Mathepac, I understand what you mean. My point is that I have not asked the solicitor to give any specific undertaking to pay the credit union. I have just asked him to confirm that the inheritance exists and will be processed in due course.
Vanilla and Bronte;
I don't mean to be cheeky as I know you are only offering help, but have you even read this thread? You have both asked numerous questions in your recent posts that I have already answered and clarified.
For someone who is giving such bad service it seems your family sticks with him all the same.
I already said that my parents used to use this solicitor but changed because of his unreliability. I also made it clear that the only reason my uncle did not change was becaus of habit. Elderly farmers are set in their ways and wouldn't be bothered changing.
Do you have a pressing urgent need for the loan?
I already said that the reason for wanting the loan sooner rather than later is because the sterling rate is gradually improving so changing a large amount of euro into sterling sooner will save me money.
Maybe he needs to indeed confirm that the estate is as valuable as you state before giving any undertaking as 'talking' to an accountant means diddly squat.
I have not asked him to undertake anything. I have just asked him to confirm that I am a beneficiary and that I have been left land and money, subject to tax and fees.
I suggest that you talk directly to the solicitor instead of relying on vague answers here.
Again, I have stated a few times that I did speak directly to the solicitor in question.
The internet help you are getting is from solicitors (and accountants) who are voluntarily helping and do not appreciate another professional being slated on-line.
You should be irritated that the solicitor in question is bringing a bad image onto your profession, not leaping to his defence simply because someone critised him. I am a secretary, if you say your secretary is a bit rubbish, I'll take your word for it because you are the one dealing with them. I won't blindly leap to their defence just because they have the same profession as myself.
I assume you HAVE spoken directly to the solicitor and explained the urgency?
As I said, I made this clear numerous times throughout the thread. I don't mean to be rude but I don't understand why people post questions without reading the facts stated which already answer these questions!.
I would also suggest that as this is completely outside of their role in acting for the estate that the solicitor is quite entitled to charge extra for this.
I do expect to pay for this, I assumed that this fee would be added to the rest of his fees to be deducted. However I may suggest to the secretary that I will pay for this directly myself rather than have them wait for it.
Dewdrop, thanks for understanding my point completely again! However I don't have any documentation that would help, which is why I asked the solicitor. All I have is the will itself, but that doesn't state the cash amounts, that information was gained from the bank by the solicitor. I only wish that I did have the information myself as it would mean not having to bother the solicitor at all.
Folks, I could also point out that I did not come here to complain about the solicitor or debate whether I would have to pay for the letter. All I asked is what the standard time is for a solicitor to send a letter at my request.
If someone in work asks me for statistical data, I know that a standard turnaround time for that data is about 3 days. All I am wondering is what the standard turnaround time for a letter of this type from a solicitor is because
I don't want to be rude by going back pestering the man in an unreasonable time frame!
