Solicitor wont return deeds and now says I owe fees - Help!

Hannaho

Hi!

My solicitor is refusing to return my Deeds for almost 18 months - initially it was because I owned him a scrivenery fee for photocopying my Deeds which he is not entitled to according to the Solicitors Code of Conduct; now after the Law Society has gotten involved he says I owe him outstanding fees - over two years trying to get my Deeds, he has never said I owe him any fees except a scrivenery fee, and now he won't furnish me the alleged fee I owe him - I have always paid him after every transaction. The Law Society seem hopeless - and just keep writing back letters about what he said - I have proved to the Law Society that I over 18 months of trying to get my Deeds from him, he has never asked me for a fee except for a scrivenery fee. To make matters worse the solicitor who was doing the work for me to get my Deeds back has charged me 2,300 for six letters and investigating the title of one of my Deeds - it appears that many things in Ireland are corrupt and rotten to the core. Would really welcome any advice.

Grolschevik

Not sure what advice or help can be actually offered...

You've instigated the complaints process with the Law Society, which will run its course, trundling away.

You have a new solicitor working on the issue too.

Sorry that things aren't happening faster for you, but there's not much else you can do, and no advice from random people on the internet will change that.

By the way, I presume it's the amount your new solicitor is charging you, rather than being charged at all, that you take issue with?

Boombastic

Seems life your solicitor has lost your deeds or has done someing crooked with them. Not the first to I've heard of this happening, keep at them.

Pat Mustard

Hannaho wrote: »

Would really welcome any advice.

In one of your several threads on this issue and related problems, you mentioned that you left your old solicitor and got a new one. You also mentioned that your cousin is a solicitor and that you have a friend who is a barrister.

In any event, you opened another thread about a lack of response from the Law Society, where I made the genuine suggestion of the following:

The Mustard wrote: »

OP, you had a previous thread in relation to this same matter, where you mentioned missing deeds and a complaint to the Law Society about your old solicitor.

The Law Society was unable to resolve the matter for you.

You say that your old solicitor sold land that he should not have, and that matters will have to be rectified now.

A solicitor needs to assist you to resolve this matter. You need to decide whether you believe that your new solicitor is competent and hardworking enough to get this done, or not.

If you have faith in your new solicitor, you should direct all of your queries towards him. You should ask him how he intends to get around the problems that now present, how much it will cost to fix all of those problems, who should have to pay for all of the work, and you might consider asking for advice in relation to any losses that may have arisen.

If you do not have faith in new solicitor, you should get another solicitor. A trusted family member or friend should be able to direct you to somebody who is competent, hardworking and honest.

If you have a good solicitor, you should not have to look for advice on the internet.

Not to be deterred, you opened a further thread, asking for advice in relation to threat of defamation proceedings.

The question arose to what your lawyers had to say on the matter:

The Mustard wrote: »

Have you asked your new solicitor any of the questions that you posted on the Internet, OP?

What are your lawyers doing, OP?

Or will you ignore the question again, and open yet another thread on the same issue?

nuac

I agree with the Mustard.

Solicitors do not get €2,300 for just six letters.

Are you making this up as you go along?

There are at least 2000+ solicitors' firms throughout the country.

Talk it over with one of them.

neil7024

go online to PRAI.ie  they can give you your copy of the deeds. Solicitor try that with me and I set him straight with a few choice words.  Don't let a Solicitor in ireland scare you.

Pat Mustard

neil7024 wrote: »

go online to PRAI.ie they can give you your copy of the deeds. Solicitor try that with me and I set him straight with a few choice words. Don't let a Solicitor in ireland scare you.

The PRAI only keeps PRA records, to include whatever is registered on a PRA folio but not otherwise, generally.

The PRA does not hold unregistered titles. It does not keep family law declarations any more and there are a multitude of other documents that it doesn't have and that it doesn't keep.

This thread is three and a half years old so there is no point in trying to comment on it now. Thread closed.