Sellers solicitor having problems regarding enquires

Tiglet2

teachfast said:

Tiglet2 said:

Maybe the EA could have checked the correct solicitor/email address by telephone before sending through the memorandum of sale!  Would have saved 5 weeks for a 5 minute phone call.
Teachfast, how about you name and shame the solicitor firm that has caused the huge chip on your shoulder? 

Why on earth would an EA check every time they send material through to a known email address?  Do you check every email you send every time?  Or just the first time?  That's ridiculous.  The responsibility lies with the person making the change - in this case the firm she worked for or her useless self before leaving it.

I won't name and shame because it may compromise what looks to be some highly successful litigation.  You only have to watch these boards for a while to know it's endemic though.

Yes, of course the EA should check the correct details.  The reason there is a memorandum of sale in the first place is so all parties know who to contact.  It is a fundamental part of their job and the only way a solicitor would know who is acting on the other side.  The solicitor's job is not to go searching in various departed colleague's inboxes every day for a MOS that has gone astray, if they even knew it had gone astray in the first place, which they won't know until some weeks after being instructed when they have not been able to send draft contracts or have received them to/from the other side. 

I am sorry you have a litigation matter going on, but that is no reason to continually bad mouth solicitors on this board.

teachfast

Except that they do seem to be fairly useless as a profession (at least the ones who default into conveyancy).

Tiglet2

teachfast said:

Except that they do seem to be fairly useless as a profession (at least the ones who default into conveyancy).

In your opinion.   

teachfast

Tiglet2 said:

teachfast said:

Except that they do seem to be fairly useless as a profession (at least the ones who default into conveyancy).

In your opinion.   

Yes, of course.  But even a cursory glance at these forums shows I share it with many others, all born of their individual experiences.  Let's face it: the profession doesn't cover themselves in glory!

Slips36

The sellers conveyancer is working from home and is reluctant to go and check if the title deed for the garage has been delivered to his office. I  have emailed EA 3 times last week to found out if he has it but each time he said he will go and check. How long does Land Registry take to deliver the title deed?
In the contract pack sent to my conveyancer there was title deed for the house and leasehold title plan for the garage. In the enquires sent out to the sellers conveyancer on 6 th January this was pointed out but nothing was done by the sellers conveyancer until the enquires were reviewed. He than tried to according to the EA download the missing title but was unable to download so had to order it to have it posted.
Is my conveyancer being fussy for not accepting the title plan for leasehold garage?

Tiglet2

teachfast said:

Tiglet2 said:

teachfast said:

Except that they do seem to be fairly useless as a profession (at least the ones who default into conveyancy).

In your opinion.   

Yes, of course.  But even a cursory glance at these forums shows I share it with many others, all born of their individual experiences.  Let's face it: the profession doesn't cover themselves in glory!

It is true that this forum is full of client complaints about their solicitor, but generally if a client has a positive experience they wouldn't feel the need to post here, would they? 

There are many steps and processes in successfully concluding a transaction and yet clients are unwilling to understand the time it takes to procure all the information required before being in a position to exchange and set a completion date. 

Clients claim that a transaction is simple because there are only two in the chain, but the length of the chain has nothing to do with how difficult or simple a transaction will be.   The solicitor will also not know how simple a transaction is until he has possession of all the paperwork.   

Too many clients want to micro-manage their solicitors work, though I have no doubt they wouldn't appreciate someone constantly emailing/telephoning and questioning their timescales/priorities in their own careers. 

The only reason the profession is not covered in glory is because the price of conveyancing has been driven down over the last 20 years to the point that quality has been lost in favour of quantity.  Client demands are higher than ever and their unrealistic expectations need to be managed.  EAs are meant to be sales progressors once the transaction is handed over to the legal professional, but rather than support the process for both the client and the solicitor, they stand there with their wooden spoon stirring up lies and stress for all concerned.

teachfast

Totally agree with everything you state in your final paragraph.

Tiglet2

Slips36 said:

The sellers conveyancer is working from home and is reluctant to go and check if the title deed for the garage has been delivered to his office. I  have emailed EA 3 times last week to found out if he has it but each time he said he will go and check. How long does Land Registry take to deliver the title deed?
In the contract pack sent to my conveyancer there was title deed for the house and leasehold title plan for the garage. In the enquires sent out to the sellers conveyancer on 6 th January this was pointed out but nothing was done by the sellers conveyancer until the enquires were reviewed. He than tried to according to the EA download the missing title but was unable to download so had to order it to have it posted.
Is my conveyancer being fussy for not accepting the title plan for leasehold garage?

The EA won't know.  Why are you asking him?  It can take a couple of weeks to get the hard copy posted by the Land Registry.  No your conveyancer is not being fussy.  They are doing their job by requesting all the title documents they need for review.  Aren't you paying them to act in your best interests?