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A WEEK since completion

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  • 01-08-2019 5:13pm
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    PaulCee
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭


    And our solicitor has not sent us our money, sent us documentation of sale - well, anything. Won't return calls. Just says 'I'm dealing with it.'

    Any advice?


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Turn up at the office.


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    PaulCee
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭PaulCee


    Ha, I'd love to but I live in Sweden currently. Is such a long wait at all usual?


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    Samuel T. Cogley
    Registered Users Posts: 10,684 ✭✭✭✭Samuel T. Cogley


    Threaten to complain to the Law Society would be the other option.


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    PaulCee
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭PaulCee


    And that's what I've done. Thanks.


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    mel.b
    Registered Users Posts: 3,130 ✭✭✭mel.b


    PaulCee wrote: »
    Ha, I'd love to but I live in Sweden currently. Is such a long wait at all usual?

    Are you classed as a non-resident now? Your solicitor may be waiting for the letter of no audit before releasing funds...
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=109553270


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    skooterblue2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,816 ✭✭✭skooterblue2


    Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »
    Threaten to complain to the Law Society would be the other option.

    Want to scare the **** outta him? Mention the "master of Taxes". He is like the Internal affairs of the law society. Go send a solicitor a letter from an other solicitor (his buddy). I dont know who this guy is but I have heard a story that this guy is a bad ass and he has no time for Cowboy solicitors.
    He got this one solicitor in Waterford a notable cowboy who sounds like a comet, a strike. The guy was trying to con a Widow out of €6000 after a payout and wanted it in cash. As soon as the master of taxes was called he was instantly available and wanted to resolve the issue post haste.


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    Dolbhad
    Registered Users Posts: 782 ✭✭✭Dolbhad


    It can take a few weeks for money to be returned from a solicitor when you are abroad and you are classed as non resident. Letter of clearance/no audit needs to be given from revenue before funds can be released. This is to ensure you don’t owe any tax like cgt. If funds were released and subsequently it was found that you had owed tax, solicitor is liable so they won’t be risking that at all. All the giving out by you won’t help. Law society would be of same opinion I would assume that it’s reasonable to hold on to money until clearance is given.

    Also if you have a mortgage, solicitor would have paid that and will wait for the cheque to clear so that can take a week alone. So you could be waiting a few more weeks if revenue is involved.


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