What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Crook Log? Is this really necessary?
Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering laws require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to check the identification documents of the person or body they are dealing with prior to agreeing to accepting their conveyancing retainer. The Terms and Conditions that you are required to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lender will also require certain documents to be viewed. Should you are unwilling to hand over identification documents, your solicitor will not be able to take you on as a client.
I am due to move home in August. Does my conveyancing solicitor communicate with the removal company on the day of completion. As an aside, can you put forward a removal company in Crook Log. Conveyancing lawyer was chosen prior to coming across your page.
On the day of completion you can pick up the keys from your selling agent but this should only happen when the vendors solicitors confirm to the agent that the monies to complete are in and the keys can be passed over. Subsequently you should advise the removal company that you are ready to move in. We do not recommend a particular removal organisation but can assist you in locating a conveyancing in Crook Log or a firm with expertise in conveyancing in Crook Log.
Are all Crook Log Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Yorkshire BS conveyancing list of approved practices?
Some major lenders now use CQS as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. CQS membership however gives no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. Nevertheless,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for solicitors wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.
I have today made my last payment due on my mortgage with UBS. I assume I don't need a Crook Log property lawyer on the UBS panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Am I right?
If you have finished paying off your UBS mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the UBS mortgage from the register. UBS, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where UBS has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- UBS has instructed the Land Registry to do so
Should our lawyer be making enquiries regarding flooding as part of the conveyancing in Crook Log.
Flooding is a growing risk for lawyers conducting conveyancing in Crook Log. There are those who buy a house in Crook Log, fully aware that at some time, it may suffer from flooding. However, aside from the physical destruction, where a property is at risk of flooding, it may be difficult to obtain a mortgage, satisfactory insurance cover, or sell the premises. Steps can be carried out as part of the conveyancing process to forewarn the purchaser.
Conveyancers are not best placed to impart advice on flood risk, however there are a number of checks that may be initiated by the buyer or by their solicitors which will figure out the risks in Crook Log. The conventional set of information given to a purchaser’s conveyancer (where the Conveyancing Protocol is adopted) contains a standard inquiry of the owner to determine whether the property has historically flooded. If the property has been flooded in past and is not notified by the vendor, then a purchaser could issue a compensation claim resulting from an incorrect answer. The buyer’s lawyers may also conduct an environmental report. This should disclose whether there is any known flood risk. If so, more detailed inquiries will need to be made.
I used Wolstenholmes several years ago for my conveyancing in Crook Log. I now require my papers however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
You should call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to help locate your conveyancing files. They can be contacted on please contact on 0870 606 2555. Alternatively, you should use their online form to make an enquiry. You will need to provide the SRA with as much information as possible to assist their search, including the name and address in Crook Log of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
Is it possible to transfer to a new firm as I need to appoint one who is on the Alliance & Leicester conveyancing panel. I was using a local conveyancing solicitor in Crook Log five minutes from me but the firm is not approved by Alliance & Leicester
It would be our pleasure to help you select a conveyancing solicitor in Crook Log on the Alliance & Leicester panel. Please note that the conveyancers that we work with do not pay us a referral fee if you instruct them and are fully regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority who regulate all conveyancing solicitors in Crook Log. Using search facility on this website, you can compare and instruct different solicitors and conveyancers both nationally and in Crook Log.
My brother-in-law has suggested I instruct a conveyancing solicitor in Crook Log. I I would like to check if they are on the bank's conveyancing panel. Could you assist?
It’s a good idea contact your lawyer to check if they are on the bank's approved list. Alternatively please get in touch with us and we can make some checks for you. If they are not on the lender panel we we can help find a quality conveyancing solicitor in Crook Log on the approved list for your lender.