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Solicitors lieing !!!!
Little_Miss_Knuckles
Posts: 13 Forumite
Hi everyone.,..
I dont really know where im supposed to enter this thread so please forgive me for its appearance just here...:(
Im in a panic and really dont understand what i should do...
My father passed away in December last year and i took in my siblings... We got a solicitor to help us with the barrage of things coming our way from his wife ( been apart for 12 year whilst she was having numerous affairs - but my father passed away 10 days before he was supposed to have his papers sorted out for the divorce )
ANyway. I did what i could to try and get some of estate to go to the people and things e wanted.... but.... Heres the catch .... I spoke to the solicitors who said would take on the case via phone and the man we dealt with said " dont worry about funds we will be able to get legal aid ". Both my self and my husband both lost our jobs the day my dad died - we all worked together. So that felt as if we had someone in the know on our side of things.... we agreed... I signed the forms he had.... and once again he reiterated that there would be legal aid...... we left.
He sent out 4 letters and sent us a bill just short of £900.... We we shocked i spoke to guy and he said.... " no u cant get legal aid now and i never said we could." ... I said well to be honest i cant afford to pay that kind of money we are struggling to eat never mind that. He said just pay what ever you can when you can... Today i have another law firm based closer to us now stating that unless i pay in full with 7 days....
"we are instructed to issue proceedings against you without further notice. As your debt exceeds £750 this may include insolvency proceeding against you
If anyone thinks they may know something that would help or anything at all that works please let me know..../ They lied and they totally ignore you hence please can someone tell me what they think please...
Thankyou so much in advance
Little Miss Knuckles
xxxxxx
:(:(:(
I dont really know where im supposed to enter this thread so please forgive me for its appearance just here...:(
Im in a panic and really dont understand what i should do...
My father passed away in December last year and i took in my siblings... We got a solicitor to help us with the barrage of things coming our way from his wife ( been apart for 12 year whilst she was having numerous affairs - but my father passed away 10 days before he was supposed to have his papers sorted out for the divorce )
ANyway. I did what i could to try and get some of estate to go to the people and things e wanted.... but.... Heres the catch .... I spoke to the solicitors who said would take on the case via phone and the man we dealt with said " dont worry about funds we will be able to get legal aid ". Both my self and my husband both lost our jobs the day my dad died - we all worked together. So that felt as if we had someone in the know on our side of things.... we agreed... I signed the forms he had.... and once again he reiterated that there would be legal aid...... we left.
He sent out 4 letters and sent us a bill just short of £900.... We we shocked i spoke to guy and he said.... " no u cant get legal aid now and i never said we could." ... I said well to be honest i cant afford to pay that kind of money we are struggling to eat never mind that. He said just pay what ever you can when you can... Today i have another law firm based closer to us now stating that unless i pay in full with 7 days....
"we are instructed to issue proceedings against you without further notice. As your debt exceeds £750 this may include insolvency proceeding against you
If anyone thinks they may know something that would help or anything at all that works please let me know..../ They lied and they totally ignore you hence please can someone tell me what they think please...
Thankyou so much in advance
Little Miss Knuckles
xxxxxx
:(:(:( 0
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I can't help, but hope you can get it sort it out.Credit card debt - NIL
Home improvement secured loans 30,130/41,000 and 23,156/28,000 End 2027 and 2029
Mortgage 64,513/100,000 End Nov 2035
2022 all rolling into new mortgage + extra to finish house. 125,000 End 20360 -
The Legal Complaints Service (LCS) investigates complaints about solicitors. We handle over 300 calls a day on a range of legal complaints. We have a dedicated staff of 390 helping you to resolve your complaint.
http://www.legalcomplaints.org.uk/home.page0 -
Didn't want to read and run, all the best :-)I AM A MONEY MAGNET, THEY ARE MAKING MORE MONEY FOR ME AS WE SPEAK:pMIKES MOB, DFW NERD 1071, DFW LHS 132!MIRACLES HAPPEN I'VE SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES. LBM 08£77240.69 Current outstanding total £36083.01 Paid so far = £41157.680
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they wont go down the insolvency route, will cost them £500+ todo it. You should approach the cab for advice, but not sure everything is been stated in the post.0
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