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Initial Complaint
28/09/2022
- Complaint Type:
- Service or Repair Issues
- Status:
- Answered
When I first contaced this law office I was upfront that this is a difficult case and that the city of edmonton is involved. I was told that they had a lawyer that could handle it so I made an appointment for a consultation which cost 472.50$. My consultation was with ****** *****. After explaining what was going on I was told by ****** that it would cost about 20 -30 grand and that because there is so much damage that continues to this day that it was worth suing. I discussed how important it was that I get the ****'s for both properties. I even left my house file which contained the land title, inspection and sale of my property for him to review. I drew pictures and discussed with ****** that the city is keeping the ****'s from me and it was said that we would go through the court to get them. It doesn't matter what was said because ****** forgot as soon as I left that office. The next week I paid a 4000$ retainer as ****** agreed to take the case. I received no communication on the case until I started to ask questions and asked for the return of my house file. After questioning and emailing ****** with information I thought would be important to the case. I received an email back telling me that after drafting the papers for the law suit he reviewed the case better and had questions, that he would call me to discuss. When ****** called I was told that I'm better off selling as is even if I will loose everything. Now it's going to be 10's of thousands of dollars. Why would he draft the papers then review the case better. So I have paid over 3000$ for papers I don't have and can't use. I believe this was done purposely to keep the retainer. It's been 2 weeks since getting my file back but haven't received what was left of my retainer. I don't believe that they will send what they owe me. This business has no integrity and treated me like I didn't matter and took the 5000$ I paid for a useless service that didn't listen or pay attention in the first meeting.
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Customer Complaints Summary
1 total complaints in the last 3 years.
0 complaints closed in the last 12 months.