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TA6 reassurance for conveyancers

26 March 2025
Issue: 8110 / Categories: Legal News , Conveyancing , Property
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The Law Society is introducing a ‘two-form’ system for property sales, following last year’s TA6 debacle.

The unpopular 5th edition TA6 will be replaced. Instead, a 6th edition TA6 becomes mandatory for Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) members from March 2026. This form gives buyers information once an offer has been accepted.

The second form is not mandatory for CQS members. It contains material information which sellers are recommended to give estate agents when marketing the property, and is designed for conveyancers to use if they are instructed before the property is listed.

A furious row erupted last March after the Law Society updated TA6 in line with National Trading Standards guidance to include ‘material information’ such as proximity of electric car charging points. Property lawyers said the ‘material information’ element increased their risk of liability.

The row escalated into a vote of no confidence against the Law Society’s then president Nick Emmerson and chief executive Ian Jeffery—they survived the vote, postponed mandatory use of the 5th edition and launched a consultation on the form.

Law Society vice president Mark Evans said this week they received 1,200 responses, mainly from solicitors.

Evans said: ‘We hope this new approach will make the TA6 process more straightforward and easier to understand and navigate for conveyancers and their clients.

‘We appreciate that this is a difficult month for our members who are under intense pressure with a stamp duty tax deadline looming and we can assure you that there will not be any overnight changes to the existing 4th and 5th edition forms.’

The Law Society intends to provide training on the forms and will test the forms in the summer on conveyancers, sellers and buyers to make sure they work and find out which areas require most support. 

Issue: 8110 / Categories: Legal News , Conveyancing , Property
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