Conveyancing and agent roundtable

Purpose

A closed room of six to eight conveyancing firms, four estate and letting agent groups and one portal operator. Three hours, Chatham House. We build the shared field set for a joined case pack, agree the identity model and define the logbook handshake between parties. Output. A first draft of the operating handshake ready to test with a lender and insurer partner.

Audience

Conveyancers and property lawyers. Estate and letting agent groups. Portal operators. Lenders' operations teams.

Output

A one page joint statement, Chatham House, signed off within seven days of the event.

Roles in the room

• Chair. Chair from Crosstide. Neutral, holds the frame and keeps the room to time.
• Rapporteur. Rapporteur from Crosstide. Captures the joint statement in near real time.
• Discussants. Two subject experts, invited from the room, briefed a week ahead.
• Observers. Observer seats reserved for a policy or regulator representative where relevant.

Guardrails

• Chatham House by default, quoted attribution only with explicit consent.
• No pricing, exclusivity or bilateral commercial conversation in the room.
• Regulator and policy observers welcome, never named without consent.
• Crosstide is the neutral convener. The spine is provider neutral.