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Have you tried speaking to your lawyer about this?. 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 Tesco Bank.

Due to Money Laundering Regulations your conveyancing lawyer is duty bound to confirm positively your identification when entering into a business relationship with you. It is a criminal offense if your lawyer not do this. If you do not provide ID early in the transaction the solicitor must refuse to act for you. It’s unlikely a lawyer will turn you away if you come to the first meeting without relevant ID but you will have to produce it at some point so you might as well bring it with you to the initial meeting so the lawyer can tick the ID verification box and start sorting out the conveyancing straight away. If you are getting a mortgage with Tesco Bank your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy Tesco Bank

Unfortunately it’s not apparent why you need a Tesco Bank panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to Tesco Bank to find out which solicitors in Tesco Bank are on their panel. If you do find such a firm not listed please direct them to our site to list. After all the cost is only one £1 a month

In theory, you could use a solicitor that is not on Tesco Bank conveyancing panel, but Tesco Bank would require one of their panel solicitors to be instructed to act in their interests, and you'd have to pay for this - so most people instruct a panel solicitor. It's also easier, as otherwise you'd have to deal with two solicitors for the same conveyancing matter.

Tesco Bank would not normally instruct a member of their approved list of lawyers to deal with such a matter. If they did require any legal work then you would need to ensure that such a lawyer was on the Tesco Bank list

Tesco Bank will need an independent valuation of the property. Your lawyer will not arrange this. Usually Tesco Bank will appoint their own surveyor to do this, and you will have to pay for it. Remember that this is a valuation for mortgage purposes and not a survey. You may wish to consider appointing your own surveyor to carry out a survey or prepare a home buyers report on the property. It is up to you to satisfy yourself that the property is structurally sound before you buy it. If the survey or report reveals that building work is needed, you should tell your solicitor. You may wish to renegotiate with the seller. or Your lawyer will not organise the survey but they may be able to put you in touch with a local one that they recommend. RICS offers a find a surveyor service (just google it) where you can search for a qualified surveyor by postcode. As you are getting a mortgage with Tesco Bank you could contact your them to see if they have a list of approved surveyors.

Not all Hendon conveyancing solicitors are on the Tesco Bank conveyancing panel. Use the above search tool to search for a Hendon conveyancing lawyer on the on the Tesco Bank list of approved conveyancing firms.