Between signing a contract and settling, a lot has to happen that nobody explains to you. Chris Hansord is the paralegal who handles it.

Chris works in the settlements team alongside Laura. He takes you from signed contract to the day it settles: the transfer of title, the documents you sign along the way and the dealings with your bank.

He also works on the property side of deceased estates, preparing survivorship applications, transmission applications and transfers of land to beneficiaries. That’s the part of an estate nobody has heard of until a house has to come out of a parent’s name.

If you’re not sure what a document does or why you’re signing it, ask Chris. He’d rather explain it twice than have you sign something you don’t understand.

Outside work Chris does escape rooms, axe throwing and barbecue school. He is generally up for anything he hasn’t tried.