DAS Law - legal expenses insurance

Dontdas

I've been waiting since the beginning of July for advice from this lot - appointed by DAS Insurance under my NFU Mutual policy. They are hopeless. I received no advice at all until the end of last week, coincidentally just as I began a formal complaint against them. Their advice was that my case had no reasonable prospect of success. Funnily enough, I have discussed my case with four real solicitors this week (DAS is manned by unqualified "litigators") and all think that I have a good case with very real prospects of success. I have now appointed one of those solicitors who has given me simple, strategic advice of the sort you would expect from a professional. Of course I will have to pay for it and I suspect that any attempt to claim reimbursement under my legal expenses insurance will be resisted by DAS.
Has anyone else had experience of DAS Law ?

dacouch

Just bear in mind that it is in solicitors interest to tell you your case has realistic chances.

They will receive their fee from you whether they win or lose

Dontdas

Thanks, Dacouch. You are absolutely right but this is a very simple contract law issue (and having read law at Uni I know it is simple). The advice from DAS is that I don't have a contract, although I do have a contract which is evidenced in writing, signed by both me and the other party (a letting agent engaged by me under a full service agreement to manage a house I let out). I have complied with the agreement to the letter, including allowing the agent to draw his commission and disbursements (i.e. the consideration provided by me in return for various management services he has failed to perform).
DAS are shocking. My case has been dumped in a "deal with this later" box for months. I don't think that it is a lack of prospects of success that has stopped them from doing anything. I think it is a combination of stupidity and inertia. And perhaps a feeling that even if I win they wouldn't earn much from such a simple case.

Mungo76

Persist with your complaint, if you have a solicitors opinion that has reasonable prospects above 51 % send it to them (if you haven't done so already).

If they continue to disagree ask them to appoint a barrister to provide an opinion.

Dontdas

Thank you Mungo76. I will.

catherine.cordon

DAS LEI UK BRISTOL are crooks see my email to the BBC Bristol below contact dickon.hooper@bbc.co.uk

From: catherine cordon <catherine.cordon@hotmail.co.uk>
Sent: 30 September 2019 11:13
To: Dickon Hooper <dickon.hooper@bbc.co.uk>
Subject: Re: 'Whistle Blowing' making public disclosers Das LlEI UK (Bristol)

Good morning Dickon,

I wondered if you have had the opportunity to read the info I sent you last week.

Something has got to be done about this organisation because they are literally robbing their customers and destroying peoples lives..

I have just read some new shocking stories on line about Das malpractices and the sheer misery they are causing their cus

Can those Das customers who have been 'ripped off' by Das contact you also ?[
Das are in breach of ALL their corporate 'mumbo jumbo' about being 'leaders of justice'.

I have touched upon the particularly vile nature of the threats intimidation and B&H I was subjected to after I 'blew the whistle' about Das malpractices and would like to share that evidence with you in summary below but certainly not the full picture..
I was repeatedly screamed and shouted at and told repeatedly 'You are insane' ' No you are completely insane' if you do not withdraw your complaints against Das
I was told ' Das would not fund my claims unless I withdrew my complaints against them'.
I was told by the law firms that unless I withdrew my complaints against Das they could not work for me under instruction by Das
I was told that ' You will not survive the stress and you could die' if I pursued with my claims against Das
I was told that 'my cancer would return' and ' you will not survive secondary cancer' if I continued with my complaints against Das.
I was told that my very strong high value claims would be given 'zero value and success rates' unless I withdrew my complaints
I have evidence that because I did not withdraw my complaints against Das they and the law firms concoted many, many unlawful acts including deliberately changing vital information on false grounds and basis which ensured my claims would be 'struck out' because those acts were irretrievable
I have evidence that the law firms have stated Das caused them a 'conflict of interest' which prejudiced my Claims and that they were 'set-up' by Das
I have evidence that I now have further major health issues which I know have been caused by the stress of this appalling situation
I have evidence that my marriage and also my husbands health has suffered terribly because of these matters

I have explained the impossible situation for me 'other' Das customers that to take them on legally will cost £ 100k ++ that is an impossibility for me and I am sure most Das customers

Kind regards
Catherine
01628 667694