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Can I check out a solicitor?

  • 10-12-2015 3:04pm
    #1
    lindascribbler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭


    We were quoted a keen price for selling our house by a solicitor but don't know anything about him apart from the fact that there isn't anything negative coming up in a google search or the Law society website. He is in a practice with another solicitor and was very eager to get our business, emailing us straight away etc.

    I see that 'rate my solicitor' website is gone and we don't know anyone to ask who could give us a reference so just wondering is there any way of checking out a solictor?


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  • #2
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    Apart from word of mouth recommendations, the only source is the disciplinary record search on the Law Society's website, which you seem to have already looked at.


  • #3
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    lindascribbler wrote: »
    Can I check out a solicitor?
    It's only appropriate if neither of you is married. ;)


  • #4
    Avatar MIA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,750 ✭✭✭Avatar MIA


    lindascribbler wrote: »
    He is in a practice with another solicitor and was very eager to get our business, emailing us straight away etc.

    Are we so conditioned to expect bad service in general that this is seen as a negative?


  • #5
    The_Minister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭The_Minister


    He might just be new in the game and building a practice.

    So long as he has insurance that you can sue on, and the Law Society know him, I wouldn't see that large a risk; you may even find that stuff is done quicker and cheaper than if you went elsewhere.


  • #6
    haveringchick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭haveringchick


    If your very anxious then you should go with a solicitor recommended by someone you trust


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  • #7
    4ensic15
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭4ensic15


    The_Minister wrote: »
    He might just be new in the game and building a practice.

    So long as he has insurance that you can sue on, and the Law Society know him, I wouldn't see that large a risk; you may even find that stuff is done quicker and cheaper than if you went elsewhere.

    The Law Society is not a quality control body. Apart from dealing with complaints of misconduct and insisting on CPD and insisting on an accountants the law Society do not get involved in how business is done. There is a 6 year limit on claims under the insurance and many problems with a conveyance only come to light when there is an attempt to sell the property, often many years after the insurance has expired. Suing on the insurance is a traumatic experience in any event. It means paying top dollar to another solicitor for an opinion and funding expensive litigation.
    Reputation is the sensible way to judge the ability of a solicitor. Engaging a solicitor for a conveyance is not light buying a pair of wellingtons with a money back guarantee.


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