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Frequently asked questions relating to the Together Personal Finance Solicitor Panel
My Solicitor is not listed on the Together Personal Finance Conveyancing Panel. Can I still continue with my family solicitor even though they are not on the Together Personal Finance panel of approved conveyancing solicitors?
You have a number of options available to you here:
- Complete the purchase with your existing solicitors but Together Personal Finance will need to instruct a lawyer on the Together Personal Finance conveyancing panel. This will result in additional cost and potential delay.
- Get a new solicitor to act in the purchase, obviously checking they are on the Together Personal Finance conveyancing panel.
- Convince your lawyer to do everything within their powers to join the Together Personal Finance conveyancing panel
My lawyer has informed me that he requires identification documents stating that this forms part of his legal duty as a solicitor on the Together Personal Finance Conveyancing panel. Can this be correct?
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 Together Personal Finance your lawyer also has to check ID documents to satisfy Together Personal Finance
Your search tool is useful but there are many lawyers listed near London on the Together Personal Finance conveyancing panel. It would be a lot more helpful if you could recommend a specific firm on the conveyancing panel for Together Personal Finance ?
We are not in the business of recommending one firm above another as the right firm for you depends on where your priorities lie. For example you may require a local firm with local knowledge or you might be looking for the low cost conveyancing. Before you appoint your lawyer we advise you to speak to two or three of the firms listed to gain comfort as to which one is right for you..
The solicitors that I recently instructed on my purchase in Brighton has without warning shut down. I only went with them because I needed a firm on the Together Personal Finance conveyancing panel and my preferred lawyer was not. I gave my credit card details for them to take £175 for searches. What are my options?
Assuming that you have an Estate Agent in the equation then inform them immediately so that they advise the vendors that there may be a slight delay due to the problems encountered. Most sellers would 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 Together Personal Finance 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 lawyers may be able to assist
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Together Personal Finance do solicitors have to be pay a fee to be on the list of approved solicitors?
We are not aware of any lender fees to be on their panel although some do charge an administration charge to deal with the processing of the conveyancing panel application.
Together Personal Finance have agreed my mortgage in principle, my offer on house has been accepted, now what?
The estate agent will want to know who your solicitors are (make sure these solicitors are on the lenders panel). Call up Together Personal Finance or your broker and complete any relevant paperwork. Together Personal Finance will tell you what documents they want. Together Personal Finance will instruct a valuer. The valuer will get in touch with the estate agent or seller to book an appointment. Once conducted (assuming no problems) it takes about week to get a mortgage offer. Together Personal Finance will issue the offer to you and your lawyer. The transaction will then take it’s course according the nature and complexity of the conveyancing.
Next month my fiance and I are remortgaging a house in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon need to beappointed. My fatheradvised that we double-check that the solicitor in Hendon is on the Together Personal Finance list of approved conveyancing firms. Is this right?
It is not that case that all Hendon conveyancing solicitors are on the Together Personal Finance conveyancing panel. 8 people a month use our search tool to find a Hendon conveyancing solicitor on the on the Together Personal Finance panel.