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GAZETTE
DECEMBER 1988
Correspondence
James J. Ivers,
Director General,
Law Society,
Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7.
Dear Mr. Ivers,
You may recall that in 1986 we
amended our procedures to ensure
that our Guarantee Certificate
(Form HG6) was available well in
advance of the closing of sales.
This change was to ensure that the
warranty was in place before a
purchaser completed the agree-
ment w i th the builder. In general,
this has worked satisfactorily but
we are becoming a little concerned
at the extent to which persons who
b o r r ow f r om s ome f i n a n c i al
institutions are able to obtain
finance w i t hout any great check
being made on whether or not the
house is registered.
We have gone to the trouble in
recent mon t hs of briefing all of the
major financial institutions who are
involved in the home loans market
to bring to their attention the
necessity for them to be alert at the
time when they are considering
app l i ca t i ons for mo r t gages to
ensure that the house is registered
w i t h us and to look for the
registration certificate.
I feel that the Law Society could
help us in this area by sending out
some adv i ce to p r ac t i t i one r s,
particularly w i th regard to ensuring
t h a t c e r t i f i c a t es are in t he
possession of purchasers before
sales are closed.
I would appreciate your view on
t h is ma t t er and in pa r t i cu l ar
whether or not you consider it is an
area wh i ch the Society can assist.
Yours sincerely,
MICHAEL GREENE
National House Building
Guarantee Scheme,
Canal Road,
Dublin 6.
The Editor,
Law Society Gazette,
Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7.
Mapping/Registration of Title
Dear Sir,
Members of the Law Society may
not be aware that the Ordnance
Survey O f f i ce has field s t a ff
working on a full time basis in most
parts of the country. We are
prepared to offer the services of
this staff to carry out the mapping
for registration of individual titles
on behalf of the legal profession.
The fee involved would be in the
region of £ 50 per survey irrespec-
tive of the geographical location of
the site. However, this would only
be viable if the Ordnance Survey
were to obtain a reasonable pro-
portion of the survey relating to
registration of title. In the case of
multiple registrations on the same
site the fee could be negotiated.
We wo u ld app r ec i a te if your
members were made aware of this
service and depending on the
vo l ume of wo r k, it cou ld be
introduced almost immediately on
a trial basis. We are also prepared
to negotiate w i th regard to the
production of maps for the re-
gistration of title where extensive
survey is required.
If any further information is
requested I would be obliged if you
would contact Tony Preston or
myself.
Yours sincerely,
M. C. WALSH
Assistant Director,
Ordnance Survey Office,
Dublin 7.
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