The Essential Guide to Buying and Selling Real Property (NSW)
Date/Time
13 & 14 March 2024
Online
9.00am - 12.30pm AEDT
About the
College of Law Courses
This program is delivered by The Education Network partner - The College of Law.
The changing landscape in real property transaction urges practitioners to be on top of the most recent updates. Join this essential two-day live webinar to gain knowledge on the contract, risk and recent developments in buying and selling real property.
Walk away with skills you can apply in your practice to successfully assist your clients on a residential sale/purchase of land.
At the end of this program you will gain an understanding of:
- The current standard contract for property transactions and the compilation of the contract
- How to identify whether an enforceable contract exists
- How to successfully interpret client instructions and translate them into contractual terms
- How to undertake an electronic verification of identity (VOI) standard and how to explain the effect of a client authorisation
- The tax implications that apply to property law transactions including the CGT withholding and GST at settlement measure
- The responsibility for vendor disclosure throughout a transaction
- Risk management in property transactions, the traps to avoid and lessons from recent cases.
The expert facilitator is:
Katelin Whitley, Principal, Bestic Law, Accredited Specialist in Property Law and Accredited Specialist in Wills and Estates
Who should attend
The webinar is ideal for practitioners new to the practice of property law, solicitors in general practice, commercial property lawyers, conveyancing specialists, senior executives of financial & property corporations.
This webinar is produced in NSW and features a NSW-based practitioner. This webinar is available to all NSW based practitioners.
The program
Day 1 - Wednesday, 13 March 2024
9.00am: Introduction and recent developments
10.00am: Stretch break
10.05am: Contract for sale and purchase of land – 2022 edition
11.05am: Stretch break
11.10am: Electronic signatures and verification of identify (VOI)
11.40am: Electronic conveyancing
- Client authorisation
- Compiling the contract
- Priority notices
- Certifications
- Right to deal
- Attribution rule
12.30pm: Close
Day 2 - Thursday, 14 March 2024
9.00am: Welcome and introduction
9.05am: Vendor disclosure requirements
10.00am:Stretch break
10.05am: Tax considerations in conveyancing – GST, CGT and stamp duty
11.05am: Stretch break
11.10am: Contract law elements and remedies
12.00pm: Risk management in property transactions
CPD information
Professional skills: 5
Substantive law: 1
Practice management and business skills: 0.5
This course is not an approved CPD activity for Western Australian practitioners.