Conveyancing Basics for Legal Support Staff 2021
Course Date: June 4, 2021
Total: 5h 40min
Total Ethics: 1h
Course Date: June 4, 2021
Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)
Jessica Hodgins — CLEBC, 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-John — Deputy 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 Niro — Bell 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. Halifax — Cobbett & Cotton Law Corporation, Burnaby