They will discuss the benefits of choosing an IPSA member for conveyancing searches
The Association of Independent Personal Search Agents (IPSA) has announced that it will be joined by HM Land Registry (HMLR) at LegalEx, a legal exhibition which brings together lawyers and the businesses behind the law at ExCel from November 22 to 23.
IPSA is a not-for-profit membership organisation which represents and supports search companies across the UK. It provides a wide range of services to educate, inform and support members, including a dedicated website and telephone helpline.
HM Land Registry is the government agency which safeguards land and property ownership, valued at £8 trillion. The Land Register contains more than 26 million titles showing evidence of ownership for more than 88 per cent of the land mass of England and Wales.
“I’m delighted that the Land Registry will be joining us on our stand at LegalEx,” said Andrew Prismall (pictured), IPSA charman. “HMLR’s support for independent search agents is a huge endorsement of the quality services our members provide to the legal community working in property.
“We are really looking forward to meeting everyone at LegalEx and demonstrating the benefit of using IPSA members for conveyancing searches. The event will give us a great opportunity to remind solicitors and conveyancers that choosing an IPSA member for their searches is a guarantee of quality local knowledge wherever they are in the UK.”
Callum Moffat, customer and local authority delivery executive of the local land charges programme at HM Land Registry, commented: “We are committed to working in partnership with organisations across the conveyancing sector to build a shared vision for the property market, research collaboratively, and co-design changes to our systems. IPSA’s input and counsel designing and iterating our local land charges service has been invaluable.
“Through our local land charges programme, we are digitising and centralising millions of local authority charges and records across England and Wales. Our new service provides the conveyancing sector with immediate access to property information, enabling informed decisions and more robust housing chains.”
