The new TA6 (6th edition) will be ailable to our licensed third-party suppliers from 13 October 2025.
Our third-party suppliers will make the new form ailable to solicitors and conveyancers between October 2025 and January 2026.
The exact timing will depend on each supplier’s technology solution. It will take some suppliers more time to set up the form on their systems.
All conveyancers should he access to the form by Tuesday 13 January 2026.
Find out how to access the new TA6 (6th edition) form.
The new form will be mandatory for Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) members from 30 March 2026.
The 4th and 5th editions of the TA6 will be withdrawn from 30 March 2026.
We will provide regular reminders to CQS members in the lead up to the March deadline.
If you aren’t a CQS member and would like to stay up to date, sign up to our TA6 mailing list.
To see the infographic about this topic, please refer to the live page. TA6 (6th edition) formThe new TA6 (6th edition) replaces the TA6 (5th edition and 4th edition).
The TA6 (6th edition) is an improved, user-tested version of previous TA6 forms.
The form is designed to be used when an offer on a property has been accepted. It can also be completed by sellers in advance of a buyer being found.
It will give residential property buyers key information that the sellers he about the property before they commit to buying.
We he worked closely with conveyancers and sellers to produce a form that is simpler and more straightforward to use.
We he used the consultation feedback and user testing results to improve areas of the form that sellers and conveyancers highlighted as difficult to complete.
A working group of residential conveyancers from a variety of firms has met weekly for several months to draft the new TA6 form.
Find out how to access the new TA6 (6th edition) form.
What has changed The 6th edition of the TA6 replaces both the 4th and 5th editions. The roll out will follow our transition timeline. We’ve updated the structure of the 6th edition. It is now more similar to the 4th edition. Questions were added to the 5th edition to comply with material information guidance from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT). These he now been removed. The 6th edition has 15 sections in total. This is 10 fewer than the 5th edition. We he removed the following sections from the 6th edition: Council tax Asking price Tenure, ownership and charges Physical characteristics of the property Building safety Restrictive covenants Coastal erosion Accessibility Coalfield or mining area We he increased the number of questions where sellers can select ‘not known’. This is in response to feedback from sellers. More questions are also phrased as ‘are you aware…’, where a ‘no’ response is equivalent to ‘not known’. We he clarified that ‘you’ and ‘your’ refer to the person completing the form – whether that’s the seller or someone acting as their personal representative, attorney or trustee. Feedback from user testing showed that the explanatory notes were too dense. This discouraged sellers from reading them. We he rewritten the explanatory notes to be clearer and more accessible, with better signposting and more useful examples. Preview of the TA6 form To see the infographic about this topic, please refer to the live page.You must not use this preview version with your clients.
We are sharing the preview to help you familiarise yourself with the form.
Find out how to access the full TA6 (6th edition) form.
You can also read the new TA6 (6th edition) explanatory notes.
Why we use third party suppliersWe partner with trusted third-party suppliers so solicitors and conveyancers can be confident that their clients are completing the correct property transaction form.
Our suppliers make property transaction forms accessible through systems many firms already use. This helps ensure secure delivery and more seamless integration.
Suppliers are helping us to deliver one standardised version of the TA6 that is accurate, secure and reliable.
Introductory webinarJoin us on 13 January to learn everything you need to know about the TA6 6th edition.
This online session will help you get to grips with the new form so that you can better support your clients.
Book your place at the TA6 webinar
Material information guidanceOn 8 May 2025, the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) unexpectedly announced it had withdrawn its guidance on material information.
The new TA6 (6th edition) does not include questions based on the guidance for upfront material information, so was not affected by NTSELAT’s announcement.
We he stopped our work on a separate material information form. Any further work will depend on the government and/or the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) producing or endorsing new guidance.
On 5 October 2025, the government announced proposed reforms to the home buying and selling process.
This includes a consultation about proposals to introduce mandatory upfront material information.
We will be gathering members’ views before responding to the government’s consultations on the reforms. Your insights will help us understand how the proposed reforms may affect conveyancing work.
We will provide an update on how you can contribute when our Get Involved programme launches in November.
Get Involved will provide solicitors with flexible opportunities to come together and share their knowledge and experiences to address the key issues affecting them.
We still encourage sellers to instruct a conveyancer as early as possible in the transaction process, ideally before the marketing stage.
