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Our solicitor has our mortgage money and is in prison on remand. What do we do?
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narabanekeater wrote: »omg we used that company not so long ago
Lee my thoughts are with you
Mr Court himself owned the business when we used them so maybe you can get in touch on MOnday with him
Probably not.:oTwo in court on murder charge
Friday, July 03, 2009, 10:45
Two men have appeared in court accused of murdering a solicitor.
Brian Farrell, (34), of Queensborough Terrace, Bayswater, London, and John Cort, (54), of Rutland Street, Leicester, are jointly charged with murdering Vina Patel at Cort Solicitors, in Blackbird Road, Leicester, on January 15 this year.
The men appeared at Leicester Magistrates' Court this morning.
They were remanded in custody and will appear at Leicester Crown Court later in the year.0 -
A similar situation happened to a relative of mine a few years ago. The Law Society jump straight in and send in their own solicitors to complete the mortgages - they start off with the most important ones (nearing completion) first. They also have a fund which pays any monies due.
To be honest the whole thing ended up getting completed more quickly and efficiently than with the solicitor they were with in the first place!
But, heck, it was very stressful when she first heard about it!0 -
Remember that you apponted the company, not the individual (unless the individual is a one-man-band???)...
As has been mentioned previously, contact the SRA. They're really good. They regulate legal practices, and in a worst case scenario, the practice will have been served an intervention notice, and another solicitors practice appointed to pick up the current clients. If an intervention notice has been served, you will get a letter from the new solicitor company (appointed by the SRA) to tell you that they will deal with your file. There won't be any additional cost to you either.
It's a terrible position to be in, as if house buying wasn't stressful enough...0
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