Re: Lawyers
Dear all,
Today had quite another bad experience with Lim Soh XXXXXX when signing documents.
There were some issues and i was told by my agent to check with them given next week is full of public holidays. In front of the developers, the lawyer flared up over a misunderstanding and started shouting and throw his phone on the desk in front of me even though he said he wasn't involved and hated people who mixed subsale matters with developer cases. He then accused me of trying to hold up my own case with the intention of cancelling, if i really did, i wouldn't have waited more than 8 months waiting. I went to another lawyer as i felt overcharged when they were quoting me higher prices than what was clearly the market rate but they were still representing the buyer.
I seriously was just asking for help from a developer friend and did not know the lawyer in front of me was the owner of the firm. I asked him, your card never said you were the boss and the folks introduced you as someone stationed at developer. How would i know the one handling the subsale is your wife when you addressed her by her surname?
Even though he continued his tirade, i sat through and quietly finished signing the documents and finished in two hours. I also waited before the customers left and then i answered his questions politely and i told him i did not deserve this.
In the end, my friend called me up and told me other folks were also complaining about their behaviour, showing up late (still ok), loudly shouting in front of customers, etc.
It doesn't matter that they were the ones holding up paperwork earlier on and are not communicating well with agent/lawyers which resulted in the misunderstanding.
I would strongly advise all to seek professional help whenever possible. Even if the legal services are paid by the developer, i would strongly recommend to pay for your own lawyer if you are not comfortable with the developers one or when they start shouting at you based on hearsay and not checking/asking for the facts.