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Why are solicitors SO SLOW !

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  • bandofbrothers
    bandofbrothers Posts: 442 Forumite
    I have e mailed my Estate Agents to request an update.

    Just hope its not the 1st of many !!!! lol
  • CharleneUK
    CharleneUK Posts: 3,206 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 28 July 2009 at 7:15PM
    Wow, don't even get me started.
    "I did then, what I knew then. And when I knew better, I did better"
  • mbga9pgf
    mbga9pgf Posts: 3,224 Forumite
    If you go for the cheapest, what do you expect?

    http://www.vwl.co.uk/site/services/residentialconveyancing/rescon_fastmove/
  • mchale
    mchale Posts: 1,886 Forumite
    Solicitor's are like wheel barrows, they only move as much as you push them :j :j :j :j
    ANURADHA KOIRALA ??? go on throw it in google.
  • bandofbrothers
    bandofbrothers Posts: 442 Forumite
    mchale wrote: »
    Solicitor's are like wheel barrows, they only move as much as you push them :j :j :j :j


    Well im gonna grab mine by both hands, tip out the !!!!!!!! , and push like hell......... lol
  • bandofbrothers
    bandofbrothers Posts: 442 Forumite
    Well the survey has come back with no issues, according to my estate agent.

    The buyer just has to sign some documents with his solicitor, apparantly to do with their mortgage.

    Oh and the buyer has spoken to their solicitor asking for a quick completion date.

    Seems like the cogs are turning again !!
  • bandofbrothers
    bandofbrothers Posts: 442 Forumite
    Seems after I started to e mail my solicitors and estate agents for updates , they are now starting to realise im not sitting back on my laurels.

    Constant stream of e mails back and forth now.

    Cant wait for monday to check my in box.
  • zzzLazyDaisy
    zzzLazyDaisy Posts: 12,497 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    chickmug wrote: »
    Usually the other sides solicitors would NOT communicate with you directly but sometimes they may so you could try. .

    It is a breach of Law Society Rules for one solicitor to speak to another solicitors client directly. I don't know any solicitor who would agree to this. You'd have to get through the secretary first and it is very unlikely that s/he would put you through, or that the solicitor would phone you back.

    The solicitor may well make a complaint to your solicitor though.
    I'm a retired employment solicitor. Hopefully some of my comments might be useful, but they are only my opinion and not intended as legal advice.
  • chickmug
    chickmug Posts: 3,279 Forumite
    edited 2 August 2009 at 11:52AM
    zzzLazyDaisy wrote: »
    It is a breach of Law Society Rules for one solicitor to speak to another solicitors client directly. I don't know any solicitor who would agree to this. You'd have to get through the secretary first and it is very unlikely that s/he would put you through, or that the solicitor would phone you back.

    The solicitor may well make a complaint to your solicitor though.

    I can't say whether it is a breach or not but I know of many times where it has happened.

    In my opinion a case of common sense prevailing and the better solicitors doing what they can in their clients best interests?
    A retired senior partner, in own agency, with 40 years experience in property sales & new build. In latter part of career specialising in commercial - mostly business sales.
  • bandofbrothers
    bandofbrothers Posts: 442 Forumite
    Thanks you two for the pro's and con's of making contact with the opposites solicitor's offices.

    After much deliberation ive decided that it probably would not be the best course of action to further the sale of my property.

    The cogs are starting to turn now anyway thank heavens !
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