About Lexure Contact us

Darlington Building Society Conveyancing Lender Panel Compliance Tool

Looking for information about your firm's panel status?

Card image cap
How can my firm apply to be on the Darlington Building Society Conveyancing Panel?
Check your firm’s panel Status
Card image cap
How can my firm be reinstated onto the Darlington Building Society Conveyancing Panel?
Check your firm’s panel Status

COMPLETIONmonitor is web-based pre- and post-completion checklist for residential conveyancing lawyers. It is supported by PI insurers such as AmTrust. It is a unique risk mitigation tool.

This system optimises the way you can prove to lender panels that you are, and can remain fully compliant with their instructions, with automatic updates on Darlington Building Society’s changes. Even though using this technology is not a prerequisite for Darlington Building Society , demonstrating you can stay up to date with Darlington Building Society’s Handbook requirements is an excellent support to your panel application and, just as importantly, safeguard your panel standing.

COMPLETIONmonitor creates real-time alerts, automatically produces SRA and CQS reports, and will increase your firm's efficiency. In addition it is simply to use, cost-effective and, for some firms, leads to a PII saving.

Find a Law Firm approved by Darlington Building Society

Banks and building societies often change their requirements. The UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook requirements from Darlington Building Society are not guidelines, they are instructions from a client. As with many clients, instructions can change - and they do change, frequently:

A Timeline of Policy Changes


Since 2008, Darlington Building Society has made 262 revisions or additions to sections of their version of the UK Finance Handbook.
That equates to a section change every 10.4 days. In total, 61% of the sections of P2 of the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for Darlington Building Society have been changed since 15/12/2008.

To find out more about lender panel compliance,
Book a Personalised Demo

Examples of recent questions relating to the Darlington Building Society Solicitor Panel from members of the public

My financial adviser has informed me that I have to pay Darlington Building Society fees if I use my own solicitor. How good are the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel solicitors? I dont care which law firm I use provided that they are good and not exorbitantly priced. Would you recommend a specific law firm on the Darlington Building Society panel?
Darlington Building Society’s conveyancing panel is pretty large so it would be advisable to check with the firms you are getting quotes from whether they are on it. You can search by postcode on the search tool on this site to find solicitors that Darlington Building Society will allow to act for them.
I am due to move into my new home next Tuesday. My conveyancing lawyer has asked me to provide him with a copy of the building insurance for the house as as he informs me that he is duty bound to validate that it is in order for Darlington Building Society. What does the insurance need to cover?
All property lawyers on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel would need to check that the following risks are covered fire; lightning; aircraft; explosion; earthquake; storm; flood; escape of water or oil; riot; malicious damage; theft or attempted theft; falling trees and branches and aerials; subsidence; heave;landslip;collision;accidental damage to underground services;professional fees, demolition and site clearance costs; and public liability to anyone else. There are some other issues such as the level of excess that are set out in Darlington Building Society’s Part 2 requirements of the CML Handbook (last updated on Darlington Building Society). Being on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel your lawyer is expect to follow these requirements.
What tools are available to find a local solicitor on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel? I have a car and am prepared to travel up to 20 kilometers to meet the lawyer.
You can use the find a conveyancing panel tool on this page. Please choose the lender and your location and you will see a number of lawyer located nearest you. Alternatively you can type in the name of your proposed law firm and see if they are listed as being on the Darlington Building Society solicitor panel.
I am buying a new build flat and getting a mortgage with Darlington Building Society. Can I do my own conveyancing?
Leaving aside the complexities and merits of DIY conveyancing you will have to appoint a solicitor on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel to look after their interests. Most people therefore find it easier to let the solicitor act for them and the lender. Furthermore there is minimal cost savings to made in you doing to conveyancing for yourself and another lawyer conducting the conveyancing for the lender. Please feel free to use the search tool to find a lawyer on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel in your location.
Are all Conveyancing Quality Solicitors on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel?
It is true that some banks and building societies now use the accreditation scheme as the starting point for Panel membership such as HSBC and Santander. CQS membership however is no guarantee to lender panel acceptance. That being said,the Council of Mortgage Lenders have indicated that it is likely to become a pre-requisite for firms wishing to remain on their approved list of firms.
When it comes to mortgage companies such as Darlington Building Society do lawyers 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.
My brother and I are taking a long lease of a penthouse in Hendon. Conveyancing solicitors in Hendon are preferred to beappointed. My agentsuggested that we make sure that the conveyancing practitioner in Hendon is on the Darlington Building Society list of approved conveyancing firms. Surely I don't need to do this, do I?
Not all Hendon conveyancing practices are on the Darlington Building Society conveyancing panel. 8 people a month use our search tool to locate a Hendon conveyancing practitioner on the on the Darlington Building Society solicitors pane.

Copyright © Lexsure Limited, 2026

Privacy