Colp & Cofa

With
a view to assisting the ‘special ones’, namely COLPs, Conveycentric are
arranging two free CPD seminars on the 25th February at the Council of
Mortgage Lenders. The seminar is aimed at examining in detail the duties
and responsibilities of the COLP and COFA with a particular emphasis on
the high risk area of conveyancing.

Topics to be covered include :

• Monitoring risk: essential policies and procedures 
• The SRA’s thematic review: why the focus on conveyancing 
• Improving your firm’s risk profile 
• Compliance breaches: how to apply the SRA guidance 
• Reporting Obligations and technology: manual or automated processes 
• Lender panels; what does the future hold? 
• Lenders as clients: understanding and managing your obligations 
• What do Lenders expect from panel firms?

The speakers are Tim Prior of PNCR and Chris Smyth an industry
consultant who recently chaired last years CML Mortgage fraud and
professional negligence recoveries seminar.

Tim
is a contributing author to LexisPSL on risk and compliance issues and
is a regular speaker at Law Society and CLT events. He is a member of
the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme Assessment Panel and is
risk consultant to the scheme.

Chris
is an independent consultant to the Financial Services industry and the
Legal Profession. Formerly he was Head of Legal Services at Cheltenham
& Gloucester plc. He now a non -executive Director at Bath
Investment and Building Society as well as member of the Law Society’s
Conveyancing Quality Scheme Assessment Panel

I
understand that very few places are now available so if you are
interested book soon by clicking here. Look out for the small print.
Although the seminar is free you will be charged if you dont turn up.