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Frequently asked questions relating to the Earl Shilton Building Society Conveyancing Panel

I am selling my house and the EA has just telephoned to say that the buyers are switching property lawyer. I am told that this is due to the fact that Earl Shilton Building Society will only deal with property lawyers on their approved list. Why would a major mortgage company only engage with specific law firms?
Mortgage companies have always had panels of law firms they are willing to work with, but in the past few years big names such as Nationwide , have reviewed and reduced their conveyancing panel– in some cases removing conveyancing firms who have worked with them for decades.

Banks point to the increase in fraud as the reason for the cull – criteria have been tightened and a smaller panel should be easier to keep an eye on. No lender will say how many solicitors have been dropped, claiming the information is commercially sensitive, but the Law Society says it is being contacted daily by practices that have been removed from panels, or have other concerns about them. Some do not even realise they have been dropped until contacted by a borrower who has instructed them as might be the situation in your buyer’s case. Your purchasers are unlikely to have any sway in the decision.

Please help. My conveyancer is informing me me that he is legally obliged to apply for a Local Authority search as the firm are on the Earl Shilton Building Society approved lawyer panel. Is this really necessary?
You have limited options available to you. As you are taking a mortgage with Earl Shilton Building Society your lawyer has to comply with their conditions as set out in their version of the CML Conveyancing Handbook. Your lawyer would have previously signed the Terms and Conditions of Earl Shilton Building Society’s conveyancing panel appointment which obliges them to follow the CML Handbook requirements last updated Earl Shilton Building Society. even if you were a cash buyer you would be ill advised not to carry out a local authority search.
I am Googling for online conveyancing estimates. Can I be confident that all the law firms that are listed on your directory are on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel?
The law firms on our directory have advised us that they are on the Earl Shilton Building Society panel and agreed to advise us to take down their listing in the event of removal off of the Earl Shilton Building Society panel. To date we have not been informed by either a mortgage company or a member of the public that the data about a specific firm being on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel is incorrect.
I was expecting to complete on my first house last Friday. My solicitor is on the Earl Shilton Building Society solicitors panel but has moved offices 8 weeks ago and had not advised Earl Shilton Building Society of their new address. Earl Shilton Building Society is now refusing to release my funds until such time as their systems are up to date with the correct details.
This is as unusual as it is unlucky. The majority of lender Terms of Conveyancing Panel Appointment specifically oblige the solicitor to inform the lender of an address change. Your solicitor needs to treat this with the utmost urgency. Do speak with or register your concern with the senior partner (assuming he or she is not your direct lawyer). Most lenders would be reasonable in this situation and expedite the resolution of this issue. It may be prudent to enlist the help of your local Earl Shilton Building Society branch or your mortgage broker to see if they can help.
Is it the case that all conveyancing lawyers on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel work on a no move no charge basis?
There is generally 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
Are all solicitor firms on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority?
As solicitors, in order to be on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel they would need to be regulated by the Solicitors Regulatory Authority. Many lenders do allow licenced conveyancers on their panel in which case such firms would be regulated by the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC).
I was thinking of purchasing my friend’s property. Assuming we can agree a figure, what’s the best way to move forward? I plan to obtain a mortgage with Earl Shilton Building Society. Is it possible to avoid using solicitors to save on the costs? My father said that years ago it was possible to take the documents into the local Land Registry office and they did the rest
If you are getting a mortgage with Earl Shilton Building Society involved you will need to appoint a solicitor on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel. We would not encourage you to both use the same solicitors' firm. There are clear conflict of interest issues and it's not going to make a huge difference to the speed of the overall process. So as not to hold things us you should pass on your solicitors details to Earl Shilton Building Society. Feel free to use our search tool to look for a licensed conveyancer or solicitor on the Earl Shilton Building Society conveyancing panel.