SLC Backs Digital Signatures, but Calls for a Re-Think on TR1 | Today's Conveyancer

Conveyancers urge Land Registry to change digital signature rules

SLA tells Land Registry current set-up allowing digital signatures for transfer deeds does not reflect the realities of modern digital workflows or the operational structures of many conveyancing practices.

SLC backs digital signatures, but calls for a re-think on TR1 | Today's Conveyancer

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has backed the use of digital signatures during the conveyancing process, but is calling on HM Land Registry to amend its position on the TR1 process. In a position statement issued this week, SLC said it ‘fully supports the adoption and use of digital signatures, including Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), as a secure and efficient method for executing legal documents in the conveyancing process’.…