First volume conveyancer secures CQS accreditation

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Barnetts Solicitors has become the first volume conveyancer in England & Wales to secure Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) status.

Nearly 800 firms have applied to join the scheme, which the Law Society is calling a new home buying quality mark.

Richard Barnett, senior partner at Barnetts Solicitors, said: “CQS has been designed to be obtainable for a range of business models and while Barnetts Solicitors is the first volume conveyancer in England and Wales to obtain CQS status there have been sole practitioners and mid-sized firms who have also gained CQS accreditation.

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