I have just been advised by my broker that my Aintree property lawyer is not on the lender Conveyancing panel. How can I be sure whether this is correct?

The first thing you need to do is to contact your Aintree conveyancer. It is reasonable to expect your lawyer to notify you what has happened. Where they are not on the panel they could put your in touch with solicitors on the conveyancing panel for your bank.

Can you help? My Aintree conveyancer is assuring me that she is duty bound toorder Aintree conveyancing searches stemming from the fact thatthe firm are on the Lloydsapproved lawyer panel. Is this really necessary?

You have limited options available to you. As you are taking a mortgage with a mortgage company your conveyancing practitioner has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your conveyancing practitioner would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of your lender’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to comply with the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook specifications . Even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out Aintree conveyancing searches.

Will commercial conveyancing searches reveal planned roadworks that could affect a commercial site in Aintree?

Many commercial conveyancing solicitors in Aintree will carry out a SiteSolutions Highways report as it reduces the time that conveyancers expend in looking into accurate data on highways that impact buildings and development assets in Aintree. The report provides definitive data on the adoption status of roads, footpaths and verges, as well as the implication of traffic schemes and the rights of way surrounding a commercial development sites in Aintree.

For every commercial conveyancing transaction in Aintree it is critical to investigate the adoption status of roads surrounding a site. Failure to identify developments where adoption procedures have not been addressed adequately can cause delays to Aintree commercial conveyancing deals as well as pose a risk to future intentions for the site. These searches are not carried out for domestic conveyancing in Aintree.

I'm refinancing my current property to a BTL loan with Accord Mortgages Ltd and I will use the rest of the raised equity as a deposit on another property. The location we are looking at is Aintree. Will your conveyancers be able to act for both sets of mortgage companies and link together the conveyances?

Make use of our search tool on this site to check that the lawyers are approved by both banks. On the basis that they are the lawyer will be able to connect the two deals but you should talk with you solicitor and make clear your desired outcome and needs.

My solicitors in Aintree have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. At the time of my purchase I took out a mortgage with the lender. Is it case that being on the lender conveyancing panel they need to have retained the file for a prescribed period?

It very much depends from lender to lender but many of the Terms and Conditions of Conveyancing Panel Appointment require the file to be held for a period of 6 years. That being said we have not seen a copy of the lender Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting the mortgage company directly.