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Reasons to use our St Helier conveyancing solicitors

  • 1 Peace of mind comes when you choose the very best, most recommended conveyancing solicitors. St Helier has a number to select from, but for a truly dependable and dependable service many local people have been use the recommendation of this site.
  • 2 Regardless alternative lawyers may claim it may be important to visit your conveyancer to sign contracts. There are enough parties with an interest in a conveyancing transaction without having to include Royal Mail into the equation.
  • 3 The organisations shown on our directory have a variation of conveyancing lawyers, legal executives and support staff handling thousands of conveyancing matters each year.
  • 4 Chances are that the other side’s solicitors are located in St Helier - if so both parties are likely to have worked on conveyancing matters in the past
  • 5 Experience means that St Helier property lawyer have established excellent working relationships with St Helier local estate agents, banks, building societies, landlords and house builders enabling them to liaise at speed with all concerned in the process of dealing with your house sale or purchase in St Helier.

Examples of recent conveyancing in St Helier since March 2025*

Recently asked questions about conveyancing in St Helier

My conveyancer has discovered a a legal deficiency with the lease for the apartment we are buying in St Helier. The other side have offered title insurance as a workaround. We are content with insurance and will cover the costs. Our solicitor says that he must check that the mortgage company is happy with this solution. Are we the client or is the lender?

The short answer to your last question is that, notwithstanding the risk of a conflict of interest, you and the bank are the client. Your lawyer must comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook conditions require your lawyer to disclose issues such as defects with the lease so that the mortgage company can be afforded the opportunity to check with their valuer as to the extent that the value of the property is affected. Should you refuse to allow your lawyer to make the appropriate notification then your solicitor will have no choice but to discontinue acting for you.

Can I use your services to find a Conveyancing solicitor in St Helier even where I’m not buying or selling a house, for example if I wish to buy an office in St Helier with a loan from Aldermore?

Our search tool is primarily utilised to help choose domestic conveyancing solicitors in St Helier but we have listed towards the bottom of this page some St Helier commercial conveyancing firms. You will need to speak with the company directly to establish if they are also authorised to represent Aldermore

Are the BSA intent on creating a search tool with a view to list practices on the Coventry BS conveyancing panel for example in St Helier?

We would not expect to be advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to develop such a search facility.

I am looking for a flat up to £305k and found one near me in St Helier I like with a park and station nearby, however it's only got 52 years unexpired on the lease. I can't really find anything else in St Helier in this price bracket, so just wondered if I would be making a grave error purchasing a short lease?

If you need a mortgage the remaining unexpired lease term may be an issue. Discount the offer by the anticipated lease extension will cost if not already taken into account. If the existing owner has owned the premises for at least twenty four months you could request that they commence the lease extension formalities and pass it to you. An additional ninety years can be extended on to the current lease with a zero ground rent applied. You should speak to your conveyancing lawyer concerning this.

My step-father has encouraged me to use his lawyers for conveyancing in St Helier. Should I use them?

No doubt it’s preferable to choose a conveyancing lawyer is to have recommendations from friends or family who have actually previously instructed the solicitor you're contemplating using.

I happen to be an executor of my recently deceased parent's Will, with a bungalow in St Helier which will be marketed. The property is unregistered at HMLR and I'm advised that many EAs will insist that it is completed before they will proceed. What's the procedure for this?

In the circumstances you refer to it seems prudent to apply to register in the names of the personal representative(s) as named in the probate and in their capacity as PRs. The Land Registry’s online guidance explains how to register for the first time and what is required re the deeds and forms. You would need to include and official copy of the probate as well and complete the form FR1 to refer to the PRs as the applicant.

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Sample of conveyancing solicitors in St Helier regulated by the SRA

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

  • Porter & Co, 40 Benhill Avenue, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4DA
  • Noble Law Solicitors, 89 London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5HP
  • Crescent Law, 81 London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5HP
  • Charmini Ravindran Law Ltd, 8 Lind Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4PJ
  • Stone & Stone Solicitors Llp, 16 Crown Lane, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5BP

Commercial Conveyancing solicitors in St Helier regulated by the SRA

The list below is a small selection of solicitors in St Helier specialising in commercial conveyancing in St Helier. This should include advice on buying or selling a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit
  • Porter & Co, 40 Benhill Avenue, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4DA
  • Crescent Law, 81 London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5HP
  • Noble Law Solicitors, 89 London Road, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5HP
  • Charmini Ravindran Law Ltd, 8 Lind Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4PJ
  • Stone & Stone Solicitors Llp, 16 Crown Lane, Morden, Surrey, SM4 5BP

Domestic Licensed Conveyancers in St Helier regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers

Please be aware that the listed conveyancers do not limit their work for conveyancing in St Helier but also conveyancing throughout England and Wales.
  • R & C Property Lawyers Llp, 10A Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7PG
  • Property Transfer Co-ordination Ptc, Corner House, KT1 2NR

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

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