What does my ID and proof of funds have anything to do with my conveyancing in Sacriston? What am I being asked for?

Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering laws require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to check the ID of the person or body they are dealing with prior to agreeing to accepting their conveyancing instruction. The Client Care letter that you are required to sign should reaffirm this. Your lender will also require certain documents to be viewed. Should you are unwilling to supply ID verification documents, your solicitor can not take you on as a client.

I have been referred to a conveyancing solicitor in Sacriston. I need to find out whether they are on the Barclays Direct conveyancing panel. Could you help?

The first thing to do is contact the conveyancer and enquire whether they can act for the lender. Alternatively please get in touch with Barclays Direct who may be able to confirm.

How do I use your search facility to get a quote from a conveyancing lawyer in Sacriston on the authorised to act for my mortgage?

Step one is to select a mortgage company such as Halifax, Leeds Building Society or Clydesdale then type in your location a common one being Sacriston. Conveyancing practices in Sacriston and across England and Wales should be listed.

We're FTB’s - agreed a price, but the agent has warned us that the seller will only go ahead if we instruct their preferred lawyers as they want an ‘expedited deal’. My instinct tells me that we should use a family solicitor used to conveyancing in Sacriston

We suspect that the owner is not behind this requirement. If they desire ‘a quick sale', alienating a serious buyer is not the way to achieve this. Bypass the agents and go straight to the owners and make sure they understand (a)you are genuine purchasers (b)you are excited to move forward, with finances arranged © you are unencumbered (d) you intend to proceed fast (e)however you intend to instruct your own,trusted Sacriston conveyancing lawyers - rather thanthe ones that will earn the estate agent a referral fee or achieve conveyancing targets demanded by corporate headquarters.

To what extent are Sacriston conveyancing solicitors under an obligation to the Law Society to issue transparent conveyancing figures?

Contained within the Solicitors Code of Conduct are prescriptive rules and regulations as to how the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) allow solicitors to publicise their fees to clients.The Law Society have practice note giving advice on how to publicise transparent charges to avoid breaching any such rule. Practice notes are not legal advice issued by the Law Society and is not intended as the only standard of good practice a conveyancing solicitor should adhere to. The Practice Note does, however, constitute the Law Society’s perspective of acceptable practice for publicising conveyancing charges, and accordingly it’s a recommended read for any solicitor or conveyancer in Sacriston or across England and Wales.