A lovely lunch – and a race to the finish!

Posted by on Dec 16, 2011 in Abaddons Musings | 0 comments The Tenterden Pudding Club – a monthly lunch meeting for lawyers, estate agents, accountants, etc, in Tenterden – had its pre-Christmas lunch today. We were well-hosted by Juliet Porter at the Swan Village Inn in Sandhurst – absolutely top quality “pub grub”, making a good change from “turkey with all the trimmings” that is so ubiquitous this time of...
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When lawyers and clients agree

Posted by on Dec 4, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments It is particularly rewarding when a client “gets it”: when he or she so understands and appreciates my work philosophy that it almost a case of two minds with but a single view. However, it is very rare: I can probably count on the fingers of one hand the number of clients who are so in line with my attitudes and processes that there is never a glitch in the process of acting for...
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More on boundaries

Posted by on Nov 28, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments Property boundaries are probably the single biggest cause of disputes with neighbours, each fighting fiercely to protect “their” land.  However, the position is rarely clear cut, and it is never worth falling out with your neighbour if it can be avoided The Physical Boundary: A registered title almost never shows ownership of individual boundary structures such as walls, fences and...
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Solicitors just don’t get it, do they?

Posted by on Nov 26, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments On the whole, people (that includes solicitors’ clients) like to be treated as individuals, don’t they? They don’t usually want to be treated as “just another file”, yet all too often that is exactly how solicitors treat them: they expect clients to fit into the lawyers’ procedures, not the other way around. OK, procedures are often in place for very good...
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CAMRA observations

Posted by on Nov 5, 2011 in English Pub | 0 comments I attended a meeting of a local branch of CAMRA earlier in the week. Of those attending – 50 percent were bearded 60 percent wore beer-related T-shirts 75 percent had beer bellies 90 percent were anoraks 100 percent were male In other news: the minibus trip to visit the “Pub of the year” candidates will be on my wife’s birthday – that’s her birthday treat...
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Tick box blockages

Posted by on Oct 31, 2011 in Nelsons' Column | 0 comments One of the problems we experience with residential conveyancing is the “tick box approach” of so many other firms It comes down to cost Because their business model is to do the work down to a (low) price, rather than up to a (high) standard, they delegate the work to the lowest grade (and therefore lowest paid) person who can deal with it: probably not legally qualified at all, but...
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