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FAQs : The Ahli United Bank Solicitor Panel

My financial adviser has says he needs my law firm’s panel reference for the Ahli United Bank conveyancing panel. Can you suggest how I discover this. I have called my local Ahli United Bank office but they have not got back to me yet.
You are best placed to get this information from your conveyancing lawyer. A law firm is likely to keep a file or database of lender panel information which would include, if applicable their conveyancing panel details for Ahli United Bank.
I am purchasing a newly built duplex and my solicitor is informing me that she has to disclose incentives from the builder as her practice is on the Ahli United Bank conveyancing panel. I am under pressure to sign contracts and my preference is not to prolong the conveyancing. is my lawyer taking the correct approach?
You should not exchange unless you have advised to do so by your lawyer. A precondition to being on the Ahli United Bank approved panel is to comply with the CML Handbook requirements (last updated for this lender on Ahli United Bank). The CML Conveyancing Handbook requires that your lawyer have the appropriate Disclosure of Incentive form completed by the developer and accepted by your lender.
I am planning to acquire a property and need a conveyancing solicitor in Manchester who is on the Ahli United Bank approved. Could you point me in the right direction as regards a firm?
Our service is a directory service for firms who wish to be listed as being on the approved conveyancing panel for Ahli United Bank . We don’t recommend any particular firm.
My solicitors in Newcastle have advised me that they can not locate my conveyancing file. To assist with my purchase I took out a mortgage with Ahli United Bank. Is it case that being on the Ahli United Bank 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 Ahli United Bank Conveyancing Panel Terms. It might be worth you contacting Ahli United Bank directly.
Is it the case that all conveyancing lawyers on the Ahli United Bank conveyancing panel work on a no move no charge basis?
In the main there are no requirements by lenders for their firms to operate on a no-sale-no-fee basis. There a small number of lenders who operate a very restricted conveyancing panel managed by a third party company (often termed in the industry as a ‘gatekeeper’). That third party may impose certain conditions such as non-sale-no fee on the panel firms. If you require this as a condition of your conveyancing then you should check with the conveyancing firm that this is part of their package
I have today made my last payment due on mortgage with Ahli United Bank. I assume I don't need a solicitor on the Ahli United Bank panel to remove the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm
If you have finished paying off your Ahli United Bank mortgage they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Ahli United Bank mortgage from the register. Ahli United Bank,and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage: but are not moving to another property where the Ahli United Bank has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and the Ahli United Bank has instructed the Land Registry to do so The Land Registry will send you a letter confirming that your Ahli United Bank mortgage has been paid off.
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment. My mortgage broker pressured me to appoint their lawyers I paid an upfront payment of 200. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Ahli United Bank conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Ahli United Bank panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.