info for those of us who are unhappy with the lawyers we used for the initial purchase process Cheers JA
If I’m unhappy with the service my lawyer provided me with when I bought my house, are there any official bodies I can complain to?
There certainly are. The most appropriate organisation to take your complaint to would be the local professional association of lawyers, know as the college of lawyers, or colegio de abogados in Spanish. Look up ‘colegio de abogados’ plus the name of the province where you are buying in Google and you are almost certain to find the website of the local college. Alternatively use the same search term in the local yellow pages (pagina amarillas). The college should investigate all complaints, and can reprimand or expel lawyers who are found to have acted unethically. You can also take your complaint to the local consumer office run by the government, if you feel you want to complain to more than one organisation.