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Is the fact that my solicitor is not identified on the Adam & Company International Conveyancing panel that there is a problem with the standard of the firm’s conveyancing?
It would not be wise to jump to that conclusion. There are all sorts of perfectly reasonable explanations. A recent report by the solicitors regulator indicated 76% of law firms surveyed had been removed from at least one lender panel. The top 3 reasons are as follows: (1) lack of transactions (2) the lawyer is a sole practitioner (3) as part of the HSBC panel reduction (4) regulatory contact by SRA (5) accidental removal. If you are concerned you should simply call the firm and ask them why they are no longer on the approved list for Adam & Company International.
We are due to exchange on the purchase a house but as a result of damage from the recent storms I have agreed compensation from the seller of £3k approx by way of a reduction in the price. This was going to be dealt with as part of the conveyancing process but my mortgage company Adam & Company International will not agree to this. Why was Adam & Company International even consulted?
Your lawyer being on the Adam & Company International conveyancing panel is duty bound to inform Adam & Company International of any changes to the purchase price. If you were to refuse your lawyers to disclose the reduction to Adam & Company International then they would have to discontinue acting for you and Adam & Company International.
Do banks and building societies provide you with an approved list of solicitors? How do you know who is on the Adam & Company International conveyancing panel?
The law firm practices themselves provide us confirmation that they are on the Adam & Company International conveyancing panel as opposed to being supplied with a list from Adam & Company International directly.
The lawyers that just started acting on my house acquisition in Brighton has without warning shut down. I only went with them because I needed a lawyer on the Adam & Company International conveyancing panel and my previous lawyer was not. I paid them £200 on account. What are my options?
If you have an estate agent involved then let them know immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Hopefully they will be sympathetic and urge their lawyer to send a new set of papers to your new solicitors. You should appoint new lawyers that are on the Adam & Company International 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 may be able to assist
Do the majority of lenders operate their own panel of solicitors?
Many lenders do operate a restricted conveyancing panel but a lot of lenders allow any solicitors to join their panel so long as they meet their criteria. Each lender sets their own criteria. For example the Adam & Company International conveyancing panel requirements are different to Adam & Company International’s conveyancing panel requirements.
Can I register a complaint to Adam & Company International about the lawyers being on the Adam & Company International conveyancing panel?
There is little point in complaining directly to Adam & Company International. All solicitors and conveyancer must have a complaints procedure. You can get information from the solicitor’s or conveyancer’s website or ask at their office. They must tell you about it if you ask.
The Legal Ombudsman will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the solicitor. It can also advise you how to complain.
If a licensed conveyancer does not have a complaints procedure or will not tell you about it, contact the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which will make sure that your complaint is properly dealt with by the conveyancer. Please see below for more information.
My brother and I are buying a penthouse in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are about to beretained. My brother-in-lawadvised that we make sure that the property lawyer in Hendon is on the Adam & Company International solicitors panel. Surely I don't need to do this, do I?
Far from all Hendon conveyancing practices are on the Adam & Company International conveyancing panel. 5 people a month use our search tool to locate a Hendon conveyancing lawyer on the on the Adam & Company International panel.