Alister Jones
Solicitor
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Director, Property
SRA ID: 364687
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Alister returned to Clark Willis as a Partner in 2019 and heads up our Residential and Commercial Property team. He previously worked for the firm from 2006 until 2012, before moving to practise in York and being appointed as a Partner at one of North Yorkshire’s oldest and most established firms.
SPECIALISMS
Alister specialises in a number of areas of practice. He is an experienced property solicitor, helping clients with every possible type of property matter, including freehold and leasehold sales, purchases and transfers. He undertakes both residential and commercial property work and also regularly helps clients with equity release/lifetime mortgages.
Alister is also a specialist in all areas of Family Law, being an Accredited Specialist solicitor with Resolution in the areas of Children Matters and Matrimonial Finances.
As a member of the Equity Release Council, he ensures that clients choosing equity release (lifetime mortgages) receive the expert advice and guidance they need.
As a specialist trained Collaborative Lawyer, Alister can help his family clients to conclude their matters in a constructive and amicable way, minimising the negative impact many family matters can have.
Alister is also an Accredited Family Mediator with the Law Society, whilst also being registered as an Accredited Mediator with the Family Mediation Council.
AREAS OF INTEREST
Alister’s aim is to help clients get from A to B as easily as possible.
The process of buying and selling property can be complicated. Alister is a skilled conveyancer who makes sure his clients know exactly what is going on throughout their transaction. The importance of good communication with property clients cannot be underestimated and Alister ensures that all clients feel supported by him directly, throughout the process.
When undertaking family law work, Alister is a modern family solicitor, focusing on achieving the most amicable outcomes for his clients. His work as a Collaborative Lawyer and Family Mediator helps him to fully understand the family law system and to give expert advice to clients, enabling them to make fully informed decisions about their matters.
ACCREDITATIONS
Alister is a qualified conveyancer and has been a registered conveyancer with the Law Society Conveyancing Quality Scheme at all times since it was launched in 2010.
Alister is a member of Resolution, the largest and most prominent group of Family Lawyers in England and Wales, who all aim to help clients resolve their matters in the best way possible. He is also a Specialist Accredited Family solicitor with Resolution in relation to Children Matters and Matrimonial Finances, confirming his expertise in those areas.
He is an Accredited Family Mediator with the Law Society. He is also registered with the Family Mediation Council as an Accredited Member.
Alister is a Collaborative Family Lawyer, having undertaken his training with Resolution.
105 Bondgate, DL3 7LB
Licensed for 19 years
Practice Areas
Housing & Property, Dispute Resolution
Absolutely brilliant solicitors
I cannot speak highly enough of Clark Willis. Alister and Rachael responded quickly and competently. They were warm and reassuring. As a first time buyer, I found them to be thorough, trustworthy and gave me absolute confidence they knew what they were talking about. If one of them was on leave, you always received a response from someone else. Alister was on leave towards the end of the process and others picked up this work, causing no delay.
I will also note that my house purchase was during the stamp duty changes and this naturally could have caused a delay. The changes didn’t affect my sale and I certainly didn’t feel pushed to the back of the queue for the properties trying to avoid the charges. I still received communication about progress throughout despite what must have been a busy time for them.
We completed in 6 weeks which is great (and unheard of). I would recommend them time and time again.
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Conveyancing
Thorough, comprehensive, informative, friendly with an easy to understand approachable manner
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Excellent service
Alistair has been extremely helpful in dealing with the sale of our property. Emails were always answered promptly and Alister would always ring to sort out any issues. He is friendly and approachable and I felt he really cared about the outcome!
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Excellent service and attention to detail
The team at Clark Willis were extremely meticulous in their approach to our house sale process. They gave us a personable and very expedient service, keeping us up to date with any issues arising and helping us navigate them. We would not hesitate to recommend Alister and the team!
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House purchase managed very efficiently
We have used Alister Jones at Clark Willis for two property transactions so far (one sale and one purchase) and in both cases we have been impressed. Alister has a proactive approach to chivvying along somewhat less-than-organised conveyancers on the other end of the process and he clearly explains and contextualises any legal technicalities which arise during the transaction. For example in our sale we had to ask the Land Registry to clarify their not quite accurate records of access rights over a non-adopted road to the house using information in the original 19thC deeds, which course of action Alister discussed with us and then processed with the registry. In our recent purchase the house was subject to several archaic restictive covenants the implications of which Alister explained in clear English. This purchase had to take place over an extended time period because of the personal circumstances of the seller, and Alister pro-actively made sure that we were kept informed of progress even though the seller's solicitors were extremely dilatory at responding to questions, and then he worked hard to move the transaction to a successful and speedy conclusion within a week as soon as the final sets of answers were received.
Throughout the transactions it was very easy to get direct access to Alister via email and over the 'phone, and we also like the fact that CW have a physical office right in the centre of Darlington.
Both of these transactions were carried out at fee rates which I regard as *very reasonable indeed* for the high quality of work and documentation received, although I know I shouldn't say this! As I said above, we will certainly use Clark Willis again - not just for property work but also to revise our wills - and we have no hesitation in recommending them.
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Conveyance of my late Father's House
We received an excellent service overall from Alister. Very responsive, and kept us in touch regularly with progress. The clear pricing and "all -in" fee structure was appreciated and I believe offered good value for money.
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Clark Willis Solicitors
My sister recommended that I use Clark Willis Solicitors when I was selling my house as she had also used them for her conveyancing. Alister Jones was in charge of my file and the process took an extraordinarily long time due to complications in the chain .... which was out of our control. However Alister kept me well informed along the way and reassured me when I thought it was never going to get to completion.
Rachel the conveyancing assistant was also very helpful and polite.
I would absolutely recommend Clark Willis Solicitors.
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Conveyancing Service
Alister, helped get a very challenging situation across the line, handling all aspects of the transaction, his approach and experience allowed me to forget about the smaller details and leave him to guide me through the process, Alister and Rachael Morris are a great and capable team and I will be using them in the future and have already recommended them both to friends.
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Excellent service.
Prompt, very helpful and polite service. Thank you.
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Excellent Clark Willis
I would highly recommend Clark Willis
Solicitors .very helpful and efficient
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