Undertakings re: Timber Framed Houses - A Reminder

Conveyancing 30/04/2002

Several practitioners have recently contacted the Conveyancing Committee indicating that they have been advised by some companies providing construction systems or kits for timber – framed houses that the Law Society has retracted its practice note published in the March 2001 issue of the Gazette.

The practice note has not been retracted and the Conveyancing Committee would like to take this opportunity to remind solicitors of the recommendation that they do not provide an undertaking to discharge the costs of such systems or kits to supplying companies.