My fiancee and I are acquiring our first house. Our lawyer has calledto enquire if we wish to purchase supplemental conveyancing searches. As novices we have no idea as to what's necessary for conveyancing in Holborn

The type of Holborn conveyancing searches depends entirely on the premises, the location, the probability of any of these risks, your knowledge of the locality and risks, your general attitude to risk. What is important is that you adequately appreciate what information each search could supply. You may then make a decision if you consider that you need that search. Where you are uncertain, ask your lawyer to recommend.

We are buying a property and require a conveyancing solicitor in Holborn who is on the Co-operative solicitor panel. Can you recommend a local solicitor?

Our service is limited to being a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Co-operative . We don't recommend any particular firms conducting conveyancing in Holborn.

I used Action Conveyancing a few years ago for my conveyancing in Holborn. Now, I need my documents but the law firm is no longer operating. What do I do?

You should contact the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Holborn of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously retained, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

Taking into account that I am about to part with 450k on a two bedroom apartment in Holborn I would like to talk to a conveyancer regarding thehouse move prior to appointing the firm. Is this something that you can arrange?

We could not agree more - it is our preference to talk to you we do not take any clients on without you first talking to the solicitor who will be conducting your property ownership legalities in Holborn.There is no ‘factory style conveyancing’ - each client is unique individual, not a file number. The solicitors that we put you in touch with believe that the figure you are provided with for residential conveyancing in Holborn should be the figure that you end up paying.

In my capacity as executor for the will of my uncle I am disposing of a property in Neath but reside in Holborn. My lawyer (approximately 250 miles awayrequires that I sign a statutory declaration prior to the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing lawyer in Holborn who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?

Technically speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or solicitor will suffice regardless of whether they are based in Holborn