Conveyancing Basics for Legal Support Staff 2021


Course Date: June 4, 2021

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 40min
Total Ethics: 1h

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Jessica HodginsCLEBC, Vancouver

Client ID and Source of Money (9:05 – 9:40)

Barbara K. Buchanan, QC Practice Advisor, Conduct and Ethics, Law Society of BC, Vancouver

BREAK (9:40 – 9:50)

Land Owner Transparency Act (LOTA) (9:50 – 10:25)

Shannon Brown-JohnDeputy Administrator, Land Owner Transparency Registry Services, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster

BREAK (10:25 – 10:35)

Property Transfer Tax (10:35 – 11:10)

Lorna Pritchard Director, PTT Compliance, Ministry of Finance, Property Taxation Branch, Victoria

BREAK (11:10 – 11:20)

GST (11:20 – 11:55)

Lisa NiroBell Alliance LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH BREAK (11:55 – 12:35)

Mortgages (12:35 – 1:10)

Timothy J. Lack BrighouseLaw LLP, Vancouver
Colleen Read Senior Conveyancer, Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

BREAK (1:10 – 1:20)

Statement of Adjustments (1:20 – 1:55)

Colleen Read Senior Conveyancer, Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

BREAK (1:55 – 2:05)

Virtual Signings (2:05 – 2:45)

Nicholas Auld Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam

BREAK (2:45 – 2:55)

Top 10 LTSA Defects and Powers of Attorneys (2:55 – 3:35)

Dustin Meyer Deputy Registrar, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster

BREAK (3:35 – 3:45)

Miscellaneous Topics (3:45 – 4:30)

Robert F. HalifaxCobbett & Cotton Law Corporation, Burnaby