Michelle Hawkins

Michelle is a highly experienced conveyancer and enjoys handling the more complex types of transaction.

She particularly enjoys acting for clients in transfers of part, for instance when clients are selling off parts of their land, possessory title applications, and assents, as well as helping clients with their sales and purchases.

Notable Residential Property cases

• Deed of Variation
  

  Handling a leasehold purchase where a deed of variation was required to extend the lease term. The seller initially refused but upon insistence agreed to complete this simultaneously with the purchase of the property.

• Freehold - Sale & Purchase
  

  Handling the sale of a property worth over £2 million that was exchanged less than two weeks after the contract was prepared and sent out. This included dealing with enquiries before the contract prior to the contract.

• Deeds of Easements & Covenants
  

  Drafting the deeds of easement and deeds of release to change the drainage rights for two residential properties.

• Voluntary First Registrations
  

  Having received instructions for a voluntary first registration of title deeds it was found that there was land within the boundaries of the property which was not part of the title and for which the clients did not have title deeds. The necessary papers were drawn up to register a possessory title to the said land and these were submitted simultaneously to land registry with the remainder of the title deeds.

• Transfer of Equity & Removal of Deceased From Equity Release Mortgage
  

  A property was owned by a client and her partner. The partner passed away without a will and it was agreed with his personal representative that the client would purchase the partner’s share. The property had an equity release mortgage, so this meant dealing with the simultaneous transfer of equity together with dealing with the lender’s requirements which for equity release matters are substantial in comparison to standard mortgages.