CILEx Level 3 Unit 10 Conveyancing
CILEx Level 3 Unit 10 Conveyancing - £325
This course will deliver detailed knowledge and skills to enable you to progress a sale or purchase of unregistered land under supervision. This web page covers the content of this course - information on how our supported distance learning courses are delivered is given on the page titled 'Courses for CILEx Level 3 law and practice units'. The fee is £325 if purchased as a single unit, but discounts are available if purchased as part of a bundle of units as indicated under the heading 'Application' at the bottom of the page. CILEx Level 3 units were known as ILEX Level 3 units until recently. CILEx stands for the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives. It was known as the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX) until the award of a Royal Charter in January 2012.
Who is the course for?
This course is relevant:
- if you working towards an CILEx Level 3 qualification as indicated in the section below
- if you are an unqualified member of staff or paralegal working in a conveyancing department then this is an ideal training course. We recommend that you should also study CILEx Level 3 Unit 1 Introduction to Law and Practice and CILEx Level 3 Unit 4 Land Law.
- if you are a member of the public and you wish to understand more about the conveyancing process.
Level 3 is equivalent to A level in academic standard. We also offer the more advanced CILEx Level 6 Unit 9 Land Law and CILEx Level 6 Unit 17 Conveyancing.
What qualification will I get?
This course does not amount to a qualification on its own, although success in the unit does contribute seven credits to your learning record. The unit can be used to contribute to the CILEx Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice (Conveyancing) or the CILEx Level 3 Professional Diploma in Law and Practice which are both listed on the national database of accredited qualifications for England and Wales.
What is the detailed course content?
The Conveyancing course delivers the CILEx syllabus for this unit. Please click on the link to see the syllabus content expressed in terms of broad learning outcomes as well as the detailed knowledge, understanding and skills that are delivered by the course. ITC publishes a course manual every year to deliver the CILEx syllabus and the table of contents (2011 edition) is reproduced below. You can also view sample pages from the course manual.
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Conveyancing
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Types of conveyancing transactions
1.3 Ownership of land
1.3.1 Land and other property
1.3.2 Estates and interests in land
1.3.2.1 Legal estates
1.3.2.2 Interests in land
1.3.3 Co-ownership
1.4 The two systems of conveyancing
1.4.1 Determining whether land is registered or unregistered
1.4.2 Unregistered conveyancing
1.4.3 Registered conveyancing
1.4.3.1 Registration of land
1.4.3.2 General features of the registered conveyancing system
1.5 Overview of a conveyancing transaction
1.5.1 Pre-contract work
1.5.2 Exchange of contracts
1.5.3 Post-exchange/pre-completion work
1.5.4 Completion
1.5.5 Post-completion
1.5.6 Summary diagram
1.6 Important general points
1.6.1 Solicitors’ Code of Conduct
1.6.1.1 Acting for more than one party in a single transaction
1.6.1.2 Costs and client care
1.6.1.3 Contract races
1.6.2 Money laundering
1.7 The Law Society Conveyancing Protocol
1.8 The Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS)
1.9 Summary
Chapter 2: Registered Land
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Title documentation
2.3 The register
2.4 Applications to the Land Registry
2.5 Rights of third parties
2.6 Summary
Chapter 3: Taking Instructions for a Sale and Purchase
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Home Information Packs (HIPs)
3.2.1 Continuing requirement for an EPC
3.3 Acting for the seller
3.3.1 Taking initial instructions
3.3.2 Preliminary work for the seller
3.4 Acting for the buyer
3.4.1 Taking initial instructions
3.4.1.1 Funding issues
3.4.1.2 Advising joint buyers
3.4.1.3 Surveys
3.4.2 Preliminary work for the buyer
3.5 Case study
3.6 Summary
