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Conveyancing Compliance: What Van Halen Can Teach Lawyers
Originally published 14 January 2013. Updated October 2026. What can Van Halen teach lawyers about conveyancing compliance? Their famous request for a bowl of M&Ms with the brown ones removed offers a useful lesson about reading instructions and recognising warning signs. Conveyancers work with detailed mortgage lender requirements. A missed condition can matter even when…
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Drainage and Water Searches: Why Lender Requirements Matter
Originally published January 2012. Updated October 2026. A mortgage lender may accept a personal local authority search without accepting a personal drainage and water search. Conveyancers therefore need to check which search products the lender permits, the conditions attached and what the resulting report actually reveals about the property. This article originally reported a change…