Comments on: Solicitors’ negligence – what do I do? http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/selling-advice/solicitors%e2%80%99-negligence-%e2%80%93-what-do-i-do/ Understand conveyancing when buying and selling your house Fri, 27 Aug 2010 09:45:54 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Karen http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/selling-advice/solicitors%e2%80%99-negligence-%e2%80%93-what-do-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Karen Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:23:00 +0000 http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/?p=128#comment-459 Thanks Gemma. I have written a complaint letter to the firm's complaint handling partner and will follow up with the LCS after that. Karen Thanks Gemma. I have written a complaint letter to the firm’s complaint handling partner and will follow up with the LCS after that. Karen

]]> By: admin http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/selling-advice/solicitors%e2%80%99-negligence-%e2%80%93-what-do-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-456 admin Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:58:07 +0000 http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/?p=128#comment-456 Hi Karen, Unfortunately, I don't know, but I would advise you to do exactly the same if your conveyancing solicitor has left you in the same position. The Legal Complaints Service won't act unless you've already been through the solicitors firm's complaints service though, so the first point is to file an official complaint with them and see how they are willing to resolve it. Then if it is still not resolved to your satisfaction, you can contact the LCS for further action. Hope this helps! Gemma Hi Karen,

Unfortunately, I don’t know, but I would advise you to do exactly the same if your conveyancing solicitor has left you in the same position. The Legal Complaints Service won’t act unless you’ve already been through the solicitors firm’s complaints service though, so the first point is to file an official complaint with them and see how they are willing to resolve it. Then if it is still not resolved to your satisfaction, you can contact the LCS for further action.

Hope this helps!

Gemma

]]> By: Karen http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/selling-advice/solicitors%e2%80%99-negligence-%e2%80%93-what-do-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Karen Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:23:37 +0000 http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/?p=128#comment-455 Hi gemma - I am in a similar situation to the poster above. I don't suppose you know if she progressed the complaint? Thank you.... Hi gemma – I am in a similar situation to the poster above. I don’t suppose you know if she progressed the complaint? Thank you….

]]> By: admin http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/selling-advice/solicitors%e2%80%99-negligence-%e2%80%93-what-do-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-425 admin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:42:38 +0000 http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/?p=128#comment-425 Hi Helen, On the information that you have given, I feel that you should consider making a complaint to the solicitors' firm who acted on your behalf. A short remainder on the lease should be drawn to a buyer's attention and to the attention of any mortgage lender. I am truly shocked that the legal fees and extension of the lease have cost you so much money and I feel very strongly that this could and should have been avoided. You should pursue this through the Legal Complaints Service for lack of service and I would also suggest that you consider speaking to a solicitor dealing specifically with solicitors' negligence issues. Hope this helps, Gemma Hi Helen,

On the information that you have given, I feel that you should consider making a complaint to the solicitors’ firm who acted on your behalf. A short remainder on the lease should be drawn to a buyer’s attention and to the attention of any mortgage lender. I am truly shocked that the legal fees and extension of the lease have cost you so much money and I feel very strongly that this could and should have been avoided. You should pursue this through the Legal Complaints Service for lack of service and I would also suggest that you consider speaking to a solicitor dealing specifically with solicitors’ negligence issues.

Hope this helps,

Gemma

]]> By: Helen C http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/selling-advice/solicitors%e2%80%99-negligence-%e2%80%93-what-do-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Helen C Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:03:11 +0000 http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/?p=128#comment-423 Hi We have recently sold our leasehold flat. During the selling process however it became clear that noone would purchase the property due to it having what was considered a short lease (75 years remaining). We had purchased the flat 5 years previously. After a year of negotaitions with the freeholder, we extended the list but legal fees and the actual extension cost us £20,000. Is this something that would have been considered reasonable for our conveyancing solicitor to flag to us at the time of purchase? We used the conveyancer linked to the estate agents who we purchased the flat through and I can't help but think that this may be to do with the reason that the lease (or our options) were not flagged to us. Thanks Hi
We have recently sold our leasehold flat. During the selling process however it became clear that noone would purchase the property due to it having what was considered a short lease (75 years remaining). We had purchased the flat 5 years previously.
After a year of negotaitions with the freeholder, we extended the list but legal fees and the actual extension cost us £20,000.
Is this something that would have been considered reasonable for our conveyancing solicitor to flag to us at the time of purchase? We used the conveyancer linked to the estate agents who we purchased the flat through and I can’t help but think that this may be to do with the reason that the lease (or our options) were not flagged to us.
Thanks

]]> By: Jack http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/selling-advice/solicitors%e2%80%99-negligence-%e2%80%93-what-do-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-411 Jack Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:25:04 +0000 http://www.conveyancingexplained.co.uk/?p=128#comment-411 That's really good advice for such case, it's helpful. Thank you. That’s really good advice for such case, it’s helpful.

Thank you.

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