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OCTOBER 1991
and then for him/her. We call these
"jumbo wills'. This impresses the
client enormously.
Needless to say standard letters to
banks, building societies, etc.
enquiring about accounts held by
the deceased are on disc and can
be sent out on the day we receive
instructions from the personal
representative(s).
When it comes to extracting a
grant, we have all the necessary
forms on disc including oath for
executor/administrator, affidavits of
plight and condition, due execution,
delay, notice of application etc.
Different titles for intestate ad-
ministration are saved as individual
files on disc and these can be
imported and pasted into the
relevant part of the oath for
administator/rix or administration
with will annexed, which is being
edited.
We find that another invaluable use
of
Joyce
and her sister is the
maintenance of executors and
admi n i s t ra t ors accoun t s. All
receipts and payments can be
recorded and saved, and when it
comes to finalising the administra-
tion of an estate, we can prepare
the
execu t or s / admi n i s t ra t ors
current, capital, and distribution
accounts readily, and moreover
show the client the position at any
given time. We use a program
called money manager for this
purpose.
Conveyancing
Practically all the land registry
standard forms are on disc. Right
from the introduction into the office
of
Joyce
it seemed to the author
that if there was any single use that
a wordprocessor could be put to, it
was in land registry work. Ex-
perience has shown this to be the
case.
The classic example is where a
father is voluntarily transferring his
farm to his son reserving rights of
residence, annuity, and so on in
favour of himself and his wife, and
charging the lands with payments
to other children. Using our pre-
cedent bank of forms and clauses
and utilising the cut and paste
facilities of Locoscript we can
produce the transfer, S.72 de-
claration, declaration of solvency,
Family Home Protection Act/etc.
declaration, certificate of market
value, form 17, discharge of ex-
isting
registered
charge(s),
undertaking to bank or other
lending institution, standard letters
etc. within one working day or
less.
In addition to land registry work,
we also have standard con-
veyances, leases for business and
private lettings, memorials for
registration in the registry of
deeds, reconveyances, mortgages,
assignments of leases and various
other documents e.g. powers of
attorney readily available at the
press of a few keys stored on
disc.
Accounts
Quotations, statements of account,
and invoices are all set up in
templates for production when
required. We have a full solicitors
accounts program running on our
Wang PC which can give reports on
practically every aspect of our
financial position both for internal
administration purposes and for
p r oduc t i on to clients when
required.
The future
Perhaps a rejuvenated
Joyce
will
play her part in the revolutionary
period ahead? How about a steroid
injection or should I say silicon
implant for my old girlfriend, Mr.
Sugar? There are reputedly over
two million users of
Joyce
in Britain
alone who, but for her, would never
have had either the courage to
overcome their fear of the com-
puter or the pleasure of using one.
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LAW SOCIETY COPYRIGHT
General Condi t ions of Sale
It has come to the notice of t he Society that many solicitors
are photocopying the General Conditions of Sale and attaching
t hem to their contracts.
As a general concession to members, the Society allows
membe rs to put t he first four pages of its con t r act on Word
Processors. However, no consent has been given to the
reproduction of the General Conditions of Sale.
Apa rt f r om the breach of copy r i ght involved, it does not make
economic sense to pho t ocopy t he Law Soc i e t y 's Conditions.
A copy of the document costs 30p. To photocopy the 15 pages
costs a m i n i mum of 30p excluding t he cost of paper and a
secretary's t ime in copy i ng the documen t.
Membe rs are, therefore, requested not to breach t he Law
Soc i e t y 's copy r i ght in its General Conditions, Requisitions,
Building Contracts or other documen t s.
Noel C. Ryan,
Director General
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