If you are remortgaging with Barclays and your property has a Form LL restriction on the title register, you will need an independent Certificate of Compliance before the remortgage can be registered at Land Registry. Barclays primarily uses Optima Legal as its panel solicitor for remortgage transactions — and Optima Legal routinely requests these certificates from independent specialists.
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When you remortgage with Barclays, Optima Legal acts as the solicitor on behalf of Barclays. When they review your title register and find a Form LL restriction, they are required to obtain a Certificate of Compliance from an independent solicitor before submitting the mortgage to Land Registry.
Optima Legal cannot issue this certificate themselves — they act for Barclays in the transaction and are therefore not independent. You need a separate, independent firm. That is exactly what FormLL provides.
Optima Legal may have specific wording requirements for the certificate beyond the standard Land Registry prescribed text. When booking through FormLL, note that Optima Legal / Barclays is your lender — our specialists are familiar with Optima Legal's requirements and will ensure the certificate is accepted first time.
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Get Your Certificate — £160 Fast Track — guaranteed next working day — £240Email hello@formll.co.uk immediately with the rejection reason. If Optima Legal has a specific wording requirement that was not communicated at booking, we will work with the assigned solicitor to produce a corrected certificate. If the error is ours, we will correct it at no charge.
No. Each certificate is specific to one transaction. If you remortgage again in the future, you will need a new certificate. The Form LL restriction remains on your title and must be satisfied for every transaction.