Stevens Son and Pope were instructed to carry out the most straight forward conveyance of a property title. Despite having the stamp duty money in hand for a month they failed to pay a penalty letter was received from the HRMC. Despite their assurances, following internal buck passing, that all was in hand a further penalty notice was received a month later.
Having eventually contacted HMRC myself I was told their records showed no stamp duty received.
I would advise anyone to avoid Stevens Son and Pope in property matters and for that matter if my experience is indicative of their general lacksadaisical approach to instructions avoid using them completely read more