Continuing to use the 4th and 5th editions of the TA6 formWhile we implement the new TA6 (6th edition) you can continue to use either the:
TA6 (4th edition, second revision) (2020), or TA6 (5th edition) (2024)Members who use either of these forms will continue to be compliant with our Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS).
We hope this will minimise disruption to your practice and give you plenty of time to familiarise yourself with the new form.
The 6th edition will be mandatory for CQS members from 30 March 2026. You should transition to using the new form by this date.
Find out how to access the new TA6 (6th edition) form.
Using a different version of the form to the other solicitor(s) acting in a transactionSince the launch of the TA6 (5th edition), firms he successfully been taking a pragmatic approach to situations where sellers' solicitors are using the TA6 (4th edition) and buyers' solicitors want to see the TA6 (5th edition).
In the same way, firms should be able to agree the pragmatic position between them in the best interests of their clients.
The legal position Before the TA6 (5th edition) was introducedBefore the TA6 (5th edition) was introduced, the legal position was governed by the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 (CPUTR 2008).
Since then, the CPUTR 2008 he been revoked and replaced by the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (DMCC 2024).
The primary changes made by the DMCC 2024 are in relation to the enforcement of consumer protection measures by public regulators.
One change that has received attention is a power for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to issue administrative fines for consumer law infringements. Fines can be up to 10% of a company’s global turnover.
However, most of the changes made in relation to substantive consumer protection were relatively minor. The DMCC 2024 contains materially the same provisions as those in the CPUTR 2008.
As the requirements in the DMCC Act prohibit unfair commercial practices, interactions with consumers need to be free from any practice which would constitute, for the purposes of the requirements in the DMCC Act:
an unfair commercial practice a misleading action a misleading omissionAll three are offences under the requirements in the DMCC Act and the penalties include:
on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory minimum on conviction on indictment to a fine, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two yearsCommercial practices that involve ‘misleading omissions’ are prohibited by the requirements in the DMCC Act and must be considered in the context in which they occur. They involve:
omitting or concealing material information providing material information that is unclear or ambiguous, or failing to identify its commercial intent unless that is clear from the contextPart of the context in a conveyancing transaction is the relationship between you and your client.
The provision of information which the erage customer needs to make an informed decision, according to the context, is taken to mean only what solicitors would be expected to provide taking into account their duty of confidentiality to their clients.
It would also be part of the context that the seller would be able to rely on the principle of ceat emptor, where applicable.
You are therefore not required by the regulations to disclose, without your client’s consent, information that is confidential, or to disclose information to which the ceat emptor principle applies.
Many of the obligations placed on you as a solicitor under the Consumer Protection Regulations are already covered by your obligations under the SRA Standards and Regulations.
Provided that you treat consumers fairly, you are unlikely to be in breach.
After the TA6 (6th edition) is introducedWe do not believe that the legal position regarding potential liability for solicitors has changed as a result of:
the introduction, then withdrawal, of the NTSELAT guidance, or the new updates contained in the TA6 (6th edition) Sellers' solicitorsFor those acting for sellers, there is no additional liability.
Depending on the retainer, contractual or tortious liability could arise under normal principles applied in the usual way in relation to any additional material information provided or omitted.
For the seller, that might be misrepresentation.
For the seller's solicitor, that might occur where, as a matter of professional obligation, there was a duty to advise the client properly regarding proper disclosure, but the solicitor failed to provide that advice. That is not an extension of liability.
In terms of criminal liability, this is very unlikely to be an issue, other than in the highly unlikely scenario in which a solicitor acting for a seller behes towards the buyer in a way which would fall within the definition of an “unfair commercial practice”.
An example of that would be by engaging in an aggressive or threatening behiour against a purchaser, particularly a vulnerable one.
In those circumstances, it would not matter that there is no contractual relationship between the seller's solicitor and the buyer.
Such behiour would, in any event, be in breach of the DMCC 2024 as well as the SRA Principles and SRA Code of Conduct, mainly:
Principle 2 (upholding trust in the solicitor's profession) Principle 5 (integrity) paragraph 1.2 of the code (not taking unfair advantage of clients and others) Buyers' solicitorsWe do not believe additional liability for those acting for buyers arises as a result of the amendments to the TA6 form.
As before the update to the TA6 form, criminal liability would only ever arise in blatant cases of aggressive behiour or sharp practice towards either the buyer or seller, but this is most unlikely to be an issue.
The sections above address the legal position.
