Regulation 19 Avoidance of delay

An independent qualified conveyancer providing conveyancing services for a client shall, subject to the instructions of that client, provide those services with reasonable expedition.

Subject to regulation 22(c), an independent qualified conveyancer providing conveyancing services for a client shall not delay in the completion of a transaction or refuse to complete it on the ground that any fee due to the independent qualified conveyancer in respect of those services remains unpaid.