Lord Bracknell
On fire
No-one has the bottle to "name and shame", of course.
... which begs the question - Can anyone name a good libel lawyer?
... which begs the question - Can anyone name a good libel lawyer?
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Solicitors
- Thread starter Mellotron
- Start date
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
You can make a complaint via the Law Society about your solicitor.
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/for-the-public/faqs/complaining-about-a-solicitor/
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/for-the-public/faqs/complaining-about-a-solicitor/
My sympathies. We've just been through a house move, and the biggest delay was because the solicitors weren't talking to each other. We would have exchanged weeks earlier if they simply all got together to chat via video conferencing.
Once you are in legal dispute over their fees, you can get their files 'taxed' independently by a court official. They review their time recorded as being spent on calls, letters, research, meetings, etc. I know people who have done this against lawyers who have tried it on with astonishingly high fees on moderate cases, and won i.e. the solicitors fee was scored downwards by a great margin.
Billy the Fish
Technocrat
As a FTB 18 months ago my solicitor was really helpful and efficient through the whole process. Sounds like you've managed to get one who's a lazy knobhead
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
What a rubbish opening post.
Stop the press! Bad solicitors are bad.
There are a lot of solicitors whom have worked tirelessly to reach their position and work hard for their clients.
What does Mellotron do? Is his profession perfect?
Stop the press! Bad solicitors are bad.
There are a lot of solicitors whom have worked tirelessly to reach their position and work hard for their clients.
What does Mellotron do? Is his profession perfect?
Gazwag
5 millionth post poster
That's what Durnford Ford did and look what happened to him/them
and to the thread starter, did you use a proper firm or one of these online cowboys
Thanks. Advice much appreciated. I hate seeing someone being fleeced.
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My sister is a solicitor, she's alright
Pic?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Harsh.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
How much would a solicitor generally charge to do the conveyancing on purely a house sale
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
Harsh? If you say so.
I haven't abused the opening poster, have I?
As opposed to him/her labelling his/her solicitors as cu*ts without any context or evidence whatsoever...
Sheebo
Well-known member
- Jul 13, 2003
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T soprano
New member
You sound really stressed MELLOTRON just sit in front of me tomorrow in WU H BLOCK watch the Albion win 4-1 while I give you a lovely BACK/NECK MASSAGE
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
In my experience of dealing with conveyancing solicitors (half a dozen moves), you sometimes have to be a bit forceful; I was buying a house in Devon and my solicitor said she was waiting for a form from the other solicitor. I was in contact with the sellers and they were being told the delay was due to my solicitor.
I told my solicitor to ring the other one and sort it out and it was like asking her to stick her hand in a fire, "we prefer to write", "don't generally phone" etc. So I told her "I am paying you and I am telling you to ring him. Now I'm going to make meself a coffee and then I will sit in the sunshine and wait for you to call me back and tell me what you've agreed with him"
Ten minutes later she called and said they had sorted out who had what and could now proceed.
Admittedly, you only know stuff like this after being buggered about a couple of times unfortunately.
I told my solicitor to ring the other one and sort it out and it was like asking her to stick her hand in a fire, "we prefer to write", "don't generally phone" etc. So I told her "I am paying you and I am telling you to ring him. Now I'm going to make meself a coffee and then I will sit in the sunshine and wait for you to call me back and tell me what you've agreed with him"
Ten minutes later she called and said they had sorted out who had what and could now proceed.
Admittedly, you only know stuff like this after being buggered about a couple of times unfortunately.
Not at all. Hopefully he has kept his cool with the solicitors and just vented his spleen on NSC to deal with the stress of it.
Conveyancing is a low priority, low margin activity for many solicitors and consequently they are more concerned with NOT making errors, rather than rushing to match your sense of urgency.
Chase them regularly, via whoever is actually doing the work not the nominated solicitor and hand deliver any documents requested, that way there is no blaming the postal service for delays.
Be prepared to follow stuff up yourself. If they tell you they are waiting on someone else e.g, your estate agent, try to speak to them to verify this. Once they get to hear you are doing this in a constructive way they should get into the habit of picking up the phone and chasing stuff for you.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
He didn't all solicitors in the profession were bad. His frustration was clear but without detail. Others have pointed out that they've had good dealings with the profession.
bristolseagull
Well-known member
If you're serious then simply make a complaint to the firm, if their response is unsatisfactory you can escalate it to the legal ombudsman. We're not all shit and useless. Sadly though if you're not legally trained, and with respect I'm assuming you're not, you won't have a grasp of why things are taking long than anticipated.