This new edition represents a more comprehensive contribution to the art and practice of conveyancing. It looks at the task through the eyes of someone in business as a conveyancer and the challenges and opportunities that it provides.

Aims to set the substantive law of conveyancing in the context of practical conveyancing transactions and procedures. In line with the Law Society's Legal Practice Course, the book expounds the law using the vehicle of a series of imaginary conveyancing transactions in an imaginary law firm.

The Law Society's Conveyancing Handbook is revised annually by a team of expert editors and contributors, directed by an editorial board and edited by Frances Silverman. Its up-to-date guidance on good practice makes it every conveyancers' first port of call for the resolution of issues arising from day-to-day transactions. Among the changes to the law and practice covered by this 22nd edition are:- good practice regarding pre-contract searches and enquiries- the scope of Flood Re- contaminated land practice note- architects' certificates after Hunt v. Optima- regulation affecting off-mains drainage.These developments and more are considered within a chronological account of a residential conveyancing transaction, supported by comprehensive reference materials, including all the relevant standard forms and guidance.

Taking a pragmatic, rather than academic, approach to conveyancing, this work provides solutions to everyday problems encountered by conveyancing practitioners wishing to offer a cost-effective and efficient service.