Property Tax not paid by vendor

Tedunctious

I purchased a property last year - the sale closed in June 2015.
The vendor was supposed to have paid the full sum of property tax for 2015, so my solicitor ensured that I reimbursed them 1/2 the amount to cover the tax for July - December 2015.
All this seemed reasonable. However, after the sale closed, I since found out that the vendor had never paid any property tax at all for 2014 or 2015. The outstanding amount is over €500.
I have contacted my solicitor, who isn't really interested in following up, as his file is closed.

As far as I understand, I'm not actually liable for the 2014 and 2015 tax per se, but if I want to sell the property in future, it will come up as an issue if the purchaser has a more competent solicitor than my own was.

Do I have any redress against my solicitor, or there anything I can do to get the vendor to pay the outstanding tax at this stage?

NUTLEY BOY

Tedunctious wrote: »

I purchased a property last year - the sale closed in June 2015.
The vendor was supposed to have paid the full sum of property tax for 2015, so my solicitor ensured that I reimbursed them 1/2 the amount to cover the tax for July - December 2015.
All this seemed reasonable. However, after the sale closed, I since found out that the vendor had never paid any property tax at all for 2014 or 2015. The outstanding amount is over €500.
I have contacted my solicitor, who isn't really interested in following up, as his file is closed.

As far as I understand, I'm not actually liable for the 2014 and 2015 tax per se, but if I want to sell the property in future, it will come up as an issue if the purchaser has a more competent solicitor than my own was.

Do I have any redress against my solicitor, or there anything I can do to get the vendor to pay the outstanding tax at this stage?

Not legal advice - just a view on the issue.

The fact that his file is closed is utterly irrelevant if he has been professionally negligent :mad:

I thought that these matters were all supposed to be checked and verified by the purchaser's solicitor before allowing the client to complete the purchase.

nuac

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