The By Lawyers commentary ‘A brief explanation to the transition to E-conveyancing‘ has been updated.

This very practical and topical commentary is available in all By Lawyers Conveyancing & Property Guides, including Sale, Purchase, Mortgages and Leases.  It helps all practitioners to get up to speed on the ever-accelerating transition to E-conveyancing.

The recent updates cover:

Important new industry mandated time frames

NSW – From 1 July 2019, mainstream property dealings including transfers, mortgages and discharges of mortgage, caveats, withdrawals of caveat and transmission applications must be lodged electronically.

VIC – Land Use Victoria has mandated that complex land transfer transactions must be lodged and managed online from 1 August 2019, bringing almost all transactions online. Duties Online enhancements are scheduled to take effect from 17 June 2019.

Details of the new Electronic Lodgement Network Operator, Sympli

The second ELNO, Sympli is coming soon to join PEXA in the e-settlement space. Sympli promises an intuitive and user-friendly platform.

Information regarding the new settlement agent network, SettleIT.

SettleIT, an InfoTrack initiative, is a shared network of specialist settlement agents that handle e-settlement processing on behalf of property practitioners. With one click, a SettleIT agent
can be booked to provide a personalised, fixed-price service to take a conveyancing matter through to settlement.

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