Have many people have had a successful outcome with the law society?

Pyrite-home

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Hi,

I would be very interested to hear how many people have had a successful outcome with the law society.

We recently complained to them regarding our solictor that represented us with our house problems.

In the correspondance between the law society and the solicitor the law society acknowledged that we were right to have a grievance as we paid more than our neighbours for an expert service (up to €2,000 more than some neighbours).

The solictor refused to refund any money as they said they were at a loss with the case and than the law society in their final letter to us said that while we are rightly annoyed there is nothing legally that requires anything be refunded. Well of course there is not - they are bloody solicitors and every angle is covered but we paid this money on good faith that our neighbours were paying the same and the solictor said all money should be recouped at the end of the case (when we won - which never happened).

Anyway would be interested to hear peoples stories.
 
What was your total bill, circa, so we can form an opinion of the kind of percentage over run?
If the total was €20,000 for your neighbour and he charged you €22,000 that's one thing.
If it was €1,000 and he charged you €3,000 that's a quite another.
 
Was this a pyrite action.

Even if you won the action 100% on all points, you rarely recover all costs.

Are you sure the two actions were identical in all respects?
 
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