We are buying our first home. The property lawyer has contact usto see if we want to purchase extra conveyancing searches. As novices we in the dark as to what's necessary for conveyancing in Framlingham

The quantity and type of Framlingham conveyancing searches depends primarily on the property, the location, the possibility of any of these risks, your knowledge of the region and risks, your overall attitude to risk. What matters is that you properly comprehend what information each search could supply. You may then decide if you consider that you need that search. If uncertain, ask the conveyancer to guide you.

The Framlingham conveyancing solicitors that I recently instructed on my purchase in Framlingham have suddenly closed. I chose them because I needed a solicitor on the TSB conveyancing panel and my family Framlingham lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £195 for searches. What should be my next steps?

If you have an estate agent involved then let them know straight away so that they can let the sellers know that there may be a slight delay due to reasons beyond your control. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You will need to appoint new lawyers that are on the TSB conveyancing panel and notify the lender. If you have paid over any money, it will hopefully be held by the SRA as money in an intervened firm's bank accounts is transferred to the SRA. Then, the SRA or the intervention agent looks at the intervened firm's accounts to work out who the money belongs to. To claim your money you will need to contact the SRA. If the SRA cannot return money you are owed from the firm's bank accounts, or if they can only return part of the money, you can apply to the Compensation Fund for a grant. Your new solicitors should be in a position to assist.

How does the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954 impact my commercial premises in Framlingham and how can your lawyers assist?

The particular law that you refer to gives a safeguard to business lessees, granting the dueness to make a request to court for a new lease and continue in occupation at the end of the lease term. There are limited grounds where a landlord can refuse a lease renewal and the rules are complex. We are happy to direct you to commercial conveyancing firms who use the act to your advantage and handle your commercial conveyancing in Framlingham

I have been sourcing a conveyancing lawyer in Framlingham for my home move. Can I check a solicitor's record with the profession’s regulator?

Members of the public may read documented Solicitor Regulator Association (SRA) determinations stemming from inquisitions from 2008 onwards. Go to Check a solicitor's record. To find records about the period before 1 January 2008, or to check a firm's history, ring 0870 606 2555, 08.00 - 18.00 any week day save for Tuesday when lines open at 9.30am. For non-uk callers, call +44 (0)121 329 6800. The regulator may recorded telephone calls for training reasons.

I see that you have a search directory listing firms on the bank conveyancing panel. Do Framlingham conveyancing companies pay you a referral fee if I retain them for my own conveyancing?

We are a listing service only for law firms wishing to communicate if they are on the mortgage company conveyancing panel or other lender panels. We do not charge referral fees to the any conveyancer that you subsequently appoint for your conveyancing in Framlingham.