Grieve & Co Ltd - Glasgow

Alan G.

Have read the details of the conduct of their law accountant Robert Grieve/ Claire Grieve/Grieve&Co in relation to them changing the date on their Certificate of Fee to prevent an already dissatisfied client finding out about more delays.

It's noted that the partners at the firm of solicitors have not actioned the clients' request for an itemised breakdown of the fee. Given the actions of Mr and Mrs Grieve, it is unlikely they ever seen the file in the first instance . Certainly Mr Grieve's description of the file as large and complex has been challenged by other solicitors who have reviewed the clients documents.

So unprofessional are they that once they got caught out Mr Grieve threatened legal action against the solicitors' client because the firm had not yet paid him for his services. Pathetic, unprofessional and dishonest.

If your solicitors use this firm. I would urge you to get your solicitors to change it. Or change solicitors. Chances are your solicitors are using Robert Grieve and Grieve and Co because they are not independent. But are dishonest, unprofessional and corrupt.

Myra H.

I see Grieve and Co, together with Robert and Claire Grieve have received a special mention in a High level complaint against the SLCC. It relates to Mrs and Mrs Grieve changing the dates on their Certificate of Fee to conceal a solicitor's delays. The attached email requesting the change of date was provided to the solicitor's clients by Robert Grieve himself. He also provided both copies of his certificate of fee - one dated 30nSeptember 2021 with the new one dated 11 Novermber 2021.

Since the firm have failed to even acknowledge the clients request for a full itemised breakdown of the fee (only appropriate since Mr and Mrs Grieve /Grieve and Co cannot be accepted as independent), and since SOLAS have no power or interest, they are pushing for a full investigation into the conduct of the Grieves and the firm's they work for.

These people cannot be trusted.

Alex M.

Totally Corrupt. A solicitor tells them a vastly inflated fee to charge a client. Grieve then make a fake invoice which the solicitors use. I was charged for 6 meetings, yet I never met the solicitors once. Grieve are not accountants and not lawyers. They should rename themselves Thieve and Co. I gave them a chance to explain themselves, they refused to talk to me even though we paid their bill. AVOID. If your solicitor uses them - change solicitors.

Margaret G.

Appallingly unprofessional and clearly dishonest.

Despite being informed by the solicitor that the relationship between solicitor and client had broken down irretrievably and that a complaint had been lodged their complaint with the SLCC, the law accountant contacted the solicitor's client to brag about their wealth of experience and professionalism, and explain that the law accountant believed the fees charged were too high, and the law accountant instructed the solicitor to cap the fees. Correspondence obtained via a subject access request shows that it was the law accountant who asked the solicitor what the fee should be capped at. Then the law accountant signed off on this as their own decision.

In response to the subject access request the law accountant took steps to attempt to resolve the client's complaint against the solicitors!!! The law accountant revised the executry accounts to alter the division of the residue of the estate but made mistakes doing so. Also, in this email the law accountant explains that there was a delay in the client receiving the original Executry Accounts because the solicitor was on holiday, and then the law acountant was away . This a blatant lie. The subject access request revealed that the executry accounts were sent to the solicitor, but the solicitor took over a month and a half to forward these to the client. The executry accounts were sent to the solicitor well before they went on holiday. The subject access request revealed the email from the solicitor to the law accountant in which the solicitor explains they have been run off their feet and asking the law accountant to amend the date on the Certificate of Fee, to conceal further poor service and unnecessary delays and prevent further complaint. The law accountant did so. Yet another lie.

It is unfortunate for the law accountant that the solicitor only shared what information was necessary with the law accountant. The solicitor and law accountant agreed in advance that a fee would be set at a certain level and the law accountant sign off on it. Following this, if the client remains dissatisfied, the solicitor would be willing to reduce the fees further since the fees charged were artificially inflated in the first instance. Unfortunately for the law accountant, the solicitors did not follow through with a further reduction in the fees. Yet, the law accountant in his correspondence states the solicitor has reduced the fees further. They had not.

The one positive is that the solicitor agreed to absorb the law accountant's fee, considering their awful unprofessional service.

I have read that Grieve & Co are dealing with the family trusts set up by McClure's. I have grave concerns for those affected by McClure's. The last thing those people need is yet another firm charging them for an unprofessional and dishonest service.