I instructed Giambrone in March this year to help with the purchase of a northern Italy property. I checked them out online, spoke to people in the office, met the lawyers in the manchester office who seemed kosher and paid them some money on account. Three weeks later they fired all their solicitors. Turns out that at the time I appointed them they were being investigated by the SRA - but there was no way of me knowing this as its all confidential until they publish their reports. There is a site called solicitors from hell or something (google it) that includes Giambrone on their blacklist - found that one too late unfortunately, and didn't come across the incalabria postings. BUT even with all this, I have still decided to use a solicitor in our house purchase. Dealing directly with the notary is impractical if you don't speak Italian and aren't actually local to the office already I think. Also, notaries do make mistakes and omissions - turns out the house we want to buy wasn't registered on the land registry properly by the previous notary. No-one ever said it was going to be easy! Pazienza...
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I instructed Giambrone in March this year to help with the purchase of a northern Italy property. I checked them out online, spoke to people in the office, met the lawyers in the manchester office who seemed kosher and paid them some money on account. Three weeks later they fired all their solicitors. Turns out that at the time I appointed them they were being investigated by the SRA - but there was no way of me knowing this as its all confidential until they publish their reports. There is a site called solicitors from hell or something (google it) that includes Giambrone on their blacklist - found that one too late unfortunately, and didn't come across the incalabria postings. BUT even with all this, I have still decided to use a solicitor in our house purchase. Dealing directly with the notary is impractical if you don't speak Italian and aren't actually local to the office already I think. Also, notaries do make mistakes and omissions - turns out the house we want to buy wasn't registered on the land registry properly by the previous notary. No-one ever said it was going to be easy! Pazienza...