Law firm Hethertons awarded conveyancing quality standard (From York Press)

Law firm Hethertons awarded conveyancing quality standard

7:53am Wednesday 8th June 2011 in Business news

A fast-expanding York law firm has become the first practice in the city – and one of the first in the UK – to be awarded a new quality standard for residential conveyancing, in the week it announced plans for a move of its own.

Hethertons, based in Rougier Street, has achieved the Law Society’s Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) status, which marks the firm out as meeting the very highest high standards in the home-buying process.

The firm, founded in 1948, has outgrown its York office and is set to move into new offices at York Business Park in September. The firm, which provides the full range of legal services to businesses and individuals, also has an office in Boroughbridge.

The CQS has been introduced by the Law Society to identify high-quality providers in the residential property market and to deter potential fraudsters.

Simon Nellar, Hethertons’ senior partner, said: “It is an ironic and a timely award in the week we also decided on a move of our own in the autumn to our new premises as part of our expansion plan.”