has this company acted illegally

lossofbargain

GDB2222 wrote: »

I read this thread, or most of it anyway. It strikes me that the Op should focus her attention on her estate agent, not the solicitor, who hasn't done anything wrong.

and the solicitor didnt send off the altered registry forms? did you read the thread?

susanne2010

F_T_Buyer wrote: »

Hi Susanne, any update on the situation? I hope it's all working out for you.

sorry, but all i can tell you just now is that my new solicitor has writen to my conveyancing solicitor for all the paperwork from this sale, and that we have to give him 28 days to reply,my new solicitor has said it is at the very least profesional negligence, but also looks like mortgage fraud, but as yet he cant say if my c/solicitor was involved, i will post as soon as i hear anything,but thanks for thinking about me it means alot ,bye for now

gravitytolls

Good luck Susanne.

An elderly relative of ours was robbed by her EA. He undervalued her home, which was bought by the EA's pal, then immediately back on the markt for considerably more. She had no legal redress because she signed her acceptance of the valuation etc. What an absolute blastard.

Her story certainly showed me the importance of getting several valuations from different agents and checking the prices that similar properties have sold for in your area.

Your tale serves only to prove to me once more, that the property business is a racket ~ it's not enough that the fees are extortionate, but given the opportunity they'll simply rob you blind as well.

I do hope your new solicitor gathers enough evidence to ensure these so n so's don't get away with it and can't do it again.

Once your solicitor has finished and the case is closed, maybe you should contact a Watchdog type show and help warn the general populace about this scam?

susanne2010

GDB2222 wrote: »

I read this thread, or most of it anyway. It strikes me that the Op should focus her attention on her estate agent, not the solicitor, who hasn't done anything wrong.

Thanks for taking the time to comment, but please read the thread again and you will see that my c/solicitor submitted the completion forms to the land registry to say i had recieved £38k more than i had,also he changed the name of who i was selling my property to,the person renamed as the buyer i had never heard of, it very well may turn out to be the e/agents as well, but the fact is it was the solicitor who deals with the legal side of things, and submitting erroneous facts to the land registry is deemed by the l/registry as fraud, at the bottom of all l/registry documents there is a paragraph warning that if you submit erroneous imformation to the l/registry you are commiting fraud, and the penalty is a very large fine or a prison sentance or both.But untill my new solicitor gets all the paperwork from my c/solicitor i dont know whose in the right or wrong, but thank you for taking an interest in my predicament.

susanne2010

gravitytolls wrote: »

Good luck Susanne.

An elderly relative of ours was robbed by her EA. He undervalued her home, which was bought by the EA's pal, then immediately back on the markt for considerably more. She had no legal redress because she signed her acceptance of the valuation etc. What an absolute blastard.

Her story certainly showed me the importance of getting several valuations from different agents and checking the prices that similar properties have sold for in your area.

Your tale serves only to prove to me once more, that the property business is a racket ~ it's not enough that the fees are extortionate, but given the opportunity they'll simply rob you blind as well.

I do hope your new solicitor gathers enough evidence to ensure these so n so's don't get away with it and can't do it again.

Once your solicitor has finished and the case is closed, maybe you should contact a Watchdog type show and help warn the general populace about this scam?

Thanks for for your support, i am very sorry for your relatives it is dispicable for anyone to be taken advantage of like this ,but so much worse when it is an elderly person .untill we get to the nitty gritty of what happened in my case i dont know if it was the solicitor or e/agents or the valuer,it may be all three, plus the company who i had agreed to sell to,if the e/agents was right in saying my property had gone down in value, then there is possibly another innocent party in my case as well, as the named person on the transfer, if he is innocent and not complicit with the property company i was supposed to be selling to, then he has possibly been duped into paying £38k more than the property was worth, your relatives have my sympathy,from all the comments and links to other stories that have been in the news, it is somthing that you are totally unaware of untill it happens to yourself or someone you know,and yet the goverment, who must also have knowlege of these fraudsters will just sit back and let them get away with it, all it would take is new legislation to be brought in to tighten up the whole process of selling and buying of property.

marmitequeen

I got really excited when I saw you'd posted again but I should have remembered about the 28 day thing. We're all following this with interest. Good luck, Suzanne, hang on in there and keep us updated.
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Patrick20

Same as marmitequeen here, waiting patiently to see if justice is served. Alot of people come on here and tell half their story, get the help and never come back to tell how its going so mse members never know if they got the desired result. Thanks for the update suzanne2010, and keep em coming

lindos90

I really hope your new solicitor isnt going to cost you too much to get to the bottom of things, have you hired him on the basis of 'investigating' the conveyancing and finding out via a paper trail who was acting illegally? Where would he be going witht this? I just wouldnt want you to be swapping one con man for another!

I just wonder what paperwork the original solicitor will end up sending/loosing, as I doubt he will willingly provide any paperwork that will implicate him.

We had issues with our solicitor for conveyancing work and took our evidence to the LCS (legal complaints service) who work on behalf of the law society, and are dealing with it, free of charge.

susanne2010

lindos90 wrote: »

I really hope your new solicitor isnt going to cost you too much to get to the bottom of things, have you hired him on the basis of 'investigating' the conveyancing and finding out via a paper trail who was acting illegally? Where would he be going witht this? I just wouldnt want you to be swapping one con man for another!

I just wonder what paperwork the original solicitor will end up sending/loosing, as I doubt he will willingly provide any paperwork that will implicate him.

We had issues with our solicitor for conveyancing work and took our evidence to the LCS (legal complaints service) who work on behalf of the law society, and are dealing with it, free of charge.

still waiting for paperwork from conveyance solicitor, will let you know when and what the outcome is. bye for now

susanne2010

Just thought i would let everyone know i am still no further forward with this problem, it looks like the most i may acheive is getting the land registry to chase the property company and their solicitor,as according to my conveyance solicitor its the p/company/solicitor who changed all the names on the contract/transfer, so they have commited fraud by submitting erronous information to the land registry, whether my solicitor had any knowledge of what they were doing or not i will never know.they may also have neglected to tell the inland revenue how much proffit they have made at my expense, anyway i will post again when i get more info.