Perenna Conveyancing Panel Information

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

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Perenna Solicitor Panel: Recently Asked Questions

Is there a standard appeals process to prevent solicitors from being unfairly removed them from lender conveyancing panels?

There are thousands of firms across the UK who feel aggrieved claiming that they have been removed from lenders’ panels without an explanation or a good reason. It is highly unlikely, given that lenders have distanced themselves from creating a standardised appeals process for brokers, that an appeals process will be introduced for lawyers. Commenting on the call by brokers to have a standardised process the CML said’ “While we understand that some lenders do have an appeals process, it would not be appropriate for a trade body such as the CML to seek to be prescriptive about such a process.” Some lenders do of course set out an appeals policy. The Law Society does have information on it’s site that may be of assistance. If you would like to talk to one of our compliance experts about our Lender Panel Protection Service please contact us.

What obligations do I have, being on the Perenna conveyancing panel, to carry out a flood search?

Perenna make no specific obligation to carry out any of the searches listed. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook simply states that ‘you must ensure that any other searches which may be appropriate to the particular property, taking into account its locality and other features are carried out’.

Remember that most ‘less usual searches’ (as described in the Law Society’s Conveyancing Handbook) are not optional as far as Perenna are concerned if they are ‘appropriate’. Most lenders will not require environmental searches (you should Check Part 2 of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook to be sure), but you are obliged to explain risks and availability to the client.

Ground stability, Plansearch,flood searches as well as the searches listed in the question are optional – but only to the extent that you have allowed the borrower client to make an informed choice. Regardless of whether there is a mortgage, If you have not advised the client that these (and other) searches are available and what risks they cover, then you will be liable if the client suffers loss through not conducting one. Is this covered within your Terms of Engagement or Report on Title?

One search provider lists over 65 property searches – do you know what all of them are and when they may be relevant? If you are unsure as to which searches are appropriate based on location contact your search provider or call one of the leading search companies such as Searches UK.

Do you have any idea what Lenders such as Perenna are asking for when it comes to applying to be on their approved solicitor list?

Each lender has different criteria. We do not hold specific requirements relating to the questions raised as part of the application to be on the Perenna conveyancing panel. Typically lenders need to have full knowledge of a firm including (but not limited to):

Whether the firm has ever knowingly accepted instructions on transactions involving Sale and Rent Back, Back to Back, Exchange and Delayed Completion and Lease Option, Below Market Value.

Firm name, address and contact details including all branches (including evidence of existence through risk-based physical visits and Google Streetview checks)

Number of lender conveyancing panels the firm is currently on

List of all those who can sign off the Certificate Of Title

Whether the firm has ever applied for accreditation and the outcome of the application

List of all those staff who work within the conveyancing team

The percentage of the firm’s business which is conveyancing (broken down into sale

Full complaints history for each conveyancing solicitor

Full career history for each licensed conveyancer including registration date with Council of Licensed Conveyancers

top-up split and history of any refusals

My post-completion clerk has left my firm unexpectedly. I urgently need to prioritise making sure that charges are registered. That said, how quickly do I need to send deeds to Perenna once the charge is registered before my firm runs the risk of being suspended off the conveyancing panel for Perenna?

Perenna will likely expect the deeds to be sent to them within 10 days of you receiving the TID (unless their specific P2 requirements specifically state that they you are not to send them anything). Most COTs refer to complying with the Certificate of Title referred to in IB (3.7) of the SRA Code of Conduct 2011, published by the Law Society which states that you ‘will despatch to you such deeds and documents relating to the Property as you require with a list of them in the form prescribed by you within ten working days of receipt by us of the title information document from the Land Registry’ As to whether the lender will suspend your panel status this very much varies according to the lender’s own internal policies The more cases you have the more risk you face. Some lenders may take action if there records show that the deeds are outstanding for more than 3 matters. The fact is that if you keep within the time frame then you will have more chance of remaining on the Perenna conveyancing panel.

I am a sole practitioner firm on the Perenna conveyancing panel. How can we advertise our practice as specialists in conveyancing in Hendon on the Perenna panel?

5 potential conveyancing clients search for a conveyancing practitioner on the Perenna panel on a monthly basis in Hendon. Feel free to contact the Lexsure team who will tell how your firm can be found by those searching for conveyancing in Hendon.

Prime Professional’s PI Insurance renewal form enquires if my practice had been excluded from any bank panels in the last year. I recently found out that the practice is no longer on the Perenna solicitor panel? Will that effect my PII premium?

Your insurance brokers are your best port of call to address this question. The chances are that on the basis that you have not been removed for fraud or negligence reasons that there will be little or no impact. The main reason why a firm would be removed off of a lender panel is due to low volume of conveyancing cases although there may be a number of criteria for Perenna solicitor panel membership. Please remember that it is always important that you complete your insurance forms accurately.

My firm is listed on the Perenna conveyancing panel and due to complete a remortgage within the next week. I dont have a Legal Charge for the client to sign. Who do I contact at Perenna to request substitute deeds?

You need to get in touch with Perenna to obtain standard documents. The CML Handbook contains an individual section for lenders to set out who to contact to obtain standard documents. Perenna in their Part 2’s state:

You will need to disclose the firm’s Perenna conveyancing panel number.

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Average number of days to register title including a charge in favour of Perenna

This information relates to purchase only and not remortgages.

Year	Days*
2026	[no data]
2025	[no data]
2024	[no data]
2023	[no data]
2022	[no data]
2021	[no data]

* Data aggregated from sources including COMPLETIONmonitor

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