Lawyers' Costs and Fees: Conveyancing Fees and Duties

Compiled by Russell Hewitson LLB Solicitor, Principal Lecturer in Law, School of Law, Northumbria University, Lawyer's Costs and Fees: Conveyancing Fees and Duties contains sources of information for 'residential' conveyancing transactions in England and Wales. Regularly updated, it is a readily accessible, up to date scale of costs and fees in a practical and convenient booklet presentation. It is intended as a guide, and specialist information and advice about Stamp Duty Land Tax (and all other tax implications) should always be obtained. This is particularly important where the transaction is the grant of a new lease or a 'partnership', 'commercial' or an unusual 'residential'. A subscription service is available.

1. Stamp Duty Land Tax (“SDLT”)
1.1 Introduction
1.2 HM Revenue & Customs publications
1.3 General information
1.4 “Chargeable consideration”
1.5 Reliefs
1.6 SDLT Rates
1.7 SDLT and ‘abnormal’ rent increases
2. Land Registry
2.1 Land Registry Offices
2.2 Land Registry “Practice Guides”
2.3 Application and Search Forms
2.4 Land Registry Fees
2.5 Land Charges Department
3. Local land charges – searches and enquiries (including a list of local authorities)
4. Drainage and Water searches
5. Commons Registration search
6. Environmental searches and reports
7. Coal mining searches and reports
8. Tin and copper mining searches in parts of South West England
9. China Clay searches
10. Radon searches
11. Cheshire brine subsidence searches
12. Companies House
13. Gypsum mining
14. The National Land Information Service (“NLIS”)
15. Information available from “English Heritage”
16. Transport for London searches
17. Ordnance Survey information
18. Chancel repair
19. Rates of interest under s 32 Land Compensation Act 1961
20. Law Society interest rates
21. Other telephone numbers