HIPS Pain

Michael Brooks has recently read an item written by a partner in a small law practice, this on the subject of HIP pains!

The correspondent intimated that in the week prior to her writing the article, she and her partner had received four HIP packs all of which were incorrect and all of which had one other thing in common – they were all provided by online, low-cost HIP pack providers instructed directly by the Seller Client. We will not go into detail here but please, Clients and others, be warned! It is the Brooks & Partners view that although a HIP pack is of little practical use in selling a property and consumes both time and of course money, if, added to those considerations, the HIP pack is also incorrectly prepared it simply makes things worse.

Brooks & Partners are equipped to organise the preparation of a pack of good quality, inexpensive and which can be prepared very quickly. Any question on this should be directed to Simon Brooks or Vickie Lennard and all Sellers and prospective Sellers are strongly recommended to contact one of them.

CONSUMERS SCEPTICAL ABOUT “TESCO LAW”

Brooks & Partners have previously questioned why the public would wish to buy legal services “off the shelf” from a supermarket and now a major opinion poll has made interesting reading. The poll indicates that consumers are “sceptical” about banks and supermarkets providing legal services because they have concerns about the quality of work which will be undertaken. A survey of public attitude towards Solicitors, commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and released very recently, found that 69% of respondents “agree they would be concerned about the quality of service offered by these organisations”. The Report said that “there is an overall view that banks and supermarkets cannot provide the same level of service as a firm of Solicitors”.

Should the above be greeted with surprise – perhaps not, simply put, the Brooks & Partners view is that banks are for banking (although no comment will be made over the recent course of events), supermarkets are for shopping and Solicitors are for legal services!