conveyancing landscape
- identify improvements to the TA6 form
As part of its work 2CV will engage with conveyancers and legal group, local law societies and form licensees through online surveys, focus groups and direct engagements.
Consultation Timescales
Early September – 2CV Ltd will contact solicitors, licensed conveyancers and other professionals working in conveyancing, including those who signed up to the consultation via our website, to conduct a quantitative survey
Mid-September – in-depth interviews will be held with a selection of practising conveyancers and licensees
Mid-to-late September – research-led group discussions will be held with conveyancers and CQS senior responsible officers
October – deep dive online webinars released exploring key areas of concern, including liability and digitisation
Mid-to-late October – online large-scale consultation workshops and external stakeholder roundtables held
Following uproar over the release of the fifth edition of the TA6 Property Information Form, on 14th June Law Society chief executive officer Ian Jeffery confirmed the proposed mandatory implementation due on 25th June would be postponed until 15th January 2025. In the interim both the 4th edition, and 5th edition are acceptable under the CQS protocol.
Over 1200 conveyancers have signed up to take part in the consultation prompting Law Society president, Nick Emmerson, to comment
“With more than a thousand people registered to be involved in the TA6 form consultation, we know that this is a very important issue for our members. We are committed to engaging with conveyancers across the country and want to hear from members who have used the forms and those who have not.”
“The consultation will help us understand users’ experience and views of the TA6 form, its part in the wider conveyancing landscape and to identify improvements to the property form.”
2 responses
This is good news.
It’s a shame it took a request for an SGM to get to this point.
What Conveyancing Solicitors need is a voice at The Law Society advection behalf of property law Solicitors rather than the space being filled by technology companies, technology evangelists and The Conveyancing Association.
advection = advocating on