My mortgage broker says he needs my Catshill lawyer’ panel member for the Lloyds conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have e-mailed my local Catshill office but they cant find it on their system.

Have you tried speaking to your Catshill conveyancer about this?. They keep a central record lender panel numbers.

We are planning on selling our house in Catshill and the buyers lawyers are claiming that there is a risk of it being built on contaminated land. A local conveyancer would know that there is no such problem. For the life of me I don't know why the buyers used a nationwide conveyancing practice rather than a conveyancing solicitor in Catshill. We have lived in Catshill for many years we know of no issue. Do we contact our local Authority to seek confirmation that there is no issue.

It sounds as though you may have a conveyancing solicitor currently acting for you. Are they able to advise? You need to 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 life insurance to cover that same sickness)

I have todaybeen informed that Wolstenholmes have closed. They carried out my conveyancing in Catshill for a purchase of a leasehold flat 12 months ago. How can I check that the property is registered correctly in the name of the former proprietor?

The easiest method to see if the premises is registered to you, you can make a search of the land registry (£3.00). You can either do this yourself or ask a law firm to do this for you. If you are not registered you can seek help from one of a number of Catshill conveyancing specialists.

My company is looking to lease a unit on the high street. Can you recommend lawyers offering no-move-no charges for commercial conveyancing in Catshill for below 1500k?

We can recommend firms who have an in-depth of experience of commercial conveyancing in Catshill, including the disposal and acquisition of businesses as well as simply property. Whether you are hoping to acquire or sell a shop, pub, restaurant, office, retail unit or a whole business we will find you the right lawyer. As for the fees these will vary based on the structure and complexity of the deal. Please provide us with your contact information or telephone us so that we can furnish you with comprehensive commercial conveyancing quote.

My 20yr old son is just in the process of moving home, he had his mortgage in principle. After the seller agreed the offer on the flat we rang the building society to issue the formal offer. We were very surprised to hear that mortgage companies do not accept all conveyancer, they need to be on their approved list, is this legal?

Lenders ordinarily restrict either the type or the number of conveyancing practices on their panel. Typical examples of such restriction(s) being that a firm must have two or more partners. In addition to restricting the type of firm, some have decided to limit the number of firms they use to represent them. You should note that lenders have no responsibility for the quality of advice provided by any Catshill conveyancer on their panel. Mortgage fraud was a key driver in the rationalisation of conveyancing panels a few years ago and whilst there are differing views about the extent of solicitor involvement in some of that fraud. Statistics from the Land Registry reveal that thousands of law firms only carry out one or two conveyances a year. Those supporting conveyancing panel cuts ask why law firms should have the right to be on a Lender panel when clearly, conveyancing is not their speciality. To put it another way; would you want a conveyancing solicitor to represent you if you were charged with a crime? Unlikely.