Chapter 4: Steps up to Exchange of Contracts – (1) Preparation of the Contract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Obtaining the title deeds
4.3 Checking the seller’s title
4.4 The form and content of the contract of sale
4.4.1 Contents of the contract of sale for registered land (Document 5 of the Appendix)
4.4.2 The Standard Conditions of Sale (SCS)
4.4.3 Special conditions
4.4.4 Title guarantees
4.5 The deposit
4.6 The pre-contract package
4.6.1 Contents of the pre-contract package
4.6.2 Additional pre-contract information where the Protocol is being used
4.7 Case study
4.8 Summary
Chapter 5: Steps up to Exchange of Contracts – (2) Pre-contract Searches and Enquiries
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Pre-contract searches
5.2.1 Making searches through the National Land Information Service (NLIS)
5.2.2 The local search – LLC1 and CON 29
5.2.3 CON 29 DW – standard drainage and water enquiries
5.2.4 Commons registration
5.2.5 Coal mining search
5.2.6 Other specialist searches
5.2.7 Environmental searches
5.2.8 Chancel repair liability search
5.2.9 Search of the index map
5.2.10 Physical inspection
5.3 Pre-contract enquiries
5.3.1 Evaluating information already provided
5.3.2 Evaluating information from the pre-contract package
5.3.3 Where the information has not yet been provided
5.3.4 The property information forms
5.3.5 Replies to the enquiries
5.3.6 NHBC Agreements
5.3.6.1 Introduction
5.3.6.2 The nature of the NHBC scheme
5.3.6.3 The Buildmark scheme
5.3.6.4 The procedure and documentation
5.4 Case study
5.5 Summary
Chapter 6: Steps up to Exchange of Contracts – (3) Investigation of Title
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Land Registry entries and title plans
6.3 Title checks
6.3.1 The property register
6.3.2 The proprietorship register
6.3.3 The charges register
6.4 Information from pre-contract searches and enquiries
6.5 Title reports
6.6 Case study
6.7 Summary
Chapter 7: Exchange of Contracts
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Matters to check before exchange
7.2.1 Matters to be checked by the buyer’s solicitor
7.2.2 Matters to be checked by the seller’s solicitor
7.3 Methods of exchange
7.4 Linked transactions – simultaneous exchange
7.5 Issues to be addressed on exchange
7.6 Case study
7.7 Summary
Chapter 8: Steps Between Exchange and Completion and Completing the Transaction
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The buyer’s solicitor raises standard form requisitions
8.3 The seller’s solicitor replies to the requisitions
8.4 The buyer’s solicitor drafts the purchase deed
8.5 The seller’s solicitor approves the draft transfer
8.6 Remaining work for the buyer’s solicitor prior to completion
8.7 Remaining steps for the seller’s solicitor prior to completion
8.8 Completion
8.8.1 Introduction
8.8.2 Final document check
8.8.3 Methods of completion
8.8.4 Methods of transferring funds on completion
8.8.5 Completion in linked (chain) transactions
8.8.6 Informing the clients of completion
8.9 Case study
8.10 Summary
Chapter 9: Post-completion
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Steps following completion
9.2.1 Steps for seller’s solicitor
9.2.2 Steps for buyer’s solicitor
9.3 Stamp duty land tax
9.4 Change of ownership at Land Registry
9.4.1 The importance of registration
9.4.2 How land is registered
9.4.3 Land Registry early completion policy
9.5 Remaining steps
9.6 Case study
9.7 Summary
Chapter 10: Acting for a Mortgage Lender
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Duty of the buyer’s solicitors
10.3 Acting for the buyer and the mortgage lender
10.4 Background to a mortgage advance
10.5 Types of mortgage
10.5.1 Repayment mortgage
10.5.2 The mortgage protection policy
10.5.3 The endowment mortgage
10.5.4 The pension mortgage
10.5.5 Interest-only mortgages
10.6 Acting for the seller and redeeming a building society mortgage
10.7 Acting for the buyer and the lender
10.8 The mortgage deed
10.9 Second and subsequent mortgages
10.10 Remortgages
10.11 Summary
Application
Download: CILEx courses application form 2011-12.pdf
Or apply on-line:
Apply for this course alone at £325
Apply for all courses leading to the CILEx Level 3 Certificate in Law and Practice at £1100
Apply for this course along with Unit 1 Introduction to Law and Practice and Unit 4 Land Law at £730