Lawson Commercial ~ Commercial Estate Agents in Uckfield East Sussex. Chris Lawson, FNAEA FICBA was formerly a partner with a large Sussex firm of Commercial Surveyors and Estate Agents. Having been with them for some ten years, he left in February 1988, shortly before they were taken over by a building society, to start his own Commercial Estate Agency and Surveying practice. Lawson Commercial ~ Commercial Estate Agents in Uckfield East Sussex. The practice was thus started in Uckfield in February 1988 and, in 1989, opened an office in Brighton. In 1998 he opened a new, larger office in Uckfield to provide an improved level of service to an increasing number of clients. Chris Lawson has over 20 years experience in property in Sussex. He is currently a Fellow of the National Association of Estate Agents and a member of Uckfield Chamber of Commerce where he served as president in 1991, 1994 and 1996.