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  • 3 No matter what any other lawyers advise it just might be important to pop into your conveyancer to execute contracts. There are enough parties with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without needing to include the postman into the equation.
  • 4 The firms listed on our web pages have a variation of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 5 Chances are that the other side’s conveyancers have offices in Clerkenwell - if so both parties are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past

Examples of recent conveyancing in Clerkenwell since December 2025*

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of flat Brewhouse Yard EC1V 4JQ, purchased for £780,000. Leasehold conveyancing work included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, taking formal instructions from and updating the seller client, agreeing completion date with parties

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Transfer

of apartment Owen Street EC1V 7JW, at sale consideration of £495,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: sending conveyancing papers to buyers representatives, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Sale

of apartment Falcon Court N1 8EY, at the agreed amount of £671,000. Leasehold conveyancing included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, agreeing completion date with parties, setting up the completion formalities

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Conveyance

of flat City Road EC1V 1AH, sold for £850,000. Leasehold conveyancing due diligence included: drafting the sale agreement and Transfer, dealing with appropriate requisitions and enquiries, setting up the completion formalities

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Clerkenwell

I can't travel far from Clerkenwell. Is there a reason why all Clerkenwell conveyancers are not on all bank panels?

Mortgage companies point to the fact that solicitor-led fraud is thought to be responsible for millions of pounds of fraud annually.The elimination of law firms from lender panels started with the rise in mortgage fraud, which prompted a thematic review by the Financial Services Authority in 2011. Its outcome included recommendations for lending institutions to review their conveyancing panels, which kicked off a major policy change in the sector. It resulted in mortgage companies purging a number of firms from their official list of approved conveyancing practitioners .

I am buying a terraced house in Clerkenwell. Can I do my own conveyancing?

Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing in Clerkenwell you will have to appoint a solicitor on your mortgage company's conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to be made in you doing conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on your lender panel in Clerkenwell.

Various online forums that I have frequented warn that are a common reason for delay in Clerkenwell conveyancing transactions. Is there any truth in this?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published findings of research by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not figure amongst the most frequent causes of hindrances during the legal transfer of property. Local searches are not likely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Clerkenwell.

I have todayfound out that Arc property Solicitors have been shut down. They conducted my conveyancing in Clerkenwell for a purchase of a leasehold apartment 10 months ago. How can I establish that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?

The quickest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can carry out a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Clerkenwell conveyancing specialists.

I am thinking of appointing a conveyancing solicitor in Clerkenwell for my remortgage. Is there any facility to check a firm’s record with the profession’s regulator?

One may find presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from inquisitions started on or after 1 January 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find information about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a solicitors record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, dial +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor call for training reasons.

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Clerkenwell. Before I get started I would like to find out the number of years remaining on the lease.

If the lease is registered - and 99.9% are in Clerkenwell - then the leasehold title will always include the basic details of the lease, namely the date; the term; and the original parties. From a conveyancing perspective such details then enable any prospective buyer and lender to confirm that any lease they are looking at is the one relevant to that title. For any other purpose, such as confirming how long the term was granted for and calculating what is left, then the register should be sufficient on it's own.

Having spent months of dialogue we are unable to agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Clerkenwell. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

in cases where there is a absentee freeholder or if there is disagreement about the premium for a lease extension, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the LVT to assess the sum to be paid.

An example of a Lease Extension matter before the tribunal for a Clerkenwell property is Flat 89 Trinity Court Grays Inn Road in February 2013. the Tribunal found that the premium to be paid by the tenant on the grant of a new lease, in accordance with section 56 and Schedule 13 to the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 should be £36,229. This case affected 1 flat. The unexpired term as at the valuation date was 66.8 years.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Clerkenwell regulated by the SRA

It is important to note that the listed firms do not limit their work for conveyancing in Clerkenwell but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.

  • Millbank Solicitors, 213 St John Street, London, London, EC1V 4LY
  • Batchford Solicitors, 401 Davina House, 137-149 Goswell Road, London, London, EC1V 7ET
  • Alan Taylor & Co, 14 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC1R 0BD
  • Rooks Rider Solicitors Llp, Challoner House, 19-21 Clerkenwell Close, London, EC1R 0RR
  • Isc Lawyers Llp, 12 Angel Gate, 326 City Road, London, London, EC1V 2PT

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Clerkenwell regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Clerkenwell with expertise in commercial conveyancing in Clerkenwell. This will likely include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • Millbank Solicitors, 213 St John Street, London, London, EC1V 4LY
  • Batchford Solicitors, 401 Davina House, 137-149 Goswell Road, London, London, EC1V 7ET
  • Alan Taylor & Co, 14 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC1R 0BD
  • Rooks Rider Solicitors Llp, Challoner House, 19-21 Clerkenwell Close, London, EC1R 0RR
  • Miller Rosenfalck Llp, 17-18 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0DB

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Clerkenwell regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Clerkenwell but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • Stratega Law Ltd, Sutherland House, W1F 7TE
  • T J Ball & Company, 49 Leytonstone Road, E15 1JA
  • Walter Saunders, 382 Brockley Road, SE4 2BY
  • L B Property Lawyers, Imperial House, N17 0SP
  • House Owners Conveyancers Limited, 56 Windermere Avenue, N3 3RA

*Source acknowledgement: House price data produced by Land Registry as well data supplied by Lexsure Ltd.

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