My mortgage broker says he needs my Cudworth law firm’s panel reference for the HSBC conveyancing panel. What is the best way to discover this. I have tried my local Cudworth office but they cant find it on their system.
Have you tried contacting your Cudworth solicitor about this?. They retain a central record lender panel numbers.
Do the conveyancing solicitors that you recommend perform attended exchange conveyancing in Cudworth?
There are a few conveyancing experts who can conduct attended exchanges. Do e-mail us to obtain a fee calculation and details as to availability.
Is there a reason why leasehold purchase conveyancing in Cudworth is more expensive?
Cudworth leasehold conveyancing transactions usually involve additional investigations than freeholds including investigating the Lease, liaising with the Landlord such as serving appropriate notices on the Landlord or managing agent, obtaining up-to-date service charge and management information, obtaining Landlord’s consents and reviewing management accounts and formation documents.
Please explain the implications if my lawyer’s firm is removed from the Lloyds Conveyancing panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Cudworth?
The first thing to point out is that, this is very unlikely to happen. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit for a fee.
We are downsizing from our home in Cudworth and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being constructed on contaminated land. Any local lawyer would know this is not the case. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers are using a nationwide conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Cudworth. Having lived in Cudworth for many years we know that this is a non issue. Should we contact our local Authority to seek confirmation need.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing lawyer already. What do they say? You should enquire of your lawyer before you do anything. It is very possible that once the local authority has been informed of a potential issue it cannot be insured against (a bit like being diagnosed with a serious illness and then taking out health insurance to cover that same illness)
I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Cudworth. Now, I need my files but cannot find the solicitor. What do I do?
You should contact 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 Cudworth 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.