We see nothing in the craft of conveyancing to cause that principle not to apply.
At present, local authorities draw up their own conveyances and there is always in the background the test of reasonableness in the courts.
The normal compulsory purchase procedure requires, first, notices to treat; secondly, settlement of compensation, and, thirdly, conveyances before the purchasing authority had good title.
Charges for conveyancing must by order be fair and reasonable having regard to all the circumstances of the case.
The yield from all conveyances of land and buildings where the consideration was under £10,000 is estimated at £8 million in 1967 and £6 million in 1968.
The incrasing risk to the police made it less and less possible for them to use the ordinary public conveyances, like railway trains.
Conveyancing to-day, as we know from various inquiries, is nothing like it was 30 or 40 years ago.
I say that simply by way of introduction, because we are here dealing with the tax as it affects property conveyances.
