I contacted the solicitor x2 this week, Monday and Friday - fairly casual on Monday and no response, firmer laying out the figures on Friday and radio silence -
Send an email requiring discharge to you of excess funds within 7 days otherwise you complain to LSRA.
Mortgage was finally redeemed three weeks ago,
I never said it was a conspiracy - I’d just like it sorted and have other reasons why its important to get it done now - it has also been going on since October of 2021, I want it finished. In my book 3-4 weeks is ample time to have it transferred, i dont think that is unreasonable - I waited 3 weeks before I said a word. In the reverse, If her fee wasn’t covered by the excess and she was waiting to get paid, do you think she would feel the same if I didn’t respond or waited weeks to pay it ? I’m not so sure about that…Some solicitors are very inefficient. And some other professionals are also inefficient.
There is no conspiracy or greed here - we are talking about €900! She is not hanging onto this as some great fraud.
Give her time to respond.
You have no idea what is going on. She could be out sick. She could have an urgent and complex case which is absorbing all her energies.
If it were €90,000 I might be more aggressive.
Brendan
My former solicitor hung on to the proceeds of a house sale, delaying the closing of the new house, as their client account was in the Irish Permanent when it was being demutualised and wanted the shares.Sorry "conspiracy" was the wrong word.
Solicitor often hang onto money or use to when they earned interest on it.
But in this case it's just incompetence and inefficiency rather than anything more serious.
I would not be making complaints to LSRA for some time.
Brendan
I would not have too much confidence in the LSRA. I purchased an apt during covid the lawyer (recomended by DNG)was extremely incompetent he forgot the address of the property and sent me the folio of a different property. Hence when I went to collect the conveyancing papers from him I asked to check if he made any more mistakes. He refused to allow me to look at the papers, and I said OK I will sign for the papers as unchecked. He refused my suggestion stating I had to sign for the papers as being full and correct without checking if they were full and correct..and I said no, and he said he would keep the papers and charge me for keeping the papers until i sign for them as being full and correct. I contacted the LSRA and they told me " just because your lawyer made small mistakes does not mean he made a mistake doing the conveyancing you should sign for and collect your papers" twelve months later I decided to sell the apt and told the lawyer who worked for me during the sale to pay for and collect my papers from the first lawyer. I told the lawyer handling the sale to make sure the papers were OK before paying for said papers. However, he forgot said instructions and did not bother checking the papers. Instead he sent the papers to the lawyer acting for the person buying my property said lawyer was the only one who actually did his job properly. He found the the lawyer who I used to buy the property received a "MUD report" letter telling him the property was the subject of a legal dispute, but my lawyer did nothing because I assume he did not read the notice of impending legal dispute.Send an email requiring discharge to you of excess funds within 7 days otherwise you complain to LSRA.
Then complain to LSRA. Legal Services Regulatory Authority. Details online.
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