J B Leitch Reviews 

I encountered JB Leitch when they represented the other side in a First-tier Tribunal (Residential Property) case.

Whilst dealing with lawyers is rarely pleasant, I found it was actually a relief in some ways to finally interact with some bright individuals rather than the dullards the property sector seems to attract. The "legal tone" can be perceived as mildly offensive at times but I'm used to that.

It's difficult to rate the opposition but I would note that they left a load of hand-written scrawl over some documents. Perhaps that's a crude attempt at misdirection but it seems sloppy and rather unprofessional. They submitted the requested, replicated packs to the Tribunal which were found to be inconsistent due to missing sections.

It's possible and probable that they know a fair bit about property law but they know little about construction and actual property. In our case they'd clearly not spent the five minutes it would take to read the manufacturer's guide and hence made some obviously inaccurate comments on building materials.

It wasn't relevant to the case, but I was a bit disturbed by their lack of knowledge on (gas) boiler exhaust gases. That's well-known for several risks including fatal ones. It doesn't surprise me for someone sat behind a desk with an education in the arts but I would hope they would make more effort to learn about their chosen sector.

They also had the cheek to try and apply rule 13 to seek costs from the applicant which annoyed the Judge. The Judge ultimately and unusually applied rule 13 to them for the respondent's unreasonable conduct in the case relating to omitting a document.

This firm are just rude bullies who offer ground rent and management companies a way to charge more and more money to get their money.
They do not care that their clients send the bills to the wrong addresses. Instead of trying to fix the issue with incorrect figures, they send a note to the ground rent company to add a charge as well.
So for one lost invoice we have been charged not only by the management company but by the ground rent company as well because of this bad firm of solicitors.
Their review speaks for themselves and working for the likes of first port or om peveral whoever they are called now.
Sooner they remove First port from all block management the better the world will be.

Truly amazing that J.B.Leitch have not appeared on this website before. I shall be editing this post to explain exactly why.