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solicitor driving me mad.
gillykins
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I appionted a solicitor to handle my divorce in May 1999. He still has not finalised things. I swore an affidavid in August 2005 and had recieved a letter confirming a date in Dec for the hearing. The Law Society recommended that I double check with the courts to confirm (law society are waiting to investigate my complaint against my solicitor for taking so long to complete the case). The courts confirmed that the solicitor had not been in touch with them at all and I have no hearing date. I really don't know what to do next. How much would another solicitor charge to finish the case? Is my solicitor stalling to prevent the L S investigating my complaints? Could I finish the case off myself? What would the legal implications of this be?
The divorce has been uncontested and amicable throughout. Joint custody of kids. He wanted the pension and I got the house. All I need is my decree absolute but as the nisi was issued in Feb 2000 I needed to sign an affidavid because of the time lapse. HELP ME SOMEONE PLEASE!!!
The divorce has been uncontested and amicable throughout. Joint custody of kids. He wanted the pension and I got the house. All I need is my decree absolute but as the nisi was issued in Feb 2000 I needed to sign an affidavid because of the time lapse. HELP ME SOMEONE PLEASE!!!
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I'd phone the solicitor and ask him what's going on. Say you've spoken to the courts who haven't heard from him. If he umms and aahs, go to another solicitor to finish off the divorce and make a formal complaint against the old one.
JulesThe ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.0 -
Do you have a consent order sealed by the Court?
Are you paying privately or in receipt of legal aid?
What actually remains to be done? To finish the work yourself you will need to file a notice of acting in person but you can then file the affidavit and application for decree absolute yourself as well.
You don't need a court date for the decree absolute, so what is that actually for?0 -
wigginsmum wrote:I'd phone the solicitor and ask him what's going on. Say you've spoken to the courts who haven't heard from him. If he umms and aahs, go to another solicitor to finish off the divorce and make a formal complaint against the old one.
Jules
Its not quite that simple but going over the solicitors head to the complaints partner and senior partner might help.
I have asked some questions in my above post to hopefully clarify a few matters.0 -
No I'm sure it's not - I just get terribly frustrated at soliticitors myself, so wishful thinking there!
JulesThe ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.0
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