Frances Rooney

Frances Rooney is the founding member of Lexares LLP, providing conveyancing opinions, title assistance and training to other property solicitors.

 

Well known as one of Scotland’s leading land registration solicitors, for many years Frances worked closely with Registers of Scotland (RoS), the Law Society of Scotland (LSS), academics and other key stakeholders in shaping law and practice following the overhaul of property law under the Land Registration etc (Scotland) Act 2012. She is a member of LSS’ Property Law Committee and has also sat on various other committees and working parties including RoS’ public stakeholder group, land registration mapping working party and digital services registration group; LSS’s common property project; and an LSS/PSG working party creating standardised residential styles. She has also tutored classes in the property law course of the Diploma in Legal Practice at Glasgow University. In recent years, Frances was highly commended under the Rising Star of the Year category at the Legal Awards and was mentioned in Legal 500 as a recommended lawyer.

 

Frances is a prolific author and speaker on all matters relating to property law and conveyancing, most notably having authored the second reissue of the Conveyancing title of the Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. Other publications include a long running series in the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland co-authored with senior members of staff at RoS to assist the profession with the practical issues of land registration following the 2012 Act’s implementation, and contributions to other works.