Can you help? My Dawley and Lawley lawyer is advising me that she is duty bound toapply for Dawley and Lawley conveyancing searches asthe firm are on the Virgin Moneyconveyancing panel. Do I not have any say here?
You have limited options available to you. Given that you are taking out a loan with a lender your conveyancer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your property lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook conditions . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Dawley and Lawley conveyancing searches.
We note that you have a search directory identifying firms on the Aldermore conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Dawley and Lawley?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Aldermore conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Dawley and Lawley.
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house can not be found. The conveyancers who did the conveyancing in Dawley and Lawley 10 years ago have long since closed. What do I do?
In today’s world there are copies made of almost everything, and your lawyer should know precisely where to look for all the suitable documentation so you may purchase or dispose of your house without a hitch. If copies are not available, your solicitor can put in place insurance or indemnities against future claims on the property.
I have been sourcing a conveyancing solicitor in Dawley and Lawley for my house move. Is it possible to review a firm’s record with the profession’s regulator?
Anyone can read presented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations resulting from investigations started on or after 1 January 2008. Go to Check a solicitor's record. For information Pre 2008, or to check a solicitors record, call 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and 09.30 - 18.00 Tuesday. For non-uk callers, use +44 (0)121 329 6800. The SRA sometimes monitor telephone calls for training purposes.
My friend mentioned that before choosing a conveyancing firm they must be approved by your mortgage company. It happens to be my first house move but I have an AIP from Virgin Money and I already have a local conveyancing lawyer in Dawley and Lawley in place. Does Nat West Bank require an approved conveyancer to be selected? Does a list of approved firms even exist so I can pick a conveyancing solicitor in Dawley and Lawley?
You should use a solicitor that is on the Nat West Bank panel. Simply ring your preferred Dawley and Lawley conveyancing lawyer to check if they are on the Nat West Bank panel. If they are not on the panel you have a number of alternatives open to you here:
- Proceed with your chosen Dawley and Lawley conveyancing practitioner but Nat West Bank will need to appoint a property lawyer on their approved panel. This will result in additional charges together with probable delay.
- Choose a new conveyancing practitioner to act in the purchase, ensuring that they are on the Nat West Bank conveyancing panel.
- Convince your property lawyer to apply to join the bank panel.