E-transfers a threat to legal-aid funding

THERE is an unannounced sting in the tail of electronic conveyancing that is likely to shake up the funding of legal aid, legal education, the functions of regulators, complaint handlers and law foundations.

It arises from the nature of e-conveyancing, which, although intended and promoted by state attorneys-general as a means of improving administrative efficiency and reducing the cost of conveyancing, will also progressively cripple the funding source of the above public operations.

Adrian Evans - The Australian 25 Nov 205