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Guidance Notes and Best Practice Guides
LR: Land & buildings are usually the most valuable assets people own and, because they can be sold & mortgaged to raise money, they are often attractive targets for fraudsters. Land Registry has, therefore, recently published two new guides which advise members of the public:
* how the risks of a successful fraud can be minimised(Public Guide 17 - How to safeguard against property fraud)
* when evidence of identity is required if lodging an application to register a property(Public Guide 20 - Identity checks)
As there is a higher risk of fraud when a solicitor or conveyancer does not represent the applicant, Land Registry is widening the types of applications where evidence of identity is required. From 3 March 2008, identity checks are being introduced to include situations where parties to transactions are not legally represented.
Press release ~ Land Registry ~ Public Guide 17 - How to safeguard against property fraud ~ Public Guide 20 - Identity checks
WYP: Emergency planning is the focus of a new website launched by the West Yorkshire Resilience Forum. The onsite information aims to help people make their own plans to ensure their families would be safe and well-informed during an emergency situation affecting their community.
It covers issues such as establishing key contacts, making an emergency list and what items to gather as well as what to do in particular emergencies.
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