Legal Secretary - Scottish Conveyancing

Legal Secretary - Scottish Conveyancing

Provided by:

Pitman Training - Aberdeen

Course description:

Course Objectives

To give an introduction to the work, responsibilities, practice and structure of a Scottish conveyancing office.

Course Content:

Lesson 1:

Selling land in Scotland, What is meant by Convenancing, What is meant by Registered Title, The Sasine Register, The Land Register.

Lesson 2:

Pre-sale Enquires, What is meant by “The Offer”, Transaction Pregress Sheet, E-Forms.

Lesson 3:

Property Enquiry Certificates, Form 13 report, Coal mining report, Forms 1, 2 and 4, Drafting a Standard Security.

Lesson 4:

Discharge of Standard Security, Matrimonial Homes Affidavit, Letter of Obligation, Completion Procedures.

Features:

-Structured modular approach to make learning easy
-Practical exercises to test what you have learnt

Benefits:

Develop an excellent knowledge of the workings and structure of the legal office

A wide choice of training locations and times, and the flexibility and value of self-study training methods that allow for different learning speeds and styles

A personalised workbook to use as a reference guide post-training

The opportunity to gain the widely recognised Pitman Training certification


Follow-on Courses

Scottish Family Law, Audio Transcription Stage 1, Effective Business Communication

This course forms part of the Legal Secretarial Diploma

Qualifications:

A Pitman Training Certificate is issued on sucessful completion of the end of course examination

Entry requirements:

There are no formal entry requirements although it is required that participants have a familiarity with the Windows environment and basic keyboarding experience.