Is the fact that my solicitor in Headley is not identified on my mortgage company's conveyancing panel that there is a problem with the standard of his work?
It would be unwise to jump to that conclusion. There are all sorts of perfectly plausible explanations. Just recently a report by the solicitors regulator revealed that over three quarters of law firms surveyed had been removed from at least one lender panel. The most common reasons for removal are: (1) lack of transactions (2) the lawyer is a sole practitioner (3) as part of the HSBC panel reduction (4) regulatory contact by SRA (5) accidental removal. Should you be concerned you should simply call the Headley conveyancing practice and enquire why they are no longer on the approved list for your lender.
We note that you have a search directory identifying firms on the Skipton conveyancing panel. Do firms pay you a commission if I instruct them for our conveyancing in Headley?
We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the Skipton conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Headley.
The Headley conveyancing lawyers that just started acting on my house acquisition in Headley have without warning shut down. They were on acting for me because I had to have a lawyer on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel and my family Headley lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take one hundred and fifty pounds for searches. What are my options?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them immediately so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the Bank of Ireland conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to help.
I have recentlydiscovered that Stirling Law have closed. They conducted my conveyancing in Headley for a purchase of a freehold house 18 months ago. How can I check that my home is registered correctly in the name of the previous owner?
The easiest way to see if the property is in your name, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Headley conveyancing specialists.
As co-executor for the will of my aunt I am selling a residence in Cardiff but reside in Headley. My solicitor (who is 300 miles from merequires that I sign a statutory declaration before the transaction finalising. Could you suggest a conveyancing lawyer in Headley to witness and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are unlikely to need to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Ordinarily any notary public or qualified solicitor will do regardless of whether they are Headley based
My partner and I soon to exchange on the purchase a house in Headley but as a consequence of wreckage from the recent storms I have negotiated recompense from the owner of four thousand pounds by way of a adjustment in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process however my bank will not permit this. Why were they informed?
Any conveyancer listed on a bank conveyancing panel is duty bound to advise the bank of any changes to the sale figure. In the event that you did not allow your lawyer to notify the reduction to your mortgage company then they would have to disinstructing themselves from representing you and the mortgage company.