Non performing solicitor

Ormondman

I agreed to buy a house in September '15. It won't be my principal, private residence. A bank is forcing the sale but there is no receiver involved. The performance of the vendors solicitor has been hard to believe, consistently and knowingly sending out substandard documentation and ignoring phone calls. After months of deliberation, my solicitor finally sorted out sunstantial issues relating to proof of title and I signed contracts in Dec and paid a 10% deposit.
Two months later, the vendors solicitor does not respond to any communication, either from me or my solicitor. I can't get an exoected closure date. I've left numerous messages asking for a communication to my solicitor. Question is what are my options to move things along? Is a complaint to the law society a process that I could follow? I really don't want to do that- but given the sheer level of ignorance we have encountered from the vendors solicitor, I cant see any way to progess it by being nice.

Victor

It might be that the vendor is the problem (being an unwilling vendor), not the vendor's solicitor. The vendor's solicitor has few obligations to you.

I can't think of the term, but there are ways to force the closure date - assuming the vendor has signed.

Fred Swanson

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Samuel T. Cogley

It's almost always the vendor with the solicitor being piggy in the middle. They're not going to say 'ah yes my client if a time-wasting moron, sorry for the delay'.

Speak to your solicitor you can force the process forward after a certain time has expired and the vendor has signed. Assuming the contract hasn't got some odd clause. However the legal fees may be prohibitive. Always keep looking until you have the keys.

Ormondman

I appreciate the replies - thank you. And yes, I strongly suspect that the problem is partly an unwilling or, at least, a disinterested vendor.

nuac

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Good luck