CRL Property Law

CRL Property Law: residential conveyancing with a personalised service

CRL Property Law is the practice of Claire Russell-Lartaud, a consultant solicitor specialising in residential conveyancing. Her work focuses on guiding buyers and sellers of property in England and Wales, with a working model that prioritises direct communication and detailed monitoring of every transaction.

The firm presents itself as an alternative to large law firms: instead of handling a high volume of simultaneous cases, it limits its caseload in order to devote more time and attention to each transaction. According to its own description, it responds to all emails and calls within a maximum of 24 hours and, in most cases, the same day.

Conveyancing services

The practice handles the main residential property transactions:

• Sales of freehold and leasehold properties
• Purchases of freehold and leasehold properties
• Remortgages
• Transfers of Equity
• Variations of Lease
• New build properties

The firm works on a fixed-fee basis for these services, a format that gives clients cost predictability.

Client profile

CRL Property Law acts for both private individuals and corporate clients, with a local, national and international presence. Its client base has ranged from first-time buyers to high net worth individuals, celebrities and members of royalty, as well as companies, religious bodies and trusts. It has also advised clients upsizing or downsizing.

Claire Russell-Lartaud's professional background

Claire Russell-Lartaud qualified as a solicitor in 2006, admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia), and began her career at well-established law firms in Sydney, where she practised commercial and residential property law. In 2011 she returned to the UK and worked at several high-ranking law firms in London, with a predominantly residential and also commercial practice. She also worked with an ultra-high net worth individual's private family office on a complex property and finance-related project.

She holds a BA and an LLB with First Class Honours and is accredited under the Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS), as well as in the Risk and Compliance strand of the same programme.

Working model and coverage

As a self-employed consultant, Claire Russell-Lartaud delivers her services through the technology infrastructure of a national law firm, which allows her to combine the closeness of a personal service with the resources of a larger firm. Her office hours are flexible and adapt to her clients' needs, including the possibility of meetings outside conventional working hours.

The firm operates from Bristol and London, and its area of practice covers England and Wales. It can also put clients in touch with estate agents, buying agents, surveyors, insurers, planning consultants, builders, architects, insurance brokers and mortgage brokers when the transaction requires it.

Location and contact

39 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, BS8 2LS, United Kingdom · Hours: Monday to Friday: 9:30 - 18:00. Saturdays and Sundays: appointment only.