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Pls help… Uncle was trustee and executor of my father’s estate. He swindled 10k from the estate, he also had debts with my dad prior to his death & gave dad a land title for collateral, debt never paid till dad’s demise. Took him to court and court ruled in our favor. He had to pay the amount plus interests inclusive of legal fees incurred. Sale of land was permitted by the court. Uncle died. Sale of land unsuccessful.
Late 2007 family of deceased declared they found a buyer for said land, needed name tranfered to deceased son. The son signed an Statutory Declaration to undertake his father’s debts & that sale will be made through my lawyer. 2008 land was sold behind my our backs, I received only 10k less 9,300. My lawyer says her services is pro-bono on both sides, she just wants to close the case!!. Tells me to look for another lawyer to recover the 9,300. Isn’t it negligence on her part that the land was sold and money not recovered? Isn’t she obligated to see this through?
The lawyer is only obligated to perform services you specifically contracted and paid her for. She is allowed to refuse to perform additional services if she no longer feels like dealing with your case.

whitefangz1 – Well, I contracted her to recover the swindled amount plus debts the uncle incurred. This is only partially recovered. I was told that she should have caveated the land so the deceased son could not proceed with sale without my knowledge – she did not caveat it.