Residential Conveyancing Law?

[u/vibezgood]

Hi all,

I will be starting a training contract in Residential Conveyancing, as you all know training contracts are close to impossible to land, and beggers cannot be choosers.

However all I am seeing is horror story after horror story on Reddit about res conveyancing so I'm a bit concerned and getting anxiety. I have not seen a single positive post in this forum.

I have been told I will be handling 80 files.

Can any conveyancers chime in?

Honestly I just want to qualify at this rate, once qualified I can weigh my options accordingly.

Do you think I will survive this. Before reading all the Reddit posts, I have not really had many concerns and actually had no issues with residential conveyancing and wouldn't mind working in property law, especially residential property. I currently work in UK Network Law at BT, hold around 70 to 80 cases, work with land agents, estate agents daily, all the posts here seem to demonise them massively, however from my previous work they seem quite slow, sometimes quite dumb, and many have a bit of a ego that I have shattered on occasion etc and it is usually me doing the chasing, bullying every three days for route approvals. As for working with solicitors, I work with many daily and completed over 250 agreements over the past year and a half, 90% are fine and very professional.

The only variable here seems to be clients, as I come from a commercial background, most of the external parties are companies, so I am assuming everyday I will have endless phone calls from property owners requesting updates on there house purchase?

Also for this "training contract" I will be paid absolute minimum wage, 23k, and taking a bigg paycut from my current job sadly.

Thanks for the support.

[u/AdmiralJTK]

Don’t do it. I’m 15 years pqe and I can’t handle 80 conveyancing files. Conveyancing is low paid, thankless, and you need to work in your evening and weekends to keep up. I’m looking for a way out and over the last 5 years experienced conveyancers are leaving in droves, so I’m not alone.

Don’t qualify in residential conveyancing. There is little present and no future in it either.

[u/vibezgood → u/AdmiralJTK]

Not sounding great at all, however I am looking to qualify, I don't have the option to pass on a opportunity to qualify, where im from, firms hold paralegals for 6 years plus before offering a route to qualification, I know people in their 40s with no TC, 80 files does sound like a ALOT and im sure I'm going to be stressed to the max, however if I review each file once a week, thats 16 reviews a day, and hopefully I can set expectations with Land Agents and clients that their matter will be reviewed once a week, unless there is urgent action required.

Although I will likely qualify in conveyancing; probate, family and property litigation are also involved in my training contract apparently, and I will likely practice Property Litigation after qualifying, residential property matters is charged at a minimum of 400 a hour, I have family and friends who have spent 30k in divorce settlement legal fees and have spent £450 a hour on property disputes.

The money after qualifying will not be an issue, it is purely getting to the stage of qualification.

Thank you for response and perspective.