A checklist designed to prompt practitioners to consider the many dimensions of equity release transactions.
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Acting for private lenders
Mortgages
19 Jul 21
This checklist will help practitioners avoid the most common claims when acting for private lenders. The items in this checklist are the minimum requirements which would usually apply when acting for a lender regardless of whether the loan is one off or for a more experienced private lender.
Practice Risk Guides
Avoiding Superannuation Claims
Conveyancing, Financial Agreements, Will Making, Mortgages, Professional Responsibility
24 Apr 18
This LPLC Practice Risk Guide focuses on helping practitioners to avoid the types of claims relating to superannuation matters that arise in family law, wills and estates and property work. In all areas simple oversight is the most common cause of claims.
LIJ Articles
When parents lend to children
Mortgages
01 Jul 18
Be alert to the risks when advising on parent loans to home buyers.
Latest News & Alerts
Alert
Spike in duty claims from conveyancing transactions
Conveyancing, Tax
12 Jul 21
There has been a spike in duty claims in the last 12 months. Practitioners handling conveyancing matters should review their knowledge and precedents about duty immediately to ensure they reflect the current law.
News
Electronic file note template - practitioner resource
Engagement/retainer management, Resources and information
25 Jun 21
LPLC has created a very basic generic File Note MS word (.dotx) template for practitioners and firms to download, adapt and use to create electronic file notes.
News
Step by step guides to set up multifactor authentication
Cyber security
08 Jun 21
All too often LPLC is contacted by law firms with compromised email accounts. In almost all instances the infiltration would have been prevented had multifactor authentication (MFA) been enabled on the law firm’s devices and networks.
MFA requires a user to enter more than one piece of information or credential, in addition to a username and password, to verify identity and gain access to an account.