Dudley Building Society Conveyancing Panel Information

The information on this page is designed to keep solicitors and licensed conveyancers abreast of latest requirements changes by Dudley Building Society and to assist in remaining on the Dudley Building Society Conveyancing Panel.

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Dudley Building Society Conveyancing Panel: Recently Asked Questions

What can you suggest we do if we wish to appeal being removed from the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel?

If you are removed from the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel and you are unaware of or disagree with the reasons for your removal you should: (a) Contact Dudley Building Society directly. (b) If there is an appeals process detailed on your letter you should follow the process.

In appealing a decision by Dudley Building Society, it may be useful to provide the following information:

Comprehensive account of your conveyancing history
A copy of your COMPLETIONmonitor reports if you use that service
Your recent claims history
comprehensive details of all staff in your practice and their position.
Note down if a solicitor has been admitted to the role on completion of the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test.
Forward duplicate practising certificates, the firm's current professional indemnity policy and the firm’s accountant's certificate, summarising what percentage of the firm's gross fee income is generated from residential conveyancing

On appeal some firms have been able to regain membership to panels notwithstanding the policy by the respective lenders to refuse panel membership to firms with certain profiles or characteristics. Such an achievement is primarily due to the firms’ ability to persuade the lender to make an exception if there is sufficient evidence to reassure them that the firm is a ‘low risk’.

My firm is not on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel as well other lenders. My clients, who are getting a mortgage with Dudley Building Society still want me to act for them regardless of the fact that we are not on the Dudley Building Society panel. Am I doing anything wrong is suggesting to my client that they use a firm down the road to act for Dudley Building Society on mortgage aspect of the conveyancing?

You need to be careful here as what you are intending may not be acceptable to the lender. It is possible that you (as a non-panel firm) or the mortgage applicant are not at liberty instruct a panel firm of your choice. Many lenders make it clear to their panel firms that where a non-panel member firm is instructed by one of their mortgage applicants, the lender must appoint a panel firm to carry out its instructions and to liaise with the borrower's conveyancing firm. You also need to make the costs implications and potential for delay very clear to your client.

In conducting leasehold conveyancing do Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel lawyers have to examine whether there is a missing freeholder?

Given that your practice in is on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel and you are instructed by them in relation to a leasehold property, you must report to them if it becomes apparent that the landlord is either absent or insolvent. If Dudley Building Society are to lend, they may require indemnity insurance. In any event,you will need to check Dudley Building Society’s specific requirements. Notwithstanding whether Dudley Building Society will lend in such circumstances you still need to advise the borrower (unless you are acting for Dudley Building Society alone) as to the risks of buying a property with an insolvent or absentee landlord.

Our membership of the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel was revoked but was reinstated on appeal, do I need to include these details on my application for CQS accreditation?

We would recommend that you provide details of the date of removal, information on the reason for removal, date of appeal and any reason given for reinstatement. This should not adversely impact your application but gives the Law Society viability as to what has occured.

My firm is listed on the Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel and all set to complete a remortgage within the next few weeks. My papers do not include a Legal Charge for the client to sign. Who do I contact at Dudley Building Society to request substitute deeds?

You need to contact Dudley Building Society to obtain standard documents. The CML Handbook incorporates an express question for banks to set out who to contact to obtain standard documents. Dudley Building Society in their Part 2’s state:

Please remember to disclose your Dudley Building Society conveyancing panel reference.

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Average number of days to register title including a charge in favour of Dudley Building Society

This information relates to purchase only and not remortgages.

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* Data aggregated from sources including COMPLETIONmonitor

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