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Would you call your solicitor on his direct dial?

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timmyt
timmyt Posts: 1,628 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Should I call my conveyancer on his direct dial?

Would you call your doctor, dentist, or vet on their direct dial?


maybe just if it is urgent?
My posts are just my opinions and are not offered as legal advice - though I consider them darn fine opinions none the less.:cool2:

My bad spelling...well I rush type these opinions on my own time, so sorry, but they are free.:o
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  • sarah_elton
    sarah_elton Posts: 2,017 Forumite
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    I doubt you know your doctor's direct dial. :)

    If direct dial is the phone number your solicitor gave you, just call it if you need to speak to them.
  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
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    The only reason for you to have a business's direct-dial number is if that business has given you the number or publicised that number as part of their business, so ....

    Yes.
  • tyllwyd
    tyllwyd Posts: 5,496 Forumite
    I've dealt with a lot of solicitors through work and they all have different styles - some will prefer to take calls and answer them immediately no matter what else they are doing to get them out of the way, others will get their secretaries to give you any old nonsense to get rid of you. The trick I got wise to is where the secretary answers, goes away, comes back to ask who is calling, and when you give your name they tell you that the solicitor is not in the office. Yeah, right! But as the other posters have said if the direct dial is on their letterhead, there should be no problem calling it.
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    I get told fairly often that a solicitor isn't available. Then when I say I'm counsel, he magically becomes free (-:
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • sunshinetours
    sunshinetours Posts: 2,854 Forumite
    If you (or your client) have been given a direct dial number on a business card, or the number is on website for example then yes of course you would ring it. Answer is if you don't want to take unfiltered calls then don't give a direct dial number or use voice mail when you are busy
  • Batchy
    Batchy Posts: 1,632 Forumite
    Yes I call conveyancer on the direct dial... she answers no problem!
    Plan
    1) Get most competitive Lifetime Mortgage (Done)
    2) Make healthy savings, spend wisely (Doing)
    3) Ensure healthy pension fund - (Doing)
    4) Ensure house is nice, suitable, safe, and located - (Done)
    5) Keep everyone happy, healthy and entertained (Done, Doing, Going to do)
  • Cannon_Fodder
    Cannon_Fodder Posts: 3,980 Forumite
    Of course. It saves the poor receptionist from having so many calls through the main switchboard.

    Get straight to who you need to talk to...
  • ViolaLass
    ViolaLass Posts: 5,764 Forumite
    tyllwyd wrote: »
    The trick I got wise to is where the secretary answers, goes away, comes back to ask who is calling, and when you give your name they tell you that the solicitor is not in the office.

    Pretty thick secretary if it doesn't occur to her to ask for your name before going away the first time.
  • tbs624
    tbs624 Posts: 10,816 Forumite
    timmyt wrote: »
    Should I call my conveyancer on his direct dial?
    IIRC you say you are in fact a conveyancer? Have you given yourself a direct dial number? Did you answer the call?;)
  • westv
    westv Posts: 6,454 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I think the question isn't "Should you call them?" but more "Why shouldn't you call them?".
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