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Reasons to use our Southwark conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Cut price packages from online conveyancers might seem attractive. However, these companies are often located many miles away with limited appreciation of the factors that impact property transactions in Southwark
  • 2 Southwark property lawyers are likely to be familiar with the local Land Registry Office, Local Authority and selling agents
  • 3 Conveyancer conveyancing lawyers have very good personal connections with Southwark estate agents and work very closely with them and local surveyors so as to ensure transactions proceed expeditiously.
  • 4 There is a better than average chance that the other side’s lawyers have offices in Southwark - if so sets of solicitors are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 5 Southwark conveyancers have a crucial advantage when it comes to Southwark conveyancing as they have valuable local knowledge of local authority requirements, planning policies and other matters that will impact your conveyancing

Examples of recent conveyancing in Southwark since September 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Southwark

My wife and I are buying a newly built apartment in Southwark and my solicitor is telling me that she has to the mortgage company to reveal incentives from the developer. The Estate Agents are hassling me to exchange and I don't want to prolong deal. is my lawyer playing by the book?

You should not exchange unless you have been advised to do so by your solicitor. A precondition to being on a lender panel is to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.

Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Southwark costs more?

In summary, leasehold conveyancing in Southwark and elsewhere usually involve additional due diligence compared to freehold transactions. This includes lease investigation, liaising with the landlord about serving required notices, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, procuring the landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts. The obligations on both the landlord and the tenant in the lease need to be studied by the buyer’s conveyancing team and read from beginning to end – no matter how many different owners have owned the lease since it was first entered into.

I have an AIP. The lender mentioned the mortgage came with free conveyancing. Is the implication that I have to instruct their panel lawyer as I would much rather instruct a local conveyancing solicitor in Southwark?

You should check but the the likelihood is that give you one of their panel conveyancers should you take up the "fee-free" incentive. Speak to the mortgage company to determine if they offer you a cash alternative. Some banks have previously offered a £250 cashback as a further option in which case you could put that amount towards your preferred conveyancing solicitor in Southwark.

I'm buying my first flat in Southwark with a loan from Alliance & Leicester . The developers would not move on the amount so I negotiated 6k of extras instead. The sale representative advised me not reveal to my solicitor about this extras as it may affect my loan with Alliance & Leicester . Is this normal?.

All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the developer of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.

Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.

Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.

Taking into account that I am about to part with over three hundred thousand on a two bedroom apartment in Southwark I would like to have a conversation with the conveyancer regarding theconveyancing before giving the go ahead to the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

This is something that we encourage - we would be delighted to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you liaising with the conveyancer who will be conducting your conveyancing in Southwark.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is an important individual, not a matter reference. The law firms that we put you in touch with believe that the fees you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Southwark should be the amount on the final invoice that you end up paying.

My partner and I are purchasing a garden flat in Southwark. At the point of instructing our solicitor, they told us that they were on all major UK mortgage company panels. The mortgage broker called today to advise that they don't appear to be on the RBS approved list. Should that be true, what should we do? Should we simply find a different lawyer that is on their panel or do we pay for separate representation, with RBS selecting their own approved solicitor.

Where you are purchasing a property needing a mortgage it is standard for the buyer’s lawyers to also represent the purchaser's lender. In order to act for a bank or building society a property lawyer has to be on that lender's conveyancing panel. An application has to be made by the conveyancer to the lender to become a member of the lender's panel and there are increasingly strict conditions which the conveyancing practitioner has to satisfy. Some lenders now require their panel members to be part of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Accreditation Scheme. Your conveyancer should call RBS to find out if they can apply for membership of their conveyancing panel, but if that is not viable they will instruct their own lawyers to represent them. You don't have to instruct a firm on RBS's conveyancing panel as you are at liberty to use your preferred Southwark lawyers, in which case it will likely add costs, and it will likely delay the transaction as you have another set of people involved.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Southwark

The firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southwark with expertise in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This could include advice on Rent Act Protected, Assured and Assured Shorthold tenancies

  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Issat Timm Solicitors Limited, 175-177 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Bryan O'connor & Co, St Margaret's House, 18-20 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TS

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in Southwark regulated by the SRA

The firms listed below are a small selection of solicitors in Southwark specialising in commercial conveyancing in Southwark. This may include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Bryan O'connor & Co, St Margaret's House, 18-20 Southwark Street, London, SE1 1TS
  • Rls Solicitors Limited, Suite 30-33, The Hop Exchange, 24 Southwark Street, London, London, SE1 1TY

Planning law solicitors in Southwark regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

The solicitors listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southwark with expertise in planning law. The solicitors can give expert legal advice on all aspects of planning, including special planning controls
  • Greenberg Traurig Maher Llp, The Shard, Level 8, 32 London Bridge Street, London, London, SE1 9SG
  • Sibley Law Llp, Delta House, 175 - 177 Borough High Street, London, London, SE1 1HR
  • Ola Leslie Solicitors Llp, 60 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1XF
  • Deighton Pierce Glynn Limited, 8 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ
  • Howard Kennedy Llp, No.1 London Bridge, London, SE1 9BG

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

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