Environmental searches in conveyancing

In this Conveyancing Matters chat, Stu and Lorraine talk about an issue that crops up on every purchase and remortgage - the environmental search. They talk about the difference in attitude between firms to the environmental search and whether not doing this search is an issue that should be reported to a lender. Who pays if land is polluted? But conveyancers must be careful – if we do a search, we should advise on it – does this add an unacceptable level burden on conveyancers? Most ...