Gift for my solicitor?

Snookie12cat

My solicitor has been amazing from start to finish and if we make it to the end (hopefully soon), it will be hugely down to her effort in pushing and chasing the other side. I have sold one house through her and it completed in 5 weeks and my recent sale has gone equally smoothly. I talk to her on the phone a great deal and she is lovely.

Are they allowed to get gifts? Maybe I email her an Amazon voucher at the end of all this as a thanks? They are working at home, so wouldn't want to send anything to the office.

Anyone else get theirs a gift?

kazwookie

No, I didn't as they charged enough already no matter how nice they are on the phone or in emails. They are doing a job you are paying for.

I did send a small thank you card.

Sandtree

Snookie12cat said:

Are they allowed to get gifts? Maybe I email her an Amazon voucher at the end of all this as a thanks? They are working at home, so wouldn't want to send anything to the office.

Anyone else get theirs a gift?

That will depend on their company policy... if they arent allowed to they will simply let you know and decline the gift.

We for example can get gifts up to $75 without issue, between $75 and $150 has to be declared and over $150 has to be approved by your manager and Compliance. There is also special rules on the running total of gifts received in any year.

Personally didnt send anything partially because who dealt with the file changed daily and whilst it went smoothly I was unimpressed with certain elements of the service.

Snookie12cat

Sandtree said:

Snookie12cat said:

Are they allowed to get gifts? Maybe I email her an Amazon voucher at the end of all this as a thanks? They are working at home, so wouldn't want to send anything to the office.

Anyone else get theirs a gift?

That will depend on their company policy... if they arent allowed to they will simply let you know and decline the gift.

We for example can get gifts up to $75 without issue, between $75 and $150 has to be declared and over $150 has to be approved by your manager and Compliance. There is also special rules on the running total of gifts received in any year.

Personally didnt send anything partially because who dealt with the file changed daily and whilst it went smoothly I was unimpressed with certain elements of the service.

Thank you - thats a good point and it might be worth checking they can get gifts before purchasing it

theoretica

Ask where they would most appreciate a very positive review.

user1977

A tip equivalent to 20% of their firm's fee, in cash...

Seriously though, I'm not aware of any firms which prohibit (modest) gifts from clients.

Brie

I wouldn't/haven't but then I was always in shock about how much I had to pay them....

but if you were really happy a letter addressed to her boss might go over very well.  Good feedback is hard to come by in any role.  Beyond that, a thank you card, maybe flowers or chocolates, a home made cake?  nothing grand.

canaldumidi

Brie said:

I wouldn't/haven't but then I was always in shock about how much I had to pay them....

If you compare what you pay your conveyancer, with what you pay your estate agent,you get a different perspective.

Esp if you also compare the training involved in becoming one Vs the other!

And the responsibility: Error made by EA Vs error by conveyancer.....

People also often forget that a lot of what they pay the conveyancer is actually 'disbursements' (search fees, SDLT etc) + acting for lender, rather than money for the conveyancing company themselves.

I think a Thank You gift is a great idea where the service has been great.

Flick85

My mum is a conveyancing solicitor, and she is always really appreciative of flowers from happy clients 

bramptonbrew

theoretica said:

Ask where they would most appreciate a very positive review.

Our solicitor was great - we asked if we could send her flowers, she said that it was a lovely thought but she'd rather us save our money and just leave a glowing review for her instead (which we did).

penners324

user1977 said:

A tip equivalent to 20% of their firm's fee, in cash...

Seriously though, I'm not aware of any firms which prohibit (modest) gifts from clients.

But there are rules from the SRA and Law Society about the size of them. 

And 20% in cash looks more like a bribe than anything else....