right to buy reclaims

M_J_Burtwistle

Hi i am just wondering if anybody has made a claim throgh a solicitors for a right to by claim for money back for a missold mortgage. a solicitor got in touch with me said i had a claim, bought my house in 2004 and just woundered if anybody had won a case like this. thanks Michelle.

gordikin

How does the solicitor know you have claim? What do you think you could claim for?

dunstonh

a solicitor got in touch with me said i had a claim

You should report them to the law society. They are not allowed to cold call and can get struck off. That tells you a lot about the solicitor you are dealing with if they are happy to break the rules like that.

So, why do you think you were mis-sold?

McKneff

They'll be scammers, if they have cold called you and said this, they will want money up front
How do you think you were missold or has this man told you you were missold and youve taken his word for it.

Annisele

I'd be surprised if this person really was a solicitor.

As dunstonh says, solicitors aren't allowed to cold call. So - either you spoke to a solicitor prepared to break the rules, or to somebody who isn't a solicitor who is prepared to lie. In either case, you don't want to be speaking to that person again!

McKneff

If they ring again just say No Thank You, or tell them you have been advised that yu can do this sort of thing yourself at no cost and you have already started the ball rolling, thank you for your time, goodbye and firmly put the phone down.

dunstonh

I put money on it not being a solicitor but one of these scam claims companies committing advance fee fraud.

It's turning into a popular scam. If you get called and told you are entitled to £large amount because of some made up reason but all you have to do is pay £smaller amount to get it, then its usually a scam.