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Originally Posted by dave99
Did you sign ANYTHING - that could be construed as a contract for the lawyer to act on your behalf - like a "standard" agreement - if so do you have a copy in English.
Has the lawyer actually stated that he has passed on the money or not.
Has the developer told you that he has NOT received the money.
Have you got a letter from the developer accepting your cancellation.
Have you got a receipt from the lawyer for the deposit.
Do you have anything that tells you how the "client account" will be used.
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Hi again Dave,
No we have not signed anything at all.
The lawyer has told me that he has released the money as follows:
£14448.00 to the developer and £3612.00 to our UK agent as commission.
The developer and the agent have confirmed this. The developer have said they have got not problem refunding their part but want us to pay a canx fee of 15% (they are looking into this now as they did not know we hadnt signed anything as the lawyer told them we had signed). The UK agent is saying its down to the lawyer to refund us the money they have received as commission as its down to his negligence (which is a total joke - why should the get commission on a no deal?).
I have not got anything in writing that confirms how the client account will be used - just verbal information from the agent and the lawyer.
I have got confirmation that the money has been received by the lawyer and have also got a transaction complete confirmation from my banks International Banking Team.
I have not got anything in writing from the developer re the cancellation although they have confirmed over the phone and via email that they will refund the monies etc. The stumbling block here is they want to refund the monies to the lawyers client account - I am then worried if he will refund them to us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!