Solicitors fees

Negotiator said:
May I ask you Bronte if you've every gone to a solicitor you've never used before and were you billed for an 'initial consultation'?
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I've always stuck with my own excellent solicitor in Ireland for many moons now. And have never had a section 68 letter and personally don't need one and have always agreed the fee up front.

Abroad I've hired one, but fees are set for property transactions and when I took a landlord to court here there were set fees that were too low for the solicitor to act but we agreed his fee in advance which I was happy to pay.

I would never agree to a fee per hour. If it were complicated which can happen then my solicitor would discuss with me and we'd take it from there.
 
whiskey1 said:
Thought it an okay comparision myself.
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Thanks Whiskey, you obviously believe in the concept of providing good customer Service......something that would appear to be completely lost on the service provider in this case!
 
I didn't get any email notifications that there was activity on this thread so apologies for the late update. The end of the story was that I negotiated the fee down and paid it. It was never my intention not to pay *anything* (I know I worded the initial post wrong), but I was enquiring into how this process should normally work during disputes.

I can't see the entire thread to comment inline so I'll cover some points;
- the section 68 was issued 2 days after our in person meeting, this was the first time any fees were raised to me
- I know time costs money but people should be upfront about costs, especially when they're bordering on ridiculous
 
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