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Norton Peskett
Digusting Law Firm
I bought my home through Howards Estate Agents. They told me that I should use Norton Peskett Solicitors to handle the conveyancing. Indeed, I think it is fair to say that they pressured me into using Norton Peskett. The solicitor handling the matter, Lena Vicente, told me that all the required legal searches had been made, and that they were no problems: I would get clear title to the house. Then about a month after I moved in I got a letter from another firm of solicitors representing my next door neighbours. They claimed that because my neighbours had been using part of my garden for many years before I bought the land I would have to turn over about two-thirds of my garden to my neighbours, and that I would not get any money for that land! At first I thought it was a joke, I had never heard of such a thing. But as the months went by this nightmare became very real. I asked Norton Peskett why they had not caught this problem. Their response was meaningless drivel: Just fancy legal words and gobbledygook. I asked Norton Peskett what they would do to help me: They said that they would be happy to represent me at a rate £200 per hour for their time. I said that since they caused the problem it was only fair that they absorb the cost of fixing it. But they refused to give me any help for free. I have now paid them over £15,000 and still they failed to save my land. The court gave my land to my neighbour, and I will never get any compensation. To add insult to injury, I even had to pay my neighbour's costs that they incurred in stealing my land. As for Norton Peskett, they have made a handsome profit for their incompetence. But I wonder, was it just incompetence, or did they plan it to work out this way all along? I have since learned that Howards have a very cosy relationship with Norton Peskett, they send each other a lot of business.
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Norton Peskett Solicitors
Digusting Law Firm
I bought my home through Howards Estate Agents. They told me that I should use Norton Peskett Solicitors to handle the conveyancing. Indeed, I think it is fair to say that they pressured me into using Norton Peskett. The solicitor handling the matter, Lena Vicente, told me that all the required legal searches had been made, and that they were no problems: I would get clear title to the house. Then about a month after I moved in I got a letter from another firm of solicitors representing my next door neighbours. They claimed that because my neighbours had been using part of my garden for many years before I bought the land I would have to turn over about two-thirds of my garden to my neighbours, and that I would not get any money for that land! At first I thought it was a joke, I had never heard of such a thing. But as the months went by this nightmare became very real. I asked Norton Peskett why they had not caught this problem. Their response was meaningless drivel: Just fancy legal words and gobbledygook. I asked Norton Peskett what they would do to help me: They said that they would be happy to represent me at a rate £200 per hour for their time. I said that since they caused the problem it was only fair that they absorb the cost of fixing it. But they refused to give me any help for free. I have now paid them over £15,000 and still they failed to save my land. The court gave my land to my neighbour, and I will never get any compensation. To add insult to injury, I even had to pay my neighbour's costs that they incurred in stealing my land. As for Norton Peskett, they have made a handsome profit for their incompetence. But I wonder, was it just incompetence, or did they plan it to work out this way all along? I have since learned that Howards have a very cosy relationship with Norton Peskett, they send each other a lot of business.
