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Reasons to use our Southwark conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 The firms identified on our directory have a mix of conveyancing solicitors, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters annually.
  • 2 Our site is the first site that enables you the ability to check that your property ownership legalities in Southwark will be carried out by a solicitor on your lender’s conveyancing panel.
  • 3 Using a local Solicitor usually means that you will receive a more personal touch. Online forums often suggest that in using a large conveyancing firm, you tend to be looked after by a team of people who who update you by reading from their computer screens.
  • 4 Our site offers most comprehensive residential conveyancing directory service identifying mortgage company approved property lawyers carrying out conveyancing in Southwark governed by the SRA or Council of Licensed Conveyancers.
  • 5 The hallmark of our conveyancing solicitors in Southwark is quality not quantity. The level of service offered by conveyancing "factories" (sometimes 'recommended' by large estate agency chains) often falls short of the high standards of professionalism you would hope for.

Examples of recent conveyancing in Southwark since July 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in Southwark

We were about to instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Southwark found on your site but have come across some other fee calculations on the internet seem less expensive – how come?

One can find plenty of solicitors offering at first sight what seems to be very low prices. We would urge you to think long and hard as to how important this transaction is to you that you are willing to be penny wise pound foolish with regard to the quality of the conveyancing. Many of them highlight a budget quote to grab your attention but bury supplemental fees in the fine print..

Can I be sure that the Southwark conveyancing solicitor on the Yorkshire BS panel is any good?

When it comes to conveyancing in Southwark getting recommendations is a sensible starting point. Before you go ahead, check if they offer a no sale no fee offer. Also, you often get what you pay for - a firm which quotes more, will often provide a better service than one which is cheap as chips. We would always suggest that you speak with the solicitor handling your transaction.

We are getting the release of further funds on our mortgage from Yorkshire BS as we intend to conduct a loft conversion to our property in Southwark. Are we obliged to appoint a nearby Southwark solicitor on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing panel to deal with the legals?

Yorkshire BS don't usually require a member of their approved list of lawyers to handle the formalities. If they do require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Yorkshire BS list.

I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with Santander. I assume I don't need a Southwark conveyancer on the Santander panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.

If you have finished paying off your Santander mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Santander mortgage from the register. Santander, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:

  1. but are not moving to another property
  2. where Santander has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
  3. Santander has instructed the Land Registry to do so
The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Santander mortgage has been paid off.

I have been told that property searches are the number one reason for hinderance in Southwark house deals. Is this right?

The Council of Property Search Organisations (CoPSO) published determinations of a review by MoveWithUs that conveyancing searches do not feature amongst the top 10 causes of delays in the conveyancing process. Searches are not likely to be the root cause of holding up conveyancing in Southwark.

Are there restrictive covenants that are commonly picked up during conveyancing in Southwark?

Covenants that are restrictive in nature can be picked up when reviewing land registry title as part of the process of conveyancing in Southwark. An 1874 stipulation that was seen was ‘The houses to be erected on the estate are each to be of a uniform elevation in accordance with the drawings to be prepared or approved by the vendor’s surveyor…’

Hoping to buy a property located in Southwark and I am already nervous. I couldn't find anything specific about Southwark. Conveyancing will be needed in due course but do you know about the Southwark area? or perhaps some other tips you can share?

Rather than looking online forget looking online you should go and have a look at Southwark. In the meantime here are some basic statistics that we found

I am in need of some leasehold conveyancing in Southwark. Before I get started I want to be sure as to the remaining lease term.

Assuming the lease is registered - and almost all are in Southwark - then the leasehold title will always include the short particulars 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.

Following months of dialogue we cannot agree with our landlord on how much the lease extension should cost for our flat in Southwark. Can we issue an application to the Residential Property Tribunal Service?

Where there is a missing freeholder or if there is disagreement about what the lease extension should cost, under the relevant legislation you can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to determine the sum to be paid.

An example of a Freehold Enfranchisement decision for a Southwark premises is 1-41 Royal Tower Lodge 40 Cartwright Street in April 2013. the tribunal adding the agreed value of capitalised ground rents and the reversion the price to be paid for the freehold was £1,187,000 This case was in relation to 41 flats. The unexpired term was 107 years.

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Residential Landlord and Tenant Conveyancing solicitors in Southwark

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in Southwark practicing in landlord and tenant law and on the regulations governing different types of tenancies. This should include advice on wrongful eviction

  • 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 non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southwark practicing in commercial conveyancing in Southwark. This may include advice on commercial leases including all matters relating to landlord and tenant law
  • 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 firms listed below are a non-comprehensive list of solicitors in Southwark with expertise in planning law. This will likely include advice on applications about listed buildings and conservation areas
  • 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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