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Q and A’s regarding the Earl Shilton Building Society Solicitor Panel
I need to swap lawyers as my lawyer is not on the Earl Shilton Building Society panel of conveyancing solicitors. How easy is it to change conveyancer?
If you haven't yet instructed a solicitor to do anything for you and have just received quotes, you're perfectly free to choose a different solicitor to carry out your work for you. The best way is to get recommendations from friends or family who have actually used the solicitor or conveyancer you're considering.
Can you clarify something for me?. For no fault of my lawyer but, the conveyancing for my house purchase has been going on for months. The Local Authority Search from Earl Shilton Building Society was issued random date and we have agreed a date for me to move into the property on 6. My solicitor informs me that as she is on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel she needs to redo the searches as they are no longer acceptable to the lender.
A precondition to being on the Earl Shilton Building Society approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Earl Shilton Building Society)which specifies that a local authority search be not more than 6 months old. You should nevertheless ask your lawyer to check whether something called ‘search validation’ indemnity insurance is acceptable to Earl Shilton Building Society.
I have been searching for conveyancing quotes online. Can I be assured that all the practices that are listed on your site are on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel?
The solicitor and licensed conveyancing practices listed on our site have assured us via an online form that they are on the Earl Shilton Building Society panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Earl Shilton Building Society panel. To date we have not been informed by either a bank or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel is incorrect.
I was scheduled to move into my flat last Friday. My lawyer’s firm is on the Earl Shilton Building Society solicitors panel but has changed address 8 weeks ago and had not informed Earl Shilton Building Society of their new address. Earl Shilton Building Society has locked down the release of mortgage funds as the information from the solicitors isn't correct.
This is a rare situation indeed. The majority of lender Terms of Conveyancing Panel Appointment specifically oblige the solicitor to inform the lender of an address change. Your solicitor needs to treat this with the utmost urgency. Do speak with or register your concern with the senior partner (assuming he or she is not your direct lawyer). Most lenders would be reasonable in this situation and expedite the resolution of this issue. It may be prudent to enlist the help of your local Earl Shilton Building Society branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can help.
I have not been happy with the level or service received from my lawyer. Is there a Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel complaints department or do I complain directly to the law firm?
There is little point in complaining directly to Earl Shilton Building Society. Every solicitor firm and conveyancer must have a complaints procedure. You can get information from the solicitor’s or conveyancer’s website or ask at their office. They must tell you about it if you ask.
The Legal Ombudsman will make sure that your complaint is addressed by the solicitor. It can also advise you how to complain.
If a licensed conveyancer does not have a complaints procedure or will not tell you about it, contact the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the conveyancer. Please see below for more information.
I am selling my house. I had a double glazing fitted in month 2010 but did not receive a FENSA certificate or Building Regulation Certificate. My buyer's lender, Earl Shilton Building Society are being a right pain. The solicitor who is on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel is recommending indemnity insurance as a solution but Earl Shilton Building Society are insisting on a building regulation certificate. Why do Earl Shilton Building Society have a conveyancing panel of they don’t accept advice from them?
It is probably the case that Earl Shilton Building Society have referred the matter to their valuer. The reason why Earl Shilton Building Society may not want to accept indemnity insurance is because it does not give them any reassurance that the double glazing correctly and safely installed. It merely protects against enforcement action which is very unlikely anyway.
My ex -wife’s name is on the Earl Shilton Building Society mortgage of my property but not on the land registry. The apartment was transferred to me on our divorce many years ago by way of a sealed court order. Does my ex still have a say on the sale even though the land registry showing the property in my name alone? Will I be required to take her name of the Earl Shilton Building Society mortgage in order to sell?
As regards the Earl Shilton Building Society mortgage, it is unusual that your ex-wife’s name remains on the mortgage but not on the title. It is conceivable that this is an oversight on the part of your conveyancers to ensure that her name was removed or even an administrative error on the part of Earl Shilton Building Society in failing to update their data. In any event, it should cause difficulty providing her name no longer appears on the Land Registry title and you have a court order ordering that the property is transferred to you.