The document provides an overview of drafting and conveyancing for young lawyers. It defines drafting as preparing legal documents like agreements and contracts. The importance of understanding drafting is explained, noting the need to understand the nexus between law, facts, and language. Conveyancing is defined as drafting deeds to transfer rights and interests in property from one person to another. Key differences between drafting and conveyancing are conveyed, with conveyancing focusing more on property transfer documentation, and between contracts and conveyances, with contracts remaining to be performed while conveyances pass property title.

1. Presentation by
Adv. Jharna Jagtiani,
Arbitrator, Mediator & Commercial Negotiator
CoFounder | Prerna Foundation
A Guide for Young Lawyers
Drafting &
Conveyancing -
An Overview

2. Today's
Discussion
Outline of Topics
What is drafting ?
Significance of Drafting
Process of Drafting
Conveyancing
Drafting vs Conveyancing
Contract vs Conveyance

3. What is
Drafting ? Drafting, in legal sense, means an act of
preparing the legal documents like agreements,
contracts, deeds etc.
A proper understanding of drafting cannot be
realised unless the nexus between the law, the
facts, and the language is fully understood and
accepted.

4. Significance
of Drafting
The importance of the knowledge
about drafting and conveyancing for
the lawyers, in house counsel and
corporate executives has been felt
particularly for the three reasons viz.,
(i) for obtaining legal
consultations;
(ii) for carrying out
documentation departmentally;
(iii) for interpretation of the
documents.

5. Drafting
Synthesis of law and fact in a language form
Process
The process of drafting operates in two planes:
the conceptual and the verbal.
Besides seeking the right words, the draftsman
seeks the right concepts.

6. Conveyancing
Conveyancing is an art; an art of
drafting deeds and documents
whereby any right, title or
interest in an immovable
property is transferred from one
person to another; but the
drafting of commercial and
other documents is also
commonly understood to be
included in the expression.

7. Drafting
Conveyancing gives more stress on documentation much concerned with the transfer of property from
one person to another, whereas “drafting” gives a general meaning synonymous to preparation of
drafting of documents.
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8. Contract
Contract remains to be performed and its specific performance may be sought but conveyance passes
on the title to property to another person.
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9. Thank
You