Solicitor is charging me €500 + VAT to give me a copy of my file.

Thanks all. Yes I did ask why it was so expensive for the file to be transferred to USB and was there a cheaper option. That was a week ago, never got a response. But thank you all, and going to follow up with the Law Society
 

Agreed to sell home jointly owned with ex, but now not sure...

Hi, Separated from Partner number of years ago. Agreed the family home would be split, and received the Terms of Settlement. I think I have made a mistake with what was agreed and wonder would anyone know if there is a 'cooling off' period, or any advice on what steps to take if any Thank you...
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Was this a file where you and your ex jointly retained a solicitor to handle a property sale? And is that the file which you now wish to have a copy of?
 
Checking through a file before passing it on is, hopefully, a regular and normal part of the process. No person or system is 100% foolproof and error proof. I would like to think that my solicitor did such checks in case they accidentally included a document relating to me in someone else’s files!

So you’d expect a charge. Junior staffer to put it together and more senior to check it. Maybe a couple of hours work, depending on the volume of documents and how good their document management system is. A bit more if it’s a practice with a lot more paper and fewer scanned documents.
Ask for a breakdown and offer half? Negotiate
 
Finding and correcting errors is going to be built into any office system. It’s part of the overheads. Everyone gets billed, albeit indirectly
 
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