Conveyancers have reacted furiously to the introduction of an annual fee of £50 per user to access the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook. The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) described the fee for access to instructions that conveyancers must follow when acting for lenders as “outrageous, unjustifiable, and wholly unacceptable”. Simon Law, chair of the SLC, said: “UK Finance is effectively telling conveyancers: pay us if you want to follow your client’s instructions. A situation is being created where conveyancers will now have to pay lenders when providing a legal service to them. “The new handbook will require each user to set up their own individual login, enabling them to tailor the handbook to their needs and benefit from an enhanced user experience.