"Cicero" wrote:
"Al Reynolds" wrote:
In your case, I take it that your conveyancing solicitor paid
for all the costs involved in the subsequent legal work? It
doesn't matter whether he "missed the covenant at the time
of purchase or hadn't considered it worth his time to explain
it to (you)" because his actions resulted in a material loss on
your part.

[snip]

My solicitor charged me a nominal fee (£100-00 + VAT) for the necessary
remedial legal work. I assume that this was some kind of face-saving
device
because he didn't want to admit that he was in the wrong. I could have
argued with him but it wasn't worth the trouble because he was also
handling
the subsequent sale and it gave him a very compelling reason to get things
done properly and to ensure that the purchaser was fully satisfied with
the
situation with regard to the covenant. I wanted to make sure that there
could be no come-back from the purchaser claiming that he had been
deceived
on the subject of the covenant or the dispute with the neighbours. The
neighbours were in the wrong and complied with the conditions of the
covenant very reluctantly. They were very hostile towards me for simply
defending my right to protect my property from illegal parking.

Sounds like you looked at the whole thing pragmatically,
which almost always makes the most sense. Good idea
getting him to do the conveyancing as well as he would
have been only too aware of the issues.

Al