Solicitor for conveyancing in Dublin?

Yes, some contact details would be very handy in case the other guys do not work out. Personally I only hope that everything will be taken care of as I've paid my money, and now am smashed - no more money to throw at solicitors to basically post some letters - I've paid my bit, got my receipt - I should not be expected to fork out yet again for something I took to be complete.

I feel the same way. I paid my money and now I am going to have to pay again and try and recoup the losses from the other solicitors insurance, but that will cost even more money.

Its an absolute disgrace the way we are been treated... the law society dont want to know i have been onto them a few times and there answer is ah u will just pay again and claim bak.. wish it was that easy myself and partner are smashed and cant afford to pay anything. The gibson and associates are dragging there heels when it comes to getting a price off them. They were on to me over two weeks ago and its my land registry that hasnt been filed so i will have to pay again for that

What amazes me is that the Law Society knew there was a problem with our solicitor back in 2012, and they still allowed him to continue to practice. They are supposed to regulate solicitors and protect the public.
I think that its the land registry part that has to be filed. So that probably includes the stamp duty.
I am going to look around before committing to the new Law firm. I think the Law society should have got a deal for us if we were to use the firm they suggested, as I read somewhere there are about 33 unregistered files that have to be sorted.

I will contact them for a quote and let you know what they quote me. I think it will also cost us more money if we use them to go after the law society insurance. Maybe we should get a few quotes just to compare.

I don't remember signing any document authorizing my file to be given to another solicitor, nor did I receive any correspondence from either the Law society or our former solicitor about what was happened. The first I heard about it was in the form of an email from a law firm I had never heard of, saying they had my file and then from reading the Irish Times. So I think that it is our choice who we bring our file to. We have no contract with the new firm, so what is the cancellation fee for. I am going to call the Law Society tomorrow and ask what the situation is.

The Law Society are not above the law. They are a body set up to regulate the lawyers and protect the public. They have guidelines they must follow. I will call them tomorrow and let you know how I get on. I did call them once before regarding our solicitor and they were not interested in speaking to me unless I wrote to them. I will write to them if I get no satisfaction when I call them tomorrow. I will keep you posted.

So gibson associates just got in touch with me ragarding my file and to file my land registry they have quoted me 1700 euros... like are these for real

Yep all my stamp duty has been paid it was basiclly just the filing of land registry but i already paid all this in 2012 to mr sweeney.. and since then the price for land registry has doubled making it worse..when i was first contacted i was speaking to a lady in gibson and associates and she stated ah its nothing to worry about at least the main part is done and that it will only cost a few hundred... well i nearly died when i opened there email surely the law society has to step in to protect us

Yes it was 2 weeks or so. Were you contacted first telling you that your work hasnt been completed if so then yes ur the same two weeks i would say. This really has my head wrecked why should we be penalized for this..

But its costing 1700 to complete my file not 600. Were you quoted 600

I have no quote as yet. I thought your original quote was 600+vat and 695 for the land registry fee.
I got quotes from other solicitors for 1500+ and 750 +++ with no ceiling on the max, so that could be any amount.
Once I know if my stamp duty has been paid I will ask for a quote from the solicitor in Palmerstown as she has been recommended by a friend who I trust.

Ardcrann wrote: »

I have no quote as yet. I thought your original quote was 600+vat and 695 for the land registry fee.
I got quotes from other solicitors for 1500+ and 750 +++ with no ceiling on the max, so that could be any amount.
Once I know if my stamp duty has been paid I will ask for a quote from the solicitor in Palmerstown as she has been recommended by a friend who I trust.

Gibson and associates are charging a cancellation fee if we choose to use a different solicitor

Wow, that's quite a lot extra. As I say the only outside quote I could get without being able to say what needed to be done was upwards of 1500. And that is the quote one lawyer gave for full conveyancing. He knew the job was almost completed but I guess that was the quote. The other quote started at 750 but that was again without seeing the file and the land transfer fee would also have to be added to that. I am not sure what to do either. It seems like we are not going to find a solicitor to finish the file for us cheaper then Gibsons, they all seem to charge the same price. I guess we will just have to sue for the difference. But I will get a quote from the recommended solicitor once I know what need to be done. I hope I am like you and that the stamp duty has been paid on mine, or thats going to cost a lot more.