Scott Mills wrote:


week 3 - chase lawyer (I did this on an almost daily basis), how are the
searches doing, is everything ok? exchange contracts.

And I bet your solicitor (I presume that you don't mean that you tried
to use a barrister?) was glad to see the back of you. This is one of
the primary reasons that my wife avoids doing any private client
conveyancing work in the lower end of the market. (she is a solicitor
primarily specializing in commercial work). Namely the private punter
ringing up every minute asking what's happening? have you done this that
or the other? when they have been told what she is waiting for, from
whom, the timescale and that they the will be informed when she has some
information. Private clients seem not to understand that the more
unnecessary time she spends on the phone to them when she has no updates
means less time chasing for the updates.

On the other hand she does handle domestic conveyances in the £1 Mill +
range because those clients seem to have a much better understanding of
the 'business' aspects of the matter. Namely that they are paying
someone to handle their affairs - why by a dog and bark yourself?
Because she takes a business-like approach to it she and not her firm,
is the solicitor of choice in our town for at least one of the firms of
estate agents that specializes in the top end of the market.

Rant Mode Off

Richard