09.07.07 What does a Conveyancing Solicitor do? A new series of "What does a lawyer do" We occasionally run series of articles on this site with a different theme, and this one is all about what different types of law actually mean... at this time of year, we get a lot of calls from would be trainee solicitors hunting for holiday work, vacation placements and training contracts, and most probably have very little idea as to the reality of life as a solicitor in a certain field. Conveyancing Solicitors - what do they do? Conveyancing is usually divided into two areas of work in a high street setting - firstly there is residential conveyancing, and secondly there is commercial conveyancing. The difference is exactly that - one is houses for individuals or investors, the other is offices and premises for business or commercial interests. On the whole, high street firms tend to deal with residential conveyancing and some light commercial work - eg chip shops, post offices, indivi...
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