In the early 80s I had dealings with lawyers - client accounting & conveyancing.
The conveyancing at that time, in Scotland, had 35 steps - 32 of which did not involve a lawyer.
A paralegal would fill in the blanks in standard text and print it & send it off. Await return and then send of the next ...................
The big difference between a good local solicitor was he knew the local market, he knew most things about most of the other solicitors, surveyors and could smell a rat.
I used a local man for my 3x sons' first houses - all went well with the builders and private sellers.
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