Property in Practice

Property in Practice is the quarterly magazine of the Property Section. It is aimed at commercial and residential property solicitors and licensed conveyancers and covers topics such as e-conveyancing, Home Information Packs, housing, land registration, planning and environment, as well as tax and revenue.

Join the Section and receive a free copy of the magazine and online access to searchable past and present issues. People ineligible for Section membership can receive hard-copies of the journal for £50 per year by subscribing online or by downloading the subscription form [PDF 72KB] .

Details about editorial and advertising opportunities in Property in Practice, Property e-alert and on the Section's website.

CPD Quiz

Property in Practice now comes with up to 12 hours' free CPD points each year, through a 15-question quiz on each edition's content. The quiz is quick and user-friendly and will save members time and money, and is accessible via the CPD centre.

To complete the quiz:

• First, register with the CPD centre and log in today at www.lawsociety.org.uk/cpdcentre. 
(NB Registration requires setting a new user name and password as these details do not automatically carry over from Property site login.)
• Then, select Property Section CPD quiz from the list of Law Society Online Learning.
• If you leave the test mid-way through completion, or your session expires, you will need to click on Record on the CPD toolbar at the top of the page (NB not the browser toolbar) to return to the quiz and for more details on the status of completion.  Once there, click on the quiz name.  This will return a 'View Activity Details' page.  Scroll down the page to where it says 'Online assessment' and click on the 'Launch' button underneath to return to the quiz.
  

In order to claim your CPD hours you must achieve a pass mark of 87% or answer 13 out of 15 questions correctly. Your answers will be marked online as soon as you submit them. You can revisit the assessment as often as you like before the next edition of the magazine is released. However, think carefully before submitting your answers as you only have one attempt in which to complete the quiz.

If you would like to contest this mark please contact Sections Editorial Assistant, Emma Maule, on emma.maule@lawsociety.org.uk; 020 7316 5522.

For all technical queries please contact the CPD Centre on 0207 320 5841 or via email to cpdcentre@lawsociety.org.uk

Members: search the magazine's content

This issue contains the following subjects:

In the public interest (Comment from the chair) News Health warning (Legal Services Reforms, HIPs) Time to bed in (New development plan system) Repair scare (Chancel repair liability) Taxing tax (SDLT) Take two (SDLT HMRC update) Back to the future (Conveyancing) Due diligence indeed: 2 (Deeds) Right from the start: 3 (SDLT relief) Misunderstandings and misconceptions (Landlords and tenants) The REIT focus (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Thorny issues (HIPs)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Half-steam ahead (comment from the chair) Runaway rollercoaster (comment from the committee) News from the Section Views from the other side (conveyancing) The five Ws (model planning agreement) Focus on return (EU conveyancing) Due diligence indeed (deeds) HIP reduction (HIPs) Sub-level (subsidence) Leases renewal (business lease) Rent rules (protocol) We have take-off (e-conveyancing) Process mapping (IT)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Legal services reforms (Comment from the chair) So far so good (comment from the committee) News from the Section Supplementary evidence (Planning gain supplement) Right from the start (purchasing from social landlords) Blissfully ignorant (HIPs) All change please (legislative change) The lie of the land (environmental searches) You are the weakest link response (E-conveyancing) Safe deposit (property rental) The devil's in the detail (client care guidance) Option problem (option to tax legislation) Available to rent (renting homes) Preparing for the revolution (IT)

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This issue contains the following subjects:

Lights, bushels and law reform (comment from the chair) Know your reits? (comment from the committee) News When things go wrong (complaints) Health warning (HIPs) Avoiding other people's dirty laundry (money laundering) Guardian angels (planning - squatters) Still good at... um... er... what exactly (business guidance) Referring guidance (referral fees) Have your say (Law Society consultation) Work in progress (standard lease clauses) Stepping stones (e-conveyancing) You are the weakest link (e-conveyancing) Best in show (IT)

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