Certain things in life always seem to be a struggle - dealing with solicitors can be one such example.

Unfortunately dealing with conveyancing solicitors can be one of those painful processes we all need to address at some point. The same applies when pursuing a personal injury claim or if you have been the subject of a mis-sold endowment.

Taking the house moving process as an example it's true to say that we all groan a little at having to deal with conveyancing solicitors and, possibly, the legal profession in general.

In situations like these it helps if you have an organisation on your side who can help out in the event there's a problem with your property conveyancing.... As Legal Brokers we will try to help you along every step of the way.

Please click here if you need a Conveyancing or HIPs quote.

As such the varying conveyancing firms and solicitors we recommend have proven themselves by both their efforts and their understanding.

If you're a potential HIPs client you might be interested to know that we're regulated by the HIP Code, are members of AHIPP (the Association of HIPs Pack Providers), carry £2million in Indemnity Insurance and have a team of people dedicated to producing our HIPs.

We routinely generate HIPs on behalf of both the general public & our White Label introducers (ie. Estate Agents, DEA's & Solicitors).

If, in the first instance, you would like an informal chat about any related issue such as service standards, legal fees, HIPs, timeframes or individual conveyancing solicitors please don't hesitate to call our helpline on 0845 606 6652 alternatively please head towards our conveyancing pages for a full quote.

Many thanks.

Jon Hilton
Marketing Director
Legal Brokers Ltd

We use this section as a way to update people on subjects such as our conveyancing solicitors, conveyancing quotes, personal injury claims and HIPs.

24.08.07... Howard Cohen & Co, Conveyancing Solicitors, joined the Conveyancing panel.

10.09.07... Home Information Packs now required for 3 bedroom properties...

27.09.07... HIP's offered by our existing Conveyancing solicitors through our Quotes system.

24.10.07... Legal Brokers Ltd start to roll out White Label HIP's to Estate Agents.

27.11.07... Sam Archibald heads up the Home Information Pack (HIPS) team.

16.12.07... The Sunday Express reviewed our HIPs solution & gave us a very good review. Please let us know if you'd like a copy !

01.05.08... Joanne Pearce joins LBL as HIPs administrator and conveyancing support assistant.

01.05.08... Katy Daynes joins the Home Information Packs team.

01.05.08... Stephen Rose joins the HIPs team.

01.07.08... Emilie Fanara & Matt Hague join the HIPs team.

01.08.08... Jon Hilton begins a series of Articles, for EAFocus Magazine, discussing HIPs.

01.09.08... Article 2 in the EAFocus Magazine HIPs series.

01.09.08... Matthew Hague joins the HIPs team.

01.10.08... Article 3 in the EAFocus Magazine HIPs series.

01.11.08... To follow up our membership of the HIPcode we've joined AHIPP, too.

01.11.08... Article 4 in the EAFocus Magazine HIPs Series.

01.12.08... Article 5 in the EAFocus Magazine HIPs Series.

10.12.08... We were asked to comment, by the Estate Agency Times, on Margaret Becketts tweaks to the HIP regulations.

12.12.08... Further insight into Margaret Beckett's way of thinking.

08.01.09... Comment on the days Interest rate cuts.

28.01.09... Increased requests for property solicitors during January.

04.02.09... Beware the idiot . Our Director is training for the UK's Ironman event. Sponsorship would be great....

06.02.09... Interest rates cut to 1%

12.08.09... Jon completes the IronMan event... and spends the next 3 days on the loo as a consequence of his 15 hour, self inflicted, pain fest.

01.09.09... Nikki Ridehalgh joins as Sales Manager..

Conveyancing Solicitors

Why do we work with Conveyancing Solicitors rather than Licensed Conveyancers ? There’s no particular reason other than the fact that we prefer to deal with solicitors because of their general knowledge and understanding of the law. It’s not always the case but generally Conveyancing Solicitors tend to be better funded and have Case Management software and Online Tracking facilities. The legal profession can be a mine field and whilst, admittedly, solicitors can be slightly “stuffy” as long as you select the right Conveyancing Solicitors your transaction should run very smoothly. Plus if there’s a problem we’re here to help!

Conveyancing

The fact of the matter is that conveyancing is a complicated procedure but it’s not rocket science. In the first instance the solicitor’s name has to be passed over to the Estate Agent and they then generate the Memorandum Of Sale. This piece of paper is sent to both solicitors & they then write to each other to begin the process in earnest. Contracts are then sent out and the fundamentals of the conveyancing transaction begins. There are various procedures to go through, on a step by step basis, that subsequently take a prospective client from placing an offer to actual completion of the conveyancing process. It isn’t easy and, especially for Leasehold transactions, there can be complications along the way but we’re here to help. We’ll contact the solicitor, on your behalf, if there’s a problem and try to resolve any problems as they occur. Conveyancing is our business and we'll help when needed.

Property Solicitors

If you’re looking for property solicitors who can provide a service that covers both England and Wales we can offer you the services of four specialist conveyancers. The UK market is filled with thousands of firms who can carry out traditional domestic conveyancing but we find it makes more sense to use firms who are either specialist property solicitors or, alternatively, are large Practices who have dedicated conveyancing departments. The benefits of this approach are such that the individual staff are 100% devoted to the task at hand and can competently deal with all aspects of the legal work without being dragged into other areas. Using the “dedicated” approach the property solicitors are more likely to use invaluable tools such as Case Management software and Online Case Tracking. All solicitors are not the same and it pays to deal with those specialist property solicitors who have already been approved by ourselves.

Home Information Packs

Home Information Packs (HIPs) are, seemingly, here to stay.... Why ? Because both the Tories and the Labour Party have subscribed to the need for Energy Performance Certificates which inevitably mean that some form of payment will be required at the point the property is put on the market. Hence the Governments plan was to shift a certain amount of the conveyancing effort from the Purchaser to the Seller. In this way the Seller will be responsible for obtaining the Searches on the property, as well as other information, prior to the property going on the market. The contents of the Home Information Packs have changed from their initial "design", and may well again, but it seems that the HIP and its Energy Assessment Report are here to stay. For more information on the impact of Home Information Packs please call us on 0845 603 0708

Solicitors Fees

Trying to establish the exact solicitors fees you’re being charged isn’t always easy – generally speaking it can be a nightmare. Because solicitors will sometimes go out of their way to confuse the issue we have established the disbursements necessary for each transaction and we state them clearly on the website. In this way you can be assured that there are no hidden solicitors fees or additional extra’s which you’ll subsequently be charged. You may find it useful, when comparing quotes, to use our figures as a template. With this in mind you’ll find that the solicitors fees you’ll see on our site are both a genuine and reliable guide to the cost of your conveyancing.