Having sold my house in St Helier last January yet the purchaser is whats apping daily complaining that her solicitor is waiting to hear from mine. What should my lawyer have done following completion?

Post completion of your house sale your lawyer is committed to deliver the transfer documentation and all supplemental paperwork to the buyer’s solicitors. Depending on the transaction, your solicitor must also confirm that the mortgage has been redeemed to the buyers lawyers. There are no post completion formalities peculiar conveyancing in St Helier.

Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house can not be found. The lawyers who handled the conveyancing in St Helier 5 years ago are no longer around. Will I be able to sell the house?

Gone are the days when you need to hold title deeds to prove you are the registered proprietor of land or property, given that the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.

I am buying a new build flat in St Helier. Conveyancing is a frightening process 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 conveyancing.

Set out below is a sample of a selection of leasehold new build enquiries that you may expect your new-build leasehold conveyancing in St Helier

There must be mutual enforceability of lessee’s covenants. Where service of notices and proceedings can be at the property demised please confirm that this can be amended to include simultaneous services at the Lessees’ solicitors’ offices where the Lessee from time to time is not resident in the UK - such solicitors may be varied by notice in writing to the Landlord from time to time but otherwise will be as previously specified. The Landlord must covenant to assume the management if the Management Company goes into liquidation or otherwise defaults in running the management scheme. The Lease must contain a provision on behalf of the Vendor to pay the service charges in respect of unoccupied units in order to ensure that all services can be provided. Please supply evidence that the form of Lease proposed has been approved by the Land Registry.

As co-executor for the will of my father I am selling a house in Neath but I am based in St Helier. My conveyancer (approximately 235 miles from mehas requested that I sign a stat dec before completion. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in St Helier to attest this legal document for me?

strictly speaking you should not be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are located in St Helier

Are all St Helier property lawyers on every bank conveyancing panel?

You can use our search tool or you can pop into your local bank branch in St Helier. Chances are that they will know some good conveyancing solicitors in St Helier