Hi, my mother in law is in a care home and her money has all but run out apart from her property. We are in the process of arranging a deferred payment with the local authority and part of the application required us to provide details of a solicitor.
The solicitor has recieved correspondence from the LA and has indicated his fee will be £500 (I assume excluding Vat but I need to check) to act on our behalf.
We have no way of knowing if the fee is reasonable but this is in addition to the £478 the LA are to charge leaving my mothers finances in an even worse state.
Does anyone have experience of the solicitor fees for deferred payment and if so does the £500 look reasonable?
Thanks Martin
The solicitor has recieved correspondence from the LA and has indicated his fee will be £500 (I assume excluding Vat but I need to check) to act on our behalf.
We have no way of knowing if the fee is reasonable but this is in addition to the £478 the LA are to charge leaving my mothers finances in an even worse state.
Does anyone have experience of the solicitor fees for deferred payment and if so does the £500 look reasonable?
Thanks Martin