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EA's should be aware of the risks in recommending solicitors and conveyancers in transactions. The recent strike off of Chelmsford property lawyer Mike Alexander for multiple counts of dishonesty serves as a warning to us all. If we recommended dishonest people like Alexander then we put ourselves and our employers at risk. http://www.propertytribes.com/mike-alexander-solicitor-struck-off-t-127627606.html
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12 December 2016 06:47 AM
EA's should be aware of the risks in recommending solicitors and conveyancers in transactions. The recent strike off of Chelmsford property lawyer Mike Alexander for multiple counts of dishonesty serves as a warning to us all. If we recommended dishonest people like Alexander then we put ourselves and our employers at risk. http://www.propertytribes.com/mike-alexander-solicitor-struck-off-t-127627606.html
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12 December 2016 06:45 AM
EA's should be aware of the risks in recommending solicitors and conveyancers in transactions. The recent strike off of Chelmsford property lawyer Mike Alexander for multiple counts of dishonesty serves as a warning to us all. If we recommended dishonest people like Alexander then we put ourselves and our employers at risk http://www.propertytribes.com/mike-alexander-solicitor-struck-off-t-127627606.html
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12 December 2016 06:39 AM
There is some interesting information concerning The Law House Ltd, a good firm of conveyancing solicitors I have put clients onto, and a well known property lawyer they have taken on. Every EA operating in the London area should read this: http://www.topix.com/forum/uk/london/TM4QE8SDC3O084UIV
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14 January 2016 06:19 AM
Alwis, yes of course the selection of the firm in the example I gave was a factor as even just a cursory check on the web would have disclosed an SRA prosecution in progress against the senior partner plus the fact that they had sent their own law firm bust twice before. (That was Merricks LLP and AWB Solicitors t/a Alexander Bosher Solicitors both in liquidation). But the fact remains that even if the most solid, respected and professional solicitor is used, something will always go pear shaped in the transaction and if you recommended them, in the eyes of the client you're responsible. It'll be great to hear from Rob Hailstone on this as he usually gives very good advice on what to look for in licenced conveyancers and solicitors.
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22 October 2015 11:51 AM
EA's maybe be missing out on a small income in referral fees from solicitors in particular, but it's a very risky income. When Alexander Lawyers LLP (In liquidation) of Chelmsford went belly up abruptly in 2013 dozens of conveyancing transactions were left just hanging in mid air. And who did the clients quite rightly scream at? Not the senior partners of Alexander Lawyers, they had gone to ground. No it was the EA's who got it in the neck and it was the EA's who had to try and sort it out. And it was all because the EA's were lured into recommending Alexander Lawyers in return for a commission, a commission that was never paid. The Solicitors Regulation Authority gives a good account of the problems at: http://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/solicitor-check/098105.article And in the Law Society Gazette here: http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice/lawyers-cutting-corners-in-housing-rush-says-ombudsman/5041147.fullarticle Most of the smaller high street firms are fighting for survival. Best recommendation to the client is to go with one of his lenders panel. A small commission on the legals is more trouble than it's worth.
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