Updates to the conveyancers’ code of conduct have been signed off by the Legal Services Board (LSB) and will take effect on 1 January 2025
The code, which was last reviewed in 2011, is part of the Council of Licensed Conveyancers’ (CLC’s) Handbook. The previous ‘overarching principles’ have been replaced by six ‘ethical principles’ outlining standards of practice to protect and promote consumer interests.
The changes place greater emphasis on knowing your client and supporting equality, diversity and inclusion in practice.
Sheila Kumar, CLC chief executive, said the changes ‘reflect the CLC’s own insight into these issues and how the world has changed around us since the code was last updated’.
The CLC will host roadshows on the code in London, Liverpool, Leeds and Bristol in the week beginning 11 November.
