Should I sack my solicitor

thescouselander

I've been having some problems with my house purchase for a number of reasons. Firstly, the vendors solicitor had not sent the contract to my solicitor. I would have expected my solicitor to get in touch with the vendors solicitor to find out where it was but this did not happen (even after I specifically asked them to get in touch and find out what was hapenning). Eventually, after I had chased up the issue with the estate agent the contract turned up after two months.

Secondly, at least two items of post allegedly sent my my solicitor have not arrived at the other end. One example was a letter to myself and the latest is that the vendors solicitor had not recieved the enquiries that had been sent last week.

Clearly the vendors solicitor is partly to blame but the lack of action by our solicitor is not helping. My solicitor never phoned my at any point to tell me anything was wrong.

My question is, should I sack my solicitor and get another one will be more proactive (and who can post a letter)?

clutton_2

you are clearly not happy with him/her. Why not go and see the senior partner who deals with customer complaints ?

thescouselander

clutton wrote:

you are clearly not happy with him/her. Why not go and see the senior partner who deals with customer complaints ?

I've written an email to one of the partners and I am waiting for them to get back to me. I was thinking that I would change my solicitor if the response I get is not satisfactory. To be honest, if they cant even post a letter I have little confidence in their ability in other areas.

PoorDave

Sacking them at this stage might get you in quicker, but then it might not - they might come up against more problems with the other party's solicitor.

Sacking them and starting again will cost you more, as you're sort of starting again.

Are they cheap or expensive? Cheap might mean cutting corners, expensive might mean too rich to care!

thescouselander

PoorDave wrote:

Sacking them at this stage might get you in quicker, but then it might not - they might come up against more problems with the other party's solicitor.

Sacking them and starting again will cost you more, as you're sort of starting again.

Are they cheap or expensive? Cheap might mean cutting corners, expensive might mean too rich to care!

They are not cheap but then they are not the most expensive either. I am concerned that sacking them at this stage might delay things further. I am not too concerned that I will have to spend extra money as the delay in moving has meant I have saved a bit more than I was expecting. the main thing is to get moved in ASAP as I am being kicked out of my rented house at the end of the month and I will be living at my girlfriends mum and dads house.

benood

Hi, I'd be inclined to stick with the devil you know but keep on the case yourself - daily calls to your solicitor will keep you in mind (and they'll want to get the job done to stop your calls). Can you use the estate agent to chivvy your vendors solicitor along?

When you complain to their boss try to imply that they're obviously too busy to give your conveyance the time it needs rather than that they're bone idle - you don't want them to do the solicitors equivalent of a chef spitting in your soup!!