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Thanks for your help anyway. She only discovered recently that her mother had went to a solicitor some 30 odd years ago to start the process of getting it in her name. But her mother must not have continued with the process and so the matter was said to have "died" as no bill was sent from the solicitors either.
Presently she is waiting for her solicitor to get back to her with the fee from the other solicitors which must be paid for those documents to be released. My mother never realised 6 months ago that there was going to be any of this hassle and if it was going to cost so much she may have reconsidered it. We just can't believe that the solicitors will charge a fee at todays cost which our solicitor said would probably happen.
So. You don't actually know what the bill is?
Maybe you should wait and find out what it is, before asking if she is being ripped off?
Just a thought.
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We just can't believe that the solicitors will charge a fee at todays cost which our solicitor said would probably happen.
Bronte, your proposition boils down to this: once a solicitor has delayed long enough in charging for (or collecting payment for) work, not only does he\she lose the right to sue for payment ( which is fair enough - it's the same for everybody) but also that work must be handed over for free if requested. I just can't agree with this second aspect.
I think we are going to have to agree to differ on the rights and wrongs of this.
What's in the files belongs to the OP, the fact that the solicitor didn't get paid is their own fault and they should take the loss. That's the story I see.
...if I was the boat builder and works stopped for a long period of time I would be raising an interim bill for works completed to date and not be waiting 30 years!
but also that work must be handed over for free if requested. I just can't agree with this second aspect.
Screw that bill! Tell em you'll pay the costs to date, and do it yourself. Ring the Property Registration Authority (1890 333002) and do it yourself. If your unhappy with the bill, send it to taxation...be warned though, it could end up being more expensive than the original bill. If all your doing is changing the name on the property from a deceased person, to a living person.....simple
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