Soicitors bills

Trevor_B

Can anybody tell me if there is a time limit for a solicitor to send final accounts for the purchase of a property bought my flat in Sepember 2000........got a bill yesterday from the solocitor dealing with the sale for £176.18 10 years after the event

sonastin

6 years rings a bell in my head but I have absolutely nothing to base that on and can't even think where to check.

You could play their game - pay it in 2020:rotfl:

DVardysShadow

The amount has been outstanding for 10 years. It becomes statute barred at 6 years. A court will not uphold it, unless there has been correspondence no more than 6 years after the bill was due and within the last 6 years in which yoou acknowledge the amount is due.

lincroft1710

Would the 6 year limit still apply if amount owing was never set down in writing and first time OP knew the amount owing was when he received the bill yesterday.

DVardysShadow

lincroft1710 wrote: »

Would the 6 year limit still apply if amount owing was never set down in writing and first time OP knew the amount owing was when he received the bill yesterday.

That would probably be the clearest possible example of Statute Barring - because during the 6 year period there would have been nothing by which the OP would have acknowledged the debt.

GDB2222

Out of interest, what is the extra amount for?