Barnsley Building Society Conveyancing Panel Information

We are not aware of any intention on the part of the CML to develop such a tool.

The Scottish Law Society has suggested that solicitors should check their panel status with lenders prior to accepting client instructions to act. The advice is lender-agnostic as it does not relate specifically to solicitors on the Barnsley Building Society conveyancing panel. The recommendation arises from the practice of a number of mortgage lenders who remove solicitors from their panels without prior notice as part of their panel management system, which can lead to some solicitors discovering this only once instructed. This is sensible advice as a client finding out midway through a transaction that their lawyer is not on the approved lender panel is very frustrating and can lead to complaints. Many online consumer forums contain posts where someone is complaining about finding that their lawyer is not on a lender conveyancing panel. Such forums include moneysavingexpert.com

The majority of lenders do not operate a specific buy to let conveyancing panel but we are hearing about a few that do. We do not know what the position is with Barnsley Building Society as at todays date. If you're about to receive instructions from a client on a buy to let purchase with a mortgage from Barnsley Building Society we suggest that you call Barnsley Building Society to check the position.

In this situation please clarify on the application what steps you have taken to discover the reasons behind cancellation of your Barnsley Building Society panel membership. In particular please provide details if you have received communications from the lender. E.G. before termination of your panel membership did you receive any letters or calls from the lender informing you as to why they reached this decision?

You would be advised to contact Barnsley Building Society to obtain standard documents. The CML Handbook incorporates an individual inquiry for lenders to cite who to contact to obtain standard documents. Barnsley Building Society in their Part 2’s state: It is likely that you will need to quote the firm’s Barnsley Building Society solicitors panel reference.