Prohibition on acting for both sides in conveyancing transactions from 2013

Conveyancing 02/11/2012

Practitioners’ attention is drawn to SI 375 of 2012, whereby a solicitor, from 1 January 2013 onward, may not act for both vendor and purchaser in a conveyancing transaction (as defined in the SI and including a voluntary transfer), except in a few limited circumstances as set out in the statutory instrument.