EP107 Understanding The Risk

About this episode

Michael Dean interviews Deepak Ohri about risk in property law and the current market landscape.

In this episode, Michael sits down with Deepak Ohri, Partner at Merali Beedle and one of the more colourful characters in specialist property law. The conversation is wide-ranging, frank, and refreshingly commercial: from why every lawyer ought to run a business before they can truly understand risk, to the creeping post-COVID decline in legal service quality, the case for and against title insurance and indemnity policies, and a candid dissection of fraud in property transactions — including a shared episode that Deepak and Michael were both involved in. They also dig into the state of the market, why now might be a generational buying opportunity for block purchases, the enduring appeal of HMOs, and why some bridge lenders were never really cut out for development in the first place. Deepak opens up about the commercial instincts he developed long before law — from market stalls to helping his wife build a restaurant business — and why that real-world grounding shapes how he handles risk and client relationships today. He and Michael unpick the hidden cost of using a cheap conveyancer, how lenders’ and borrowers’ lawyers can do more to stop transactions grinding to a halt, and…

People in this episode

Host: Michael Dean

Guest: Deepak Ohri

Topics covered

• property law
• risk management
• legal services
• market analysis
• fraud in property transactions
• HMO
• bridging finance

Keywords

• property law
• risk
• legal services
• title insurance
• indemnity policies
• fraud
• HMO
• bridging lenders
• conveyancer
• valuations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Merali Beedle

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