I appreciate that the lady concerned is a pensioner, but if legal advice is what she needs (and it appears here that it is the only way forward) then surely in the long term €750 is a small price to pay rather than loose the land, or be unable to sell it. if the solicitor can do their job, and push forward the sale of the land, then the €750 will have been worth it.
no solicitor can guarantee an outcome, however most will be able to advise you on the strength of your case. Most - though not all - will give you a first consultation free of charge. So it would be worth speaking to a few and getting a few opinions on what the recommended course of action would be, and what the expected outcome would be, and the estimated final costs.
And finally, sorry to be picky here, but if she bought the land initially to build a holiday home, and now cannot, then the money for the building costs has not been used. can this money not be used to engage a solicitor? I appreciate she is a pensioner, but she had enough money to buy the land, and initially had enough money to plan on building a holiday home (which I am assuming she would have visited regularly, thus meaning that she was financially stable enough to afford the flights also) so how have her circumstances changed so dramatically that she cannot afford €750 to get legal help? this would be less than the price of a couple of flights to the island to her holiday home, had it been built!
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