I tried to purchase a house last year but it fell through. It wasnt the fault of me or my solicitor. The house purchase wasnt a straightf forward one as it was been sold by a bank. The other sides solicitors seemed to drag it out and I couldnt wait any longer. I wasnt overly impressed with my own solicitor and since then i bought a difefrent house and used a different solicitor for this. I am froma relativley small town so I would be surprised if the original solicitor hasnt heard about this. today 6 months after I pulled out of the original purchase I received a bill from the first solicitor. I had receicved an engageemnt letter at the outset which i never signed and this bill is for more than that. While I do recognise that the original solicitor did work on the job and will get paid for that I am not in agreemtn with what they are looking for. I ntend to go to them and ask them for details of what exactly they did and how they arrived at the final bill amount. I would expect them to get bitter over this as my family have always used them. If they intend to hold out for everything due as per the fee note and pursue this further what can they do i.e.what court would it go to? As I have indicated earlier I do not want to be unreasonable, I just want to be fair