the final chapter

I havent been on here in ages, but just wanted to post a note to say after years of legal wrangling, stalling and just general dicking about, we have now received a full refund into our UK bank account.

Despite thoughts to the contrary, we stuck with our original solicitors Parra & Gonzalez in Torre and they finally came good for us, not without an awful lot of pushing and cajoling from my side on a weekly basis. God bless Maria Pina who was always polite and patient despite my obvious irritation.

I wanted to say to those still waiting for money not to give up hope and to keep fighting the fight however weary you feel.

SGR threw every possible obstacle in our path and close to the end we had to get 2 further power of attorneys drawn up as the first one was contested (due to myself and lynne marrying in the interim) and the second one was "incorrectly legally worded" (?), but it would seem that in the end they knew they had nowhere to go and coughed up.

Good luck to everyone else out there.

Keith

Hi Keith & Lynne

We were delighted to hear your good news - it couldn´t have happened to a nicer couple! - and thanks for sharing it with everybody.

Kind regards.

Sue & John

Hi Keith & Lynne

                just want to say congrats

brianmags

Hi Keith and Lynne

Congratulations!! did you have a bank guarantee??

Hi Keith and Lynee

Congratulations. We too know how difficult it was dealing with SGR, but like you say they knew they would have to pay in the end ost of it was just stalling for time a bit like San Jose are doing now. Like us you can now get on and enjoy your life.

Cheers

Dave

Hey Hew, yes we did have a BG, but its was with SGR and had an expiration date on it. They threw everything at us bar the kitchen sink and like I said we had to draw up several different power of attorneys to get around their obstacles. Good luck with your claim.

We basically made ourselves a complete pain in the arse of the solicitors representing us - not in a nasty way - I just didnt go away and didnt accept answers like "oh it will happen soon and we will get in touch" coz thats like a piece of string.