loan to pay divorce solicitor

44pinkpink

eastchristina wrote:

I just thought a tale a friend told me might help.

She was getting a divorce from her hubby, who was a barrister. He appointed a QC (friend) to fight his side (at one point he apparently said that he would rather his kids were unhappy than let her have them) so she had to appoint a QC too, at vast expense.

Apparently he told the divorce court that he was skint, and had only earnt a pittance in the year 19xx to xx. Somehow my friend and her QC managed to obtain his bank statements and the 'good' QC then smoothly asked 'What about this £80,000 payment into your account just after the end of that financial year?'

The Law Society (or whoever it is) apparently takes a VERY dim view of carrying money over like this. He lost his case and had to make her VERY generous maintainance payments

So chin up - it can be done! :j :beer:

thanx yet again everyone!!!
yes my almost-ex is a gp who does loads of private work and is involved in other businesses too. his best mate is his solicitor, as his is brother. that's why i went to court to get him to answer the forty-odd questions about his finances....cos i know he hasn't disclosed it all. cos i knew he'd do this i photocopied loads of his stuff before he left...i'm just waiting now to see if what i know and what he tells me match up.
i've also discovered how much he has in a new bank account....loads and loads. funny how he has made the two accounts that i see badly overdrawn!!
and all the time he want people to feel sorry for him, telling them how i'm taking it all to court, telling them how much he cares about his kids. load of rubbish.
oooh i feel so much more positive talking to all of you
xxx

44pinkpink

jockettuk wrote:

i got divorced a few yrs ago and as i had a half share in our property i couldnt get legal aid i got public funding which means that my bill is paid when my house is sold.. it also means as a previous poster has said that the solicitors fees are not as big as if he did it privatley.. so my bill came to £700 whilst ex's was much bigger. i also found that my solicitor had the funding at his hands to carry out anything i asked him to do and that way he can find out a lot more abt the ex than you think he can..

oh someone has mentioned public funding to me. so how do i get that?? is it done by the same people as the legal aid? aaagh so confusing. and if i have already started with a solicitor , can i ask her? or would that mean i have to get another one?

44pinkpink

if anyone else is reading this and is in a similar situation to me, I've just seen this web-site...it looks good so far and seems to answer the sort of questions i'm asking. ....https://www.compactlaw.co.uk

Cook_County

SG Hambro specialise in lending money to people just like you providing the lawyers think you will get a good settlement...

44pinkpink

thanx....I'll look them up.
solicitor says I will get a good settlement....the trouble is it looks as tho she'll get a good proportion of it.

jockettuk

44pinkpink wrote:

oh someone has mentioned public funding to me. so how do i get that?? is it done by the same people as the legal aid? aaagh so confusing. and if i have already started with a solicitor , can i ask her? or would that mean i have to get another one?

mention it to your solicitor mine is all done through him.. ..

44pinkpink

will do that asap

Bossyboots

44pinkpink wrote:

oh someone has mentioned public funding to me. so how do i get that?? is it done by the same people as the legal aid? aaagh so confusing. and if i have already started with a solicitor , can i ask her? or would that mean i have to get another one?

pinkpink, legal aid and public funding are exactly the same thing. Public funding is simply the name by legal aid is now known. My responses to you by pm remain the same and I have sent you another one.

There are tiers of public funding and your income can be too much for the lower tier but you can still qualify for the higher tier where you would in most cases have to pay a monthly contribution.

You would only have to change solicitors if you qualified for funding and your solicitor was not contracted by the Legal Services Commission to do that sort of work.

almond

hi
If I can help pm me I have been divorced for two years and thought I was
going to lose it all, you need to do it yourself and not sit back and let
the solicitor do all the work. Check bank statements, letters and anything
that is laying round the house. Do the homework yourself, mine told me
he was broke found out he had private account with over £10,000.
I was at my wits end thinking I was going to lose everything and won!
if I can do it you can.
bye
and good luck

Dora_the_Explorer_5

Chin up - things can only get better. Make sure you get your share of all of his pensions - especially his NHS one. Are you gathering proof of past expenditure which gave you the lifestyle you enjoyed as a family? Judges don't like women and kids being financially duffed up by !!!!!! professional blokes and would probably want to ensure your kids lifestyle wasn't affected by the divorce more than absolutely necessary. So if the kids and you enjoyed nice holidays abroad, kids had super birthday and xmas presents etc etc it's all evidence of the their lifestyle as a family. Give yourself a pat on the back, he's only earning what he's earning because he didn't have to look after the kids, do the ironing, scrub the kitchen floor, or pay a childminder when he was on call. You've contribued in quite significant ways to his career and any future promotion. If you can, try and have a look at the reports on the net of the footballer who recently divorced and whose future earnings were taken into consideration by the judge when making the financial settlement - might not apply to you but it'll make smile (sorry can't remember the footballer's name). And remember, whatever it costs you, it will have been worth it when you look back. You get a new start. Good luck - Dora