Conveyancing Basics for Legal Support Staff 2018
Course Date: May 11, 2018
Total: 5h 15min
Course Date: May 11, 2018
Welcome and Introduction
Opening a File
- purchase contract
- consulting with clients and obtaining instructions
- searches and investigations
Gail Davies — Landmark Law Corporation, Vancouver
Lisa Niro — Bell Alliance Lawyers & Notaries Public, Vancouver
Mortgage Instructions
- typical fixed mortgage
- typical collateral mortgage
- private mortgages
Colleen Read — Senior Conveyancer, Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam
Break
Property Transfer Tax
- review property transfer tax form
- foreign buyers
- new tax rate and calculations
Raluca Dogaru — Policy and Legislative Analyst, Property Taxation Branch, Ministry of Finance, Victoria
Closing Procedures and Statement of Adjustments
Bob C. Starkell — Bob C. Starkell Law Corporation, Vancouver
Colleen Read — Senior Conveyancer, Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam
Lunch
Closing on New Construction — Developer's Perspective
- timing
- preparation of documents
- VSA's
- undertakings
- payment of purchase price
Robert M. Goodrich — Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Residential Real Estate — Practice Pitfalls
- what is the Lawyers Insurance Fund
- common errors
- tips on how to avoid
Marlon T. Song — Lawyers Insurance Fund, Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Acting For Vendors
- payouts
- undertakings
- non-resident vendors
Dick H.K. Chan — Spagnuolo & Company Real Estate Lawyers, Coquitlam
Break
Most Frequent LTO Defect Reasons and Project ACE Update
Dustin Meyer — Assistant Deputy Registrar, Land Title and Survey Authority of BC, New Westminster
Miscellaneous Practice Points
- client ID — verification and attestation
- powers of attorney
- Strata Form B
- holdback pursuant to the contract
Robert F. Halifax — Cobbett & Cotton Law Corporation, Burnaby
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