Thanks, Mick...
I got in contact with Michael using the details you'd provided here. At first, he seemed very nice responding to all my texts promptly. Even looked over the purchase contract and suggested amendments. This was great! I thought I'd finally found a great lawyer and was ready to recommend to others. Then he asked the question of whether I was in Hurghada so we could meet. As soon as I explained to him I was not, because I was involved in a car accident just outside Cairo a few weeks back and I am recovering (my leg got hurt very badly) and I told him my husband and I had travelled to Sharm. He went cold on me!! Does not reply to any of my messages, just views and ignores! :0(
I have suggested we conference call, Skype, set up virtual meeting web room or even Whatsapp video call if he liked. He has read all my messages and just ignored them for days. A simple reply is professional and courteous.
If he didn't want to continue looking over the contract or views my not being in Hurghada as a significant problem for him, all he had to do was communicate that to me. If he was worried about getting paid for the work he has done he could have just called me or accepted my proposal to video call one another and we could arrange all of this. I am an honest woman and up until this point appreciated all his efforts. But now I am deeply disappointed by this kind of behaviour.
I have two other friends also thinking of doing purchases quite soon, but as you can imagine very apprehensive as I was about finding a good lawyer here in Egypt. I was going to propose Michael but clearly from the lack of response to my messages. It seems I am back to square one and have to start searching again to try and find another lawyer because I haven't had an answer and if someone sends you more than one message, sees your message and doesn't reply, that sends a clear message.
If you are still dealing with him, I know you don't know me personally like that, but could you ask him what is the problem. The contract was supposed to be signed and sent back to the developers today and he has received the documents he requested but has not been in contact. So I feel as though I have just been left in limbo without explanation.
Btw: It's Samara (Sam), not Kevin :0)