Australian Capital Territory

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Unlike the other Australian States where there are conveyancing companies owned and run by Licensed Conveyancers, it is illegal in the Australian Capital Territory to have conveyancing companies owned by Licensed Conveyancers. All paid conveyancing work in the Australian Capital Territory must be done by a Law Firm. That is the law.

Many law firms the Australian Capital Territory have set up conveyancing companies that are in fact law firms and are treated as law firms. These companies must therefore comply with the rules and regulations of a Legal Profession Act which is administered by the relevant Law Society. Licensed Conveyancers and Para Legals can be employed in these law firms run as conveyancing companies, but all work must be supervised by a Solicitor.

The bottom line is that in the Australian Capital Territory it doesn’t matter at all if you go with a conveyancing company or a law firm, because there is no difference between them. They are one and the same.

Detailed guide on how conveyancing works when selling a house or unit in the Australian Capital Territory - COMING SOON.