Ratings for Norton Peskett Solicitors
Ratings
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Norton Peskett SolicitorsA Description of My Hellish Experiences as a Client of Norton Peskett Solicitors
embezzlement, gibbons, loftus, bagshaw, trust for sale, madle
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Don't believe everything you readAny twisted crook can post on here
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Dishonest and Incompetent Solicitor
This law firm has embezzled my money, lied to me, cost me over 500000 pounds in unnecessary inheritance tax, fought against me (their own client), and destroyed irreplaceable family heirlooms. The solicitor that heads their probate department, Revd. John Michael Loftus, claims to have over 30 years experience in inheritance, probate, and tax law. But the combination of his incompetence and dishonesty is mind boggling. He is a dangerous predator, seeking out the old and infirm, offering a cheap Will writing service as a loss-leader to get the lucrative "probate industry" business later. He then structures the Will as a trust for sale, a lawyer's trick to allow the executors to ignore the deceased wishes, and do whatever they want. Then he writes himself into the Will as an executor. He tells his victims that they can trust him because he is a vicar. He even gives out coupons for a free Will written by Norton Peskett while he is wearing his vicar's uniform in church. He cares only about his own profits, and is very willing, even enthusiastic, to destroy lives in order to maximize his profits. He tells his victims how much he loves them, and that they can trust him. Then, when his victims realize what he has done, and it is too late to stop him, he taunts them, telling them how stupid they were to trust him. The words "love" and "trust" now make me physically sick after 6 years of fighting this monster.
estate administration, embezzlement, forgery, loftus, bagshaw, trust for sale
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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.