Licensed Conveyancer or Solicitor? Until 1987 only a solicitor could act on the sale or purchase of property. However, in 1987 an Act of Parliament ended the solicitors monopoly of professional conveyancing services in England and Wales and an alternative type of lawyer – a specialist in property law – was created, to give consumers freedom of choice. This new property lawyer is called a Licensed Conveyancer.

The Licensed Conveyancer