Seller responses to the questions in the TA6 (6th edition)The TA6 form provides instructions to sellers to answer the questions “truthfully, completely and as accurately as you can from your own knowledge (or from information held by the owner if you are their representative)”.
If the sellers do not know about the issues covered in the TA6, they are not obliged to respond.
If sellers are only to respond using their own knowledge, how much should I help them to complete the responses?A seller's solicitor should approach the TA6 form in the same manner as they did in respect of the previous editions.
That is, to advise the client in accordance with the “instructions for sellers” at the start of the form.
TA7 Leasehold information form (5th edition)We he also updated the TA7 form to reflect changes in the TA6 (6th edition).
Sellers will need to complete the TA7 (5th edition) alongside the TA6 (6th edition).
As well as updating content in line with the new TA6 form, we he:
improved the design to give the TA7 a more logical flow simplified questions to make them easier for sellers to complete removed information already captured in the TA6 (6th edition). For example, whether the seller is a company and the solicitor's details included options for leasehold garages and other property types held under a lease clarified that the section on building safety applies only to blocks of flats removed the question on whether the lease is a ‘qualifying lease’ under the Building Safety Act. This is to oid duplicating information in the leaseholder deed of certificate added a new question on whether the property is within a ‘relevant building’, as defined in the Building Safety ActFind out how to access access the new TA7 (5th edition) form.
Preview of the TA7 form To see the infographic about this topic, please refer to the live page.You must not use this preview version with your clients.
We are sharing the preview to help you familiarise yourself with the form.
Find out how to access the full TA7 (5th edition) form.
Consultation findingsConveyancers are essential in the home buying and selling process. They offer trusted advice during one of the most important purchases many people will make.
Transaction forms play an important role in the conveyancing process. It's crucial that these forms help the process run smoothly and support conveyancers to do their jobs.
In response to your feedback, we paused the mandatory roll-out of the TA6 (5th edition) and launched an independent consultation.
The consultation produced a large amount of detailed and diverse feedback from more than 1,200 participants. These included solicitors, licensed conveyancers, estate agents and sellers.
Actioning your feedbackYour feedback highlighted the range of unique needs and challenges faced by conveyancers.
These challenges vary greatly depending on the firm you work for, which part of the country you're working in and what stage of your career you're at.
While many conveyancers recognised our intention to address the NTSELAT guidance, they felt the TA6 (5th edition) fell short of achieving this. Many also raised concerns about the form's usability.
We he learnt a lot through the consultation process. We’ve used what you told us to develop a simpler, more user-friendly form. This will help make the TA6 process as straightforward as possible for conveyancers and their clients.
Our transaction forms need to evolve to meet the changing demands of regulators, the law and market practices. We take this responsibility seriously.
But we acknowledge that we should he consulted more members about the changes to the TA6 form well in advance.
The TA6 form will continue to evolve, and we’re committed to doing better in the future. That means involving our conveyancing members in the changes that impact them right from the start.
Our commitment to members More consultation and advance notice before the introduction of future editions Better communication, information and training on how to use new versions of the form User testing and feedback for new editions of the form Key changes such as improving explanatory guides Better consumer educationDownload our TA6 research commentary and response (PDF 332 KB)
Download the full 2CV research report (PDF 2.9 MB)
Consultation backgroundIn 2024, we released the 5th edition of the TA6 transaction form. The form was designed to meet new guidance introduced by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT).
Following feedback from our members, we took action to pause mandatory use of the 5th edition form.
We launched a comprehensive consultation with members in August 2024, led by independent research agency 2CV Ltd.
The consultation aimed to understand how conveyancers and sellers viewed the new version of the TA6 form and explore any concerns they may he.
Consultation process August 2024: We asked conveyancing professionals to sign up to take part in the consultation. 1,232 signed up to take part. September 2024: 2CV Ltd carried out member engagement exercises to capture views on the wider policy changes in residential conveyancing and the TA6 form. They also spoke to participants about their experiences of using the form. October 2024: We delivered a series of deep dive webinars. These explored key areas of concern, including liability and digitisation. 2CV Ltd also ran online large-scale consultation workshops and external stakeholder roundtables. November 2024: 2CV Ltd concluded the consultation of conveyancers and sellers and delivered its independent findings. December 2024: 2CV Ltd concluded the consultation of decision makers and key stakeholders in the conveyancing market. We worked with 2CV to carefully analyse the huge amount of rich and detailed feedback. We will use the findings to develop a new, improved TA6 form.