i have a bit of a problem......i sold my first house and bought a new house 12 mths ago....Auctioneer and solicitor both said to me that there was no stamp duty on the house. i've asked the solicitor verbally over the last year whether there was stamp duty or not and i have this on email from her as well saying that there was no stamp duty payable and this was the attraction in buying the property in the first instance.....so last week when i was settling solicitors bill up to get keys the solicitor sends me a bill of €15k euro !!!!....lets say i was due to pay 5k for her fees....the other 10k was made up of a 5k booking deposit that i paid myself to builder that she now wanted to me to pay her.what a joke!..(she said she was sorry she included this that this was a typo!).it gets better and the other 5k was for stamp duty that she paid in the first week of Jan'07 on my behalf but she forgot to tell me (in her own words) and this after she telling me i didn't have to pay any stamp duty all year !!!.....don't know what to think ...i wonder is she scamming me???...there was no way i would have bought the house if i had known i had to pay stamp duty and i made this quite clear.....Should i seek out legal advise from another solicitor?...the builder himself tells me no one else in this development is paying stamp duty .....it looks like my house is above floor space and that i should in fact be paying a portion of stamp duty but why im seething with anger is why both auctioneer and solicitor (mainly solicitor) have been telling me all year that there was no duty payable and i only find out the day i get the bill that in fact she paid it without telling me ...why would she do this???...Can anyone tell me should a solicitor do this?......it all stinks to be honest?....Much appreciated if i could get a bit of feedback on this....because its a right mess....i've got no prob paying this but when your been given bad information and advice its hard to take....she is putting big pressure on me now sending me solicitors letters and the works to pay this duty ....what should i do?