National Conveyancing Week Special: Simplifying property due diligence and the future of searches

The latest Today's Conveyancer podcast is an extended edition as part of National Conveyancing Week 2023. Host David Opie is joined by a panel of professionals from across the conveyancing sector to discuss the increasingly complex world of property due diligence and searches. Andrew Prismall, Chair of the Association of Independent Search AgentsJames Sherwood-Rogers, Independent Chair of the Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO)Chris Loaring, Managing Director, Landmark Legal and founding member of the Conveyancing Information Executive (CIE)Laura Burkinshaw, Head of Legal Practice, Convey Law and member of Bold Legal GroupSimon Law, Head of Legal Practice DC Law & JS Law and Chair, Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC)In a previous podcast we have discussed the inclusion of climate change data as "the straw that breaks the camel's back" as conveyancers are expected to report on an increasing range of potential environmental and physical factors that could affect the property which they are for the mostpart untrained to do.There is understandable push back and in this podcast we discuss the current position of practitioners and data providers, as well as explore some of the history behind property data and searches to help us understand how we've got the position we have; with searches containing upwards of 40-50 pages of content. The discussion focuses on the current direction of travel and explores views on technology, accessing live data rather than snippets in time and the ability to refresh information, product roadmaps for the data providers, and the issue of climate change. Listen in to this entertaining podcast to hear the panel's views. National Conveyancing Week is an initiative designed to raise the profile of the conveyancing profession in the home moving industry. From 20th-24th March 2023 a series of on and offline events will showcase the work of the profession and encourage collaboration across the home moving community. The Today's Conveyancer podcast can be found on your preferred podcast provider and also at www.todaysconveyancer.co.uk. Subscribe and listen in for all the latest conveyancing industry news and views. Thank you to our podcast sponsors LEAP Legal Software and InfoTrack