Conveyancer negligence

MollDee

Hi all,

Has anyone else sued/claimed on your conveyancing solicitors for negligence/bad work? I've had just a terrible time with them for over 15 months and wanted to hear your stories?
I'm feeling very scared about taking the step so encouragement and words of advice would be most welcome!!

user1977

If you want useful advice, you'll need to tell us what you're claiming for.

TBG01

^^ This 

But below I've kindly linked to your other thread where you're trying to claim a refund on a management pack where the buyer pulled put on completion day. (So there's 6 months gone). Thankfully you found another  buyer though (so there's another 6 months...)

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6474137/help-first-port-management-pack-refund#latest

Schwarzwald

MollDee said:

Hi all,

Has anyone else sued/claimed on your conveyancing solicitors for negligence/bad work? I've had just a terrible time with them for over 15 months and wanted to hear your stories?
I'm feeling very scared about taking the step so encouragement and words of advice would be most welcome!!

so whats your case?

Grizebeck

Schwarzwald said:

MollDee said:

Hi all,

Has anyone else sued/claimed on your conveyancing solicitors for negligence/bad work? I've had just a terrible time with them for over 15 months and wanted to hear your stories?
I'm feeling very scared about taking the step so encouragement and words of advice would be most welcome!!

so whats your case?

They won't have a case

propertyrental

If OP can prove either "negligence/bad work" then there might be a case. But the way to go is first via an internal complaint and then via the SRA.

theartfullodger

Did you select solicitor/conveyancer on the basis that they were the cheapest.?

TBagpuss

as others have said, other people's experiences won't be relevant - you need to explain what, specifically, your conveyancer did (or didn't do) which you think is negligent, what you would be wanting to claim, and what you have done so far.

Your first steps would be to make a formal complaint to the conveyancers - your original client care letter / terms of business will probably set out what the complaints process is, you need to follow that, to start with.

if you are not satisfied with the outcome you can then look at referring the issue to the legal ombudsman 

Negligence and bad work are two very different things. You need to be clear about which you are saying had happened.

If you are claiming they were negligent, was it resolved and if not, what loss have you suffered / what needs to be done to resolve the issue? 

If you say 'bad work' what do you mean? Delays? Failures to follow your instructions? overcharging?