Intervention into WYM Legal Limited – 2 June 2025

In order to protect the interests of the clients, the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has intervened into the following practice which closed on 30 May 2025:

WYM Limited Legal, trading from:

9 Langley Road,

Watford,

Hertfordshire

WD17 4PS

Frequently asked questions

1. Where is the file for my matter?
A. Live conveyancing transactions have been passed to a new conveyancer by WYM Legal Limited. All affected clients should have been informed of this by WYM directly. The CLC has appointed Stephensons Solicitors LLP as intervention agents to ensure that all outstanding registrations are completed appropriately.

Contact Details:

Stephensons Solicitors LLP

clcenquiries@stephensons.co.uk

0333 344 4775

interventions@stephensons.co.uk

2. Am I obliged to allow the conveyancer to whom my transaction has been passed to complete the work for me?
A. No, you have the right to appoint another lawyer. If this is your choice you will need to contact a new lawyer and provide them with your instructions. Your new lawyer will then need to contact our agents with your written authority to release the file to them. They can then advise of their requirements.

3. WYM Legal Limited acted for me in the past and is holding my deeds – how do I get hold of these?

Deeds, as such, no longer exist as the majority of properties are registered electronically at Land Registry. If you need to prove ownership or are selling or re-mortgaging your lawyer will need to obtain up to date copies of the register from the Land Registry in any case.

If you feel there may be other documents or you have any other queries please e-mail your request with details of the transaction and documents you need to filerequest@clc-uk.org.

We will let you know what information we have and any additional information we may need before we are in a position to identify and send the documents to you. Following an intervention it may take some time for us to access archived files and documents, but your request will be actioned as quickly as possible.

For all other queries, please contact the Council for Licensed Conveyancers on monitoring@clc-uk.org or filerequest@clc-uk.org, or call on 020 3859 0904.

***We would politely ask that you be patient with the process, particularly in the first few weeks after the intervention. Repeated emails or contact to the CLC or our intervention agents will not result in a quicker registration.

Update on 11.06.25:

The CLC intervened into WYM Legal Ltd on 2 June 2025 to protect the interests of consumers. The CLC has taken custody of all client files and is arranging that all remaining conveyancing work is completed. This work predominantly relates to the registration of title at the Land Registry.

We have appointed Stephensons Solicitors LLP to act as our intervention agents. Stephensons will be focusing on the most urgent and aged matters first. If your matter concerns a requisition, a cancellation (including a warning of cancellation) or an application that has not been made to HMLR then our agents will be prioritising it.

Please be aware that the process of registration does take a long time and the CLC cannot directly influence that. Existing applications cannot be expedited according to the Land Registry’s rules although new applications can be. More information can be found about HMLR processing times here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/hm-land-registry-processing-times.

We would politely ask that you be patient with the process, particularly in these first few weeks. Repeated emails or contact to the CLC or our intervention agents will not result in a quicker registration.

Should you require any further information, you can contact our intervention agents (details above)