Scottish Widows Conveyancing Panel Information

The Council of Mortgage Lenders do not retain data sets of P2 requirements Pre January 2011. The CML advise that you make a request of Scottish Widows directly.

The CML, along with Scottish Widows and other members created a standard set of instructions where a conveyancer is acting for a lender such as Scottish Widows alone in a residential conveyancing transaction. These requirements are contained at Part Three of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook and are to be followed together with Part I and II. The CML have published an example requirements letter to the borrower’s conveyancer for use by the lender's conveyancer, and sets out to the borrower's conveyancer, the documentary and information requirements of the lender's panel lawyer.

The criteria to join the Scottish Widows conveyancing panel is likely to be fairly detailed and is unlikely to include signing up to LENDERmonitor alerts.

For most lenders participation on the lender's panel of conveyancers is at the absolute discretion of the the lender. Many lenders reserve the right to accept or reject any application without giving any reason. You should check your original application to join the Scottish Widows conveyancing panel to see if you are entitled to a reason.

In the circumstances please explain on the application what steps you have taken to discover the reasons behind cancellation of your Scottish Widows panel status. In particular please provide details if you have received communications from the lender. E.G. before cessation of your panel membership did you receive any letters or calls from the lender informing you as to why they reached this decision?

You should contact Scottish Widows to obtain standard documents. The The Council of Mortgage Lenders Handbook has an express inquiry for lenders to establish who to contact to obtain standard documents. Scottish Widows in their Part 2’s state: It is likely that you will need to quote your Scottish Widows conveyancing panel reference.