Pox wrote:YiamCross wrote:Ker-ching. Add another £5-12,000 to the Crawford's legal bill. Maybe even more, depending on how much they had to prep before the case.
I think we may be overestimating the cost of a barrister in court for a day.
They are a tad short of work (After legal aid cutbacks) so I am sure that one could be hired for £3k a day, even in London.
They don't usually charge for prep - it's part of the job, so to speak unless in really complex cases, which this was not.
The Land Registry one was probably employed and salaried, so cheaper, me thinks.
Barrister for B&B, barrister for the Land Registry, solicitors and clerical support for all, travel costs etc, well over £6K at the most generous rates. Plus they don't have to present a breakdown of costs to the judge for assessment as they can add the costs under the mortgage agreement and no third party to moderate them for reasonableness. Ker-ching!
The Land Registry, which for our non-UK friends is where all property ownership details, charges against property etc are recorded, was involved at Tom Crawford's behest. I think it's to do with their part in the great fraud by allowing his property to be transferred into other hands without his signature. Apparently he named them when he presented his application last week but by the time he got to court this week he'd forgotten and was asking why they were there. You couldn't make it up.
If the Crawfords have any assett to their name worth a few bob they will have it taken and sold and they will, without any doubt at all, go to their graves owing a substantial amount of money Sue's Mum's House or not.