Re: Solicitor 'refusing' to register house
I agree with mf1- vaguely recollect the other thread- your sister paid the deposit ( or balance of) by bank draft which was handed over to the vendors solicitor which they then lost. After closing they wanted to get a further draft but the bank wanted an indemnity signed by your sister that if it were ever cashed in future etc she would indemnify the bank. Understandably your sister doesnt want to indemnify the bank as she hasnt been the last person in possession of the draft, however as I recall the vendors solicitor was in turn to indemnify her. So what has she to lose by signing? It will sort everything out, with no loss to her. In fact she will gain since the vendors solicitor can then be prevailed upon, as part of the agreement, to forward on the vacate to your sisters original solicitor ( who by the way has no way of 'getting' the vacate from the vendors solicitor other than by calliing on the vendors solicitor to give it to them). It's a mess, certainly, but it seems to me that your sister, in being stubborn, is making it what it is.