The Gazette 1991

OCTOBER 1991

GAZETTE

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. 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. • LAW SOCIETY COPYRIGHT 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. 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. General Condi t ions of Sale

Noel C. Ryan, Director General

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