Conveyancers and Bank Panels

There has been much discussion recently in De Rebus and at other forums on the relationship between conveyancers and bank panels. The editorial in the December 2012 issue of De Rebus -- The real cost of being on bank panels? -- asks whether attorneys can afford to bow down to the pressure placed on them by some of the banks in order to remain on their panels? It also notes: Should attorneys’ professional standards be compromised in order to ‘please’ the banks, this could be the catalyst for doing away with the reservation of conveyancing work for attorneys. Tell us what you think by completing the quick poll.

• Read the editorial in December 2011 'The real cost of being on bank panels'?
• Read the letter in the October 2011 issue: Banks make for a disgruntled conveyancer
• Read the letter in the January/February 2012 issue: Effect banks have on conveyancing circles and the CPA
• Read the letter in the March 2012 issue: Poletiek rondom prokureurs en panele van banke dien
• Read the letters in the May 2012 issue: Conveyancers cast off the shackles and Bank panel attorneys and ethics

Source: Law Society of South Africa