Conveyancing has become a very stressful profession, with conveyancers and their staff often under immense pressure to perform to clients’ expectations.

Much of the process, which they have to coordinate, is actually out of their hands. They are heavily dependent on banks, city councils, revenue offices and other role players (including local deeds offices) to perform their duties by furnishing them with bond instructions, rates clearances and so on.

Conveyancers and their secretaries are delayed and compromised by buyers who fail to pay deposits or rentals on time, or by both buyers and/or sellers wanting to change agreements resulting in inevitable further delays. Often it is just one party that defaults, resulting in the other pressuring the conveyancer to remedy the situation, hassles with electrical certificates and latent defects pressurize conveyancers.

The objective of this training is to deliver on socio-political mandate within the context of improving the excellence and sustainability of the member firms and thereby achieving intellectual growth and endless potential.

Course Objectives

• protect the interest of the client, the Seller, at all times and these interests should outweigh all other considerations except of course issues of legality;
• inform the seller of the conveyancing procedure and keep the seller informed of the progress of the transaction;
• advise the seller on the content of the Offer to Purchase, especially regarding suspensive conditions;
• advise the seller on the cancellation of his bond, any penalties, notice periods and other administrative charges which may affect the settlement figure;
• obtain the seller’s instruction before issuing any guarantees in respect of the transaction;
• do everything in his power to register the transaction on or as close as possible to the date agreed to in the offer to purchase;
• advise the seller on his obligations in terms of the offer to purchase, so as to ensure that the transfer is not delayed;
• meet with the seller to explain, as well as sign the necessary documentation in order to conclude the transaction;
• prepare the deeds for lodgement with care, so as to minimize the risk of rejection of the documentation by the Deeds Office;
• inform the seller of the transfer on the day of registration;
• account to the seller for finances relating to the transaction within two days after registration

Target Audience

This course is for anyone in the conveyancing and notarial practice, lawyers, legal secretaries, commercial managers, contract managers, and anyone who must draft, amend or update contracts, legal letters, and legal opinions. The course is suitable for non-native English speakers looking for a better understanding of English legal terms. Attorneys and candidate attorneys may register for these courses, as well as any other person who wishes to learn more about this field of practice.

Target Competencies

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