Sarah has over 20 years’ experience as a Solicitor. She is also a Director and Head of our Residential Conveyancing team.
sarah.cookson@switalskis.com
or Sarah's assistant
lisa.billingham@switalskis.com
Switalskis Solicitors Ltd
Cranbourne House, 36 Gracious Street
Knaresborough
HG5 8DS
Sarah is a residential conveyancing solicitor and the head of department for residential property. As a director of Switalskis, Sarah also has a senior supervisory role within the department. Sarah's work covers the full range of residential property transactions.
Sarah specialises in a number of residential conveyancing areas including:
Sarah is the firm's money laundering officer and senior responsible officer for the Switalskis' Conveyancing Quality Scheme (CQS) accreditation.
She is also the Vice President of the Law Society Property Section Committee, a group whose focus is to share best practice among property lawyers to improve client service.
Sarah’s approach to supporting clients through transactions is to explain things in plain English, removing legalese and jargon.
"Excellent experience selling our home through Switalskis. We worked with Sarah Cookson and Lisa Billingham and they were responsive and helpful throughout our interactions. They took the time to speak to us when we had questions and helped us push the buyer’s solicitor when things were delayed. I highly recommend them and with be advising friends/family to retain Switalskis whenever they need a solicitor!"
Residential Conveyancing Client
Finding out that conveyancing firm or solicitors you instructed has closed in the middle of buying or selling a property is an additional stress. It can feel like this may be the end of the transaction, but there are steps to protect your position and get back on track.
Sarah Cookson, Head of Residential Conveyancing at Switalskis, was recently interviewed by BBC Look North for her professional views into the risks faced by homebuyers purchasing properties off-plan.
Two wins for our residential and new build teams and a shortlist for our Business Development Executive at The British Conveyancing Awards 2025.
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is a tax that people in England have to pay when they buy property or land over a certain price. The amount payable is set to change from April 2025.