There are occasions where you are unable to satisfy a legal enquiry and whether or not you can proceed or not may be outside of your control. Certain enquiries require the your mortgage lender will require and you won't be able to get a mortgage unless the enquiry is satisfied, or their is appropriate indemnity insurance in place to cover for any future liability. One of the most common examples of this is where the seller has completed building works that required building control sign off, however they haven't had the works signed off. A mortgage lender won't give you a mortgage without the building control sign off, so you could be left waiting for the seller to either get retrospective building control sign off, or you can agree to get an indemnity policy to protect against future liabilities caused by not having building control sign off. If the seller does not the answer to the enquiries, they must be transparent. Lying about the enquiries will mean that they misrepresent the property to you, in which case you might be able to sue.