Finally the sale completed on my house in Chalfont St Giles last February yet the purchaser is e-mailing me complaining that his solicitor needs to hear from mine. What should have happened following completion?

After completion of your sale your conveyancer should forward the transfer documentation and all additional paperwork to the purchaser's lawyers. If applicable, your solicitor should also confirm that the home loan has been repaid to the buyers conveyancers. There is unlikely to be post completion formalities unique to conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles.

Can you clarify what the consequences are if my solicitor is suspended from the UBS Solicitor panel ahead of completing my conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles?

First, this is very unlikely to happen. In most cases even where a law firm is removed off of a panel the lender would allow the completion to go ahead as the lender would appreciate the difficulties that they would place you in if you have to instruct a new solicitor days before completion. In a worst case scenario where the lender insists that you instruct a new firm then it is possible for a very good lawyer to expedite the conveyancing albeit that you may pay a significant premium for this. The analogous situation is where a buyer instructs a lawyer, exchanges contracts and the law firm is shut down by a regulator such as the SRA. Again, in this situation you can find lawyers who can troubleshoot their way to bring the conveyancing to a satisfactory conclusion - albeit at a cost.

I used Stirling Law a few years ago for my conveyancing in Chalfont St Giles. Now, I need my documents but the law firm has closed. What do I do?

You should 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 Chalfont St Giles of the conveyancing firm of solicitors you previously instructed, the name of conveyancing solicitor with whom you had dealings, and the date on which you last had dealings with the firm.

I'm converting the mortgage on my primary property to a BTL loan with Yorkshire Building Society and I will use the rest of the raised equity as a down payment on another property. The location we are looking at is Chalfont St Giles. Will your conveyancers be able to act for the two banks and tie in the two deals?

Make use of our comparison tool on this site to check that the conveyancers are approved by both banks. Having checked that they are your lawyer should be able to connect the two transactions but you should talk with you solicitor and specify your expectations and requirements.

Having used your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the mortgage company conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the bank approved panel. How can I be sure given that they are not listed on your directory?

Not all firms are yet listed on our lender panel search tool which is still relatively new. Law firms are listing on a daily basis and it is probably the case that your lawyer is on the lender conveyancing lawyer and you should probably take them at their word. Please do feel free to suggest that they completing their listing on our site as it would only cost them £1 a month to list themselves as being on the bank solicitor panel.