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  • 1 Peace of mind comes when you select the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. Barbican has a number to select from, but for a truly professional and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 2 Our site offers largest residential conveyancing directory service identifying bank approved law practices delivering conveyancing in Barbican governed by the SRA or CLC.
  • 3 Experience means that Barbican lawyer have developed excellent links with Barbican local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all parties involved in the process of undertaking your home move in Barbican.
  • 4 The mark of a good conveyancing solicitor in Barbican is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) sometimes falls short of the high standards of professionalism you will expect.
  • 5 The Barbican conveyancing practitioners that we work with are dedicated to providing the most cost, efficient and accessible conveyancing service to purchasers, sellers and remortgagors in Barbican

Examples of recent conveyancing in Barbican since September 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Barbican

I am expecting a mortgage with Halifax. I hope to enlist the help of a Licensed Conveyancer in Barbican. Does the Halifax Conveyancing panel include conveyancers regulated by the CLC?

The Halifax approved solicitor list is, like many other lenders, represented by the Council or Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association, open to Licensed Conveyancers regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers.

I am need of leasehold conveyancing for an apartment in a relatively new development (five years old) in Barbican. The vast majority the appartments have already been disposed of. Do I need carry out the local searches as part of conveyancing in Barbican?

You are taking a significant risk in refusing to carrying out Barbican conveyancing searches. Without searches you have no clarity over flooding, environmental etc which may mean you walk away due to potential problems down the line. If you are buying without a mortgage there is no legal requirement to have them, but we would seriously advise in the strongest possible terms that your conveyancer conducts them. Where accelerating the process and driving down costs are primary concerns you should consider with your conveyancer about the possibility of search insurance

Why do I have to pay up front for my conveyancing in Barbican?

Where you are retaining lawyers for conveyancing in Barbican your solicitor will ask you to provide them with monies to cover the the cost of the conveyancing searches. Ordinarily this is needed to cover the fees of the Local Authority Search. If any deposit is as part of the purchase price then this should be required shortly in advance of exchange of contracts. Any further balance that is needed should be sent to your lawyer a few days prior to the completion date.

After reading moneysavingexpert.com for a cheap solicitor in Barbican, many post that I must instruct a CQS kitemarked lawyer. Can you explain what CQS is?

Barbican Conveyancing Quality Scheme law firms have obtained certification under the Law Society's Scheme (CQS) CQS was established to establish evidence of quality standards in the home legal process. CQS enables consumers to identify solicitor firms that provide a quality residential conveyancing. Barbican is one of locations in England and Wales in which CQS have offices. The scheme obliges solicitors to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-reporting, spot checks and yearly assessments in order to maintain CQS status. It is open only to members of the Law Society who meet the demanding standards set by the scheme and has the support of the Legal Ombudsman.

I am assisting my aunt sell her flat in Barbican. Will the conveyancer arrange an EPC or do I organise this?

After the abolition of Home Information Packs, energy performance certificates was kept a compulsory component of selling a house. An energy assessment should be commissioned prior to the property being put on the market. It is not a task that lawyers normally arrange. If you are using a Barbican conveyancing solicitor they might be able to arrange energy assessments due to their relationships with long established local assessors

I just bought a house at auction in Barbican. Conveyancing is required. What are my next steps?

Given that you have now for in every practical sense signed on the dotted line you should appoint a conveyancing practitioner soon as you are faced with a pending deadline in which to complete the conveyancing. All auction property should have a corresponding legal pack. This will include most,if not all of the documents that your solicitor will need. Where you are dealing with leasehold premises the conveyancing papers should contain a copy of the lease, management information and a sellers leasehold information form and associated conveyancing documentation specific to leasehold premises. You must give this to your appointed conveyancing solicitor at the earliest opportunity. You also need to ensure that that you have the requisite funding organised to complete on the on the contractual date .

Is it the case that all Barbican solicitors on the Co-operative conveyancing panel are overseen by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?

As a firm of solicitors, in order to be on the Co-operative conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Many banks do list licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be governed by the CLC.

I require expedited conveyancing in Barbican as I am faced with a deadline to exchange contracts in less than 4 weeks. Luckily I do not require a mortgage. Is it possible to avoid the conveyancing searches to save money and time?

As you are not taking a mortgage you are at liberty not to have searches conducted although no solicitor would advise that you don't. With lots of history conveyancing in Barbican the following are instances of issues that can be revealed and therefore affect market value: Enforcement Actions, Outstanding Fees, Overdue Grants, Railway Schemes,...

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in Barbican regulated by the SRA

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

  • Caroline Abbott Limited, Central Point, 45 Beech Street, Barbican, London, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Linklaters Llp, One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ
  • Maurice Turnor Gardner Llp, Milton House, Milton Street, London, London, EC2Y 9BH
  • Osborne Clarke Llp, 1 London Wall, London, London, EC2Y 5EB
  • Dla Piper Uk Llp, 3 Noble Street, London, EC2V 7EE

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in Barbican regulated by the CLC

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in Barbican 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

Planning law solicitors in Barbican regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Barbican with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including development on contaminated land
  • Harrison Grant, 45 Beech Street, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Caroline Abbott Limited, Central Point, 45 Beech Street, Barbican, London, London, London, EC2Y 8AD
  • Linklaters Llp, One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ
  • Osborne Clarke Llp, 1 London Wall, London, London, EC2Y 5EB
  • Dla Piper Uk Llp, 3 Noble Street, London, EC2V 7EE

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