I was told recently by my financial adviser that my Riding Mill lawyer is not on the bank Conveyancing panel. How can I be certain whether this is indeed the case?
Your first step should be to call your Riding Mill conveyancer. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to inform you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they may be able to suggest a Riding Mill conveyancing practice that is on the conveyancing panel for your lender.
Are the BSA planning on creating a online directory to to identify firms on the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society conveyancing panel for example in Riding Mill?
We would not expect to be advised of any plans on the part of the BSA to promote such a search facility.
We are purchasing a flat in Riding Mill. It might be a silly question but how we can trust a lawyer? At some point we will need to deposit funds into their account. What protection do we have from them run away with our monies?
Be assured that all money in a Solicitors client account is 100% safe, and even if your Solicitor ran off with it, the Law Society would reimburse you fully.
My conveyancer has informed me that missing deeds insurance is required on my purchase. What is the typical level of cover needed for conveyancing in Riding Mill?
The right level of missing deeds indemnity insurance should be dictated by who your lender. It would differ for example between Birmingham Midshires and Virgin Money. Conveyancing lawyers as opposed to borrowers take out such policies.
I recently had an offer accepted on a house in Riding Mill. My financial adviser recommended their conveyancers. I paid an advanced payment of £225. Shortly after, the conveyancer contacted me embarrassingly acknowledging that they were not on the UBS conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the UBS panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
I am planning on selling our home in Riding Mill and according to the buyers it appears that there is a possibility that the property was built on contaminated land. Any high street Riding Mill lawyer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the purchasers instructed a web based conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Riding Mill. We have lived in Riding Mill for three years we know of no issue. Should we contact our local Authority to obtain confirmation that the buyers are looking for.
It would appear that you have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. What do they say? You should check with 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 ailment)
I used Arc property Solicitors several years ago for my conveyancing in Riding Mill. I now require my file however the law firm has closed. What do I do?
Do call the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) to assist in tracing 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 Riding Mill of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously hired, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.
In my capacity as executor for the will of my uncle I am selling a property in Swansea but live in Riding Mill. My lawyer (based 300 miles from mehas requested that I execute a stat dec ahead of the transaction finalising. Can you recommend a conveyancing solicitor in Riding Mill who can attest and place their company stamp on the document?
strictly speaking you are not likely to be required to have the documents attested by a conveyancing solicitor. Normally any notary public or solicitor will do regardless of whether they are based in Riding Mill