Hi all

A colleague of mine is buying a house and I happened to mention Part 1
and Part 2 solicitor searches. This was certainly a "thing" when I have
bought property in the past.

He wasn't aware of this, so I set about Googling. To my surprise,
nothing appeared, despite various re-words of the search string.

I remember a friend of mine successfully sueing (suing?) a solicitor for
failing to carry out Part 2.

Does this terminology still exist in the conveyancing process, or has it
or the process itself been superseded?

Thanks

Phil

On Thursday, 12 October 2017 09:09:13 UTC+1, thescullster wrote:
I remember a friend of mine successfully sueing (suing?) a solicitor for
failing to carry out Part 2.
Does this terminology still exist in the conveyancing process, or has it
or the process itself been superseded?

I think the terminology has been superseded, it's still considered prudent to do a second LR search immediately before exchange/completion just in case anything's changed since the searches earlier in the conveyancing process, especially if it's been protracted.

Owain

By now I'm very surprised google has not been commissioned to run the land
registry, it looks right up their street (view!)

Brian

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On Thursday, 12 October 2017 09:09:13 UTC+1, thescullster wrote:
I remember a friend of mine successfully sueing (suing?) a solicitor for
failing to carry out Part 2.
Does this terminology still exist in the conveyancing process, or has it
or the process itself been superseded?

I think the terminology has been superseded, it's still considered prudent
to do a second LR search immediately before exchange/completion just in case
anything's changed since the searches earlier in the conveyancing process,
especially if it's been protracted.

Owain

On 12/10/2017 10:16, wrote:
On Thursday, 12 October 2017 09:09:13 UTC+1, thescullster wrote:
I remember a friend of mine successfully sueing (suing?) a solicitor for
failing to carry out Part 2.
Does this terminology still exist in the conveyancing process, or has it
or the process itself been superseded?

I think the terminology has been superseded, it's still considered prudent to do a second LR search immediately before exchange/completion just in case anything's changed since the searches earlier in the conveyancing process, especially if it's been protracted.

Owain


My recollection was that the Part 2 search went into the more obscure
detail. My friend's property was discovered to have a footpath running
across the land (when he came to sell), an issue that wasn't picked up
on the Part 1 search carried out by the solicitor when he purchased the
property.

Phil