Cilex Advanced Paralegal at Swinburne Maddison LLP
Laura Duff
Cilex Advanced Paralegal
Laura is a CILEX Advanced Paralegal in our Conveyancing team. Graduating from Durham University in 2012 and undertaking her Graduate Diploma in Law in 2013 at Northumbria University, Laura began her legal career following the CILEX qualification route and underwent her training at a law firm based in Cumbria working within their residential property team and qualifying as a CILEX Legal Executive in 2016. Laura then moved to an in-house lawyer role at Nuclear Decommissioning Authority within their properties department, dealing with Britain’s Nuclear Legacy and working on projects such as citing and creating a specialist firearms facility for the civil nuclear police. Laura relocated back to Durham and joined Swinburne Maddison in February 2023. She deals with all manner of conveyancing matters including sales and purchases, transfers and re-mortgages. In her spare time, Laura enjoys open water swimming, long walks with her Labrador, Honey, and getting together with her local book club.
Venture House, Aykley Heads Business Centre, Durham, DH1 5TS
Licensed for 1 years
Practice Areas
Housing & Property
- Housing & Property 100%
4 Client Reviews
Overall experience
- Value For Money
- Approachability
About Laura Duff
Laura is a CILEX Advanced Paralegal in our Conveyancing team. Graduating from Durham University in 2012 and undertaking her Graduate Diploma in Law in 2013 at Northumbria University, Laura began her legal career following the CILEX qualification route and underwent her training at a law firm based in Cumbria working within their residential property team and qualifying as a CILEX Legal Executive in 2016. Laura then moved to an in-house lawyer role at Nuclear Decommissioning Authority within their properties department, dealing with Britain’s Nuclear Legacy and working on projects such as citing and creating a specialist firearms facility for the civil nuclear police. Laura relocated back to Durham and joined Swinburne Maddison in February 2023. She deals with all manner of conveyancing matters including sales and purchases, transfers and re-mortgages. In her spare time, Laura enjoys open water swimming, long walks with her Labrador, Honey, and getting together with her local book club.
Languages Spoken: English
Contact Laura Duff
Address
Swinburne Maddison LLP
Venture House
Aykley Heads Business Centre
Durham
DH1 5TS
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Title
Name
Duration
Cilex Advanced Paralegal
Swinburne Maddison LLP
?-present
House purchase
Laura was our contact at Swinburne Maddison for a house purchase as first-time buyers. She was efficient and communicative throughout the process, despite the original sale falling through due to the sellers pulling out, and was instrumental in us continuing and succeeding at the second attempt.
Lawyer named in this review: Laura Duff
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Sale of parent's estate
Laura was very helpful with the sale of my mother's estate. She guided me through a difficult time of my life, dealing with probate and other issues. She was very knowledgeable and saved me extra expense when forms were required by the purchases solicitor. I would highly recommend Laura for her knowledgeable, professional and friendly service.
Lawyer named in this review: Laura Duff
A representative from Swinburne Maddison LLP responded to this review on 09 October, 2024
Thank you for your feedback, Michelle. We appreciate you taking the time to comment on your experience and will pass on your comments to Laura.
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Exceptional service.
We ended up with complications in both sale and purchase. Laura was knowledgeable, efficient and empathetic throughout. Without her approach we are certain the chain would have collapsed. Should we have any future conveyancing we would specifically ask for Laura to manage our case. We would highly recommend Laura to friends and family.
Lawyer named in this review: Laura Duff
A representative from Swinburne Maddison LLP responded to this review on 01 May, 2024
Thank you for your feedback, Daniel - we really appreciate you taking the time to comment on your experience and will pass on your comments to Laura. Wishing you the best of luck in your new home.
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First time buyer
Laura was extremely helpful from the outset, answering all my questions patiently and knowledgably. She kept me updated throughout the process, explaining what documents were required at which stages. Until signing the final documents we did everything by phone or email which worked well. It was great to meet her for signing and to arrange completion date as Laura was able to talk me through some additional responses from the sellers solictor. Her advice to go for a final viewing of the property before exchange/completion was useful and wasn't something I'd thought to do. At all stages she was friendly, helpful and professional, and I felt confident in her abilities to see the process through for me.
Lawyer named in this review: Laura Duff
A representative from Swinburne Maddison LLP responded to this review on 18 April, 2024
Thank you for your feedback, Jennifer - we really appreciate you taking the time to comment on your experience and will pass on your comments to Laura. Wishing you the best of luck in your new home.
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