Lloyds TSB Scotland Solicitor Panel Sample Enquires to our Call Center from members of the public
I appointed a firm of solicitors to carry out on my purchase 4 weeks ago having applied for a mortgage with Lloyds TSB Scotland. The solicitors reassured me that they are on Lloyds TSB Scotland conveyancing panel and gave me their panel reference. Lloyds TSB Scotland then ,via my broker advised that their panel number was dormant and would need to be reactivated. What do I do from here? Do I instruct a different law firm currently on the approved panel for Lloyds TSB Scotland?
You may be very frustrated with the lawyer but if it only go take a few more days they it may be worth waiting as, depending on how far progressed you are you may end up delaying the transaction by a number of weeks if you need to replace your solicitor You may wish to enlist the help of your broker to check with the Lloyds TSB Scotland as to how long they think it will take to get the firm to get back on the panel.
My wife and I intend to remortgage our apartment with Lloyds TSB Scotland. We have a son approaching twenty who lives with us. The solicitor on the Lloyds TSB Scotland conveyancing panel requested us to identify anyone over the age of 17 other than ourselves who lives in the flat. Our lawyer has now e-mailed a document for our son to sign, waiving any legal rights in the event that the flat is forfeited by the lender. I have two concerns (1) Is this form unique to the Lloyds TSB Scotland conveyancing panel as he did not need to sign this form when we purchased 3 years ago (2) In signing this form is our son in any way compromising his right to inherit the property?
On the face of it your lawyer has done nothing wrong as it is established procedure for any occupier who is aged 17 or over to sign the necessary Consent Form, which is purely to state that any rights he has in the property are postponed and secondary to Lloyds TSB Scotland .This is solely used to protect the Lloyds TSB Scotland if the property were re-possessed so that in such circumstances, your son would be legally obliged to leave.
It does not impact your son’s right to inherit the apartment. Please note that if your son were to inherit and the mortgage in favour of Lloyds TSB Scotland had not been discharged, he would be liable to take over the loan or pay it off, but other than that, there is nothing stopping him from keeping the property in accordance with your will or the rules of intestacy.
I need to find a Lloyds TSB Scotland panel solicitor in Stirling. Could you help me?
It is not clear why you need a Lloyds TSB Scotland panel solicitor but in any event, if you can not find one on our search tool you will need to speak directly to Lloyds TSB Scotland to find out which solicitors in Lloyds TSB Scotland are on their panel. If you do find such a firm not listed please direct them to our site to list. At a fee of one pound per month it is not expensive to register on the site
I am considering refinancing my house does my lawyer need to be on the Lloyds TSB Scotland Conveyancing panel?
There is nothing to stop you using your solicitor but Lloyds TSB Scotland will insist on their interests being represented by a firm on their conveyancing panel. There is much more potential for delays and confusion with an additional lawyer added to the mix, and it will undoubtedly be more expensive too.
Do conveyancing solicitors on the Lloyds TSB Scotland conveyancing panel work on a no sale no fee basis?
On the whole there are 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 service
After much negotiation I have agreed a price on an apartment. My financial adviser suggested a solicitor I paid an upfront payment of 225. Soon after the conveyancers contacted me sheepishly admitting that they were not on the Lloyds TSB Scotland conveyancing panel. Am I right in thinking that I should be due a refund?
You should be able to recover this from the law firm if they were not on the Lloyds TSB Scotland panel. They should have asked at the outset which lender you were obtaining a mortgage with. An important lesson to readers of this site is to check that the lawyers are on the appropriate lender panel.
My offer on house has been accepted, the seller does however have a dependent purchase. The vendors have offered on somewhere, but not been accepted yet, and have viewings of other properties booked. My conveyancing solicitor has been instructed. What should be my next step? When should I get the mortgage app going with Lloyds TSB Scotland?
It is usual to have concerns where there is a chain as you are unlikely to want to be too out of pocket too early (mortgage application is approx £1k, then survey/valuation, conveyancing search costs, etc). First you should check that your solicitor is on the Lloyds TSB Scotland conveyancing panel. As to the next stages this very much depends on the circumstances of your case, desire for this property and on the state of the market. In a hot mortgage some buyers would pally for the mortgage with Lloyds TSB Scotland and pay for the valuation and only if it comes back ok would they pay their solicitor to press on with searches.