Finally the sale completed on my house in Ware last February yet the purchaser is e-mailing daily to moan that his lawyer is waiting to hear from myconveyancer. What should my lawyer have done following completion?

After completion of your sale your conveyancer is duty bound to send the transfer deeds and all additional paperwork to the buyer’s lawyers. If applicable, your conveyancer should also evidence that the mortgage has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion steps specific conveyancing in Ware.

In researching mumsnet.com for an affordable solicitor in Ware, many post that I must look for a CQS kitemarked lawyer. Can you explain what CQS is?

Ware Conveyancing Quality Scheme solicitors have obtained certification under the Law Society's Scheme (CQS) CQS was established to establish evidence of quality standards in the in the legal transfer of properties. CQS enables house movers to identify practices who provide a quality residential conveyancing. Ware is one of the many areas in England and Wales in which CQS have a presence. The conveyancing scheme obliges solicitors to undergo a strict assessment, compulsory training, self-certification, random audits 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 Council of Mortgage Lenders.

I used Arc property Solicitors a few years ago for my conveyancing in Ware. I now require my papers but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Ware of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

About to purchase a new build flat in Ware. Conveyancing is necessary evil at the best of times but I have never purchased a new build flat before. What sort of enquires would be asked in new build legal work.

Here is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in Ware

If there are lifts in the building, please confirm that the owners of flats on the ground and basement floors will not be required to contribute towards the cost of maintenance and renewal. The Vendor must covenant to keep unsold units in good repair until long leases are granted therefore. Please supply a car parking plan. There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Will control of the Management Company (if any) be handed over to purchasers on completion of the last sale or earlier?

I need to instruct a conveyancing lawyer in Ware for my purchase. Is there any facility to check a firm’s complaints history with the legal regulator?

Anyone may read presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) decisions arising from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Visit Check a solicitor's record. For details Pre 2008, or to check a firm's record, telephone 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. International callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes recorded telephone calls for training purposes.