Conveyancing status quo

Scottish solicitors have rejected a proposal to bar them from acting for two parties in a conveyancing transaction (mandatory separate representation). Currently, solicitors north of the border can represent buyers and their mortgage lenders. Members voted to maintain the status quo at a Law Society of Scotland meeting this week. Concerns had been raised in March this year that solicitors could be compromised in their representation of buyers by requirements placed on them by banks. There is separate representation in England and Wales.