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I have just been informed by my estate agent that my solicitor is not on the Coutts & Co Conveyancing panel. How can I check?
You need to contact your lawyer directly. You lawyer should advise you what has happened. If they are not on the panel they may recommend you to a firm that is on the the approved Coutts & Co solicitor panel.
Much to my surprise my property lawyer has requested from me identification documents saying that this forms part of his obligations as a conveyancer on the Coutts & Co Conveyancing panel. This is news to me - can I refuse?
Anti-terror and anti-money-laundering rules require solicitors and licensed conveyancers to verify the identity of the person or body they are dealing with before they can accept their conveyancing business. The Client Care letter that you need to sign will no doubt confirm this. Your lawyer is right that Coutts & Co also require certain documents to be viewed. If a you refuse to provide ID verification documents, your conveyancer would not be able to accept instructions from you. Your lawyer also has obligations to obtain certain documents in accordance with Coutts & Co CML Handbook requirements last updated on Coutts & Co
I have checked your search tool I can't find the lawyer I was hoping to instruct as being on the Coutts & Co conveyancing panel. My lawyer has said that they are on the Coutts & Co 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 Coutts & Co 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 Coutts & Co solicitor panel.
We're in Birmingham, First time buyers purchasing with a mortgage (lender is Coutts & Co , but our solicitor is on the Coutts & Co conveyancing panel). How long should the conveyancing process take?
The fact that your lawyer is on the Coutts & Co conveyancing panel is a help. It would almost certainly delay matters if they were not. However, no conveyancer should guarantee a time-frame for your conveyancing due to third parties outside of our control such as delays caused by lenders,conveyancing search providers or by the other side’s solicitors. The time taken is often determined by the number of parties in a chain
I am buying a property where the roof has a solar panel. Solicitors conducting should look into this right? Will my lender Coutts & Co be concerned
Given that you are obtaining a mortgage with Coutts & Co your lawyer must to check the Coutts & Co conveyancing instructions contained in the Part of CML Handbook for Coutts & Co . The CML Handbook contains minimum requirements for solar panel roof-space leases, and solicitors are required to report to Coutts & Co where a lease does not meet these requirements. The requirements relate to the installation of panels on properties in England and Wales. Requirements for Scotland are due in the near future.
Completion of my remortgage has taken place with a loan from Coutts & Co. Conveyancing was a necessary evil but I would like to complain about Coutts & Co. Who do I contact should I wish to lodge a complaint?
All lenders have complaints procedures. Your first port of call should be one of the Coutts & Co branches or the Customer Care Team at Coutts & Co head office. In most cases complaints to Coutts & Co are sorted out very quickly. If you feel that the matter is not resolved you can write to the Financial Ombudsman Service at South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR who will take matters further.
Sometime soon me and my wife are buying a house in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are about to beretained. My mothersuggested that we make sure that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the Coutts & Co panel. Aren't all lawyers on the Coutts & Co panel?
It is not that case that all Hendon conveyancing solicitors are on the Coutts & Co conveyancing panel. 8 people a month use our search tool to locate a Hendon conveyancing firm on the on the Coutts & Co panel.