Legal Ombudsman Problems

paraza

And to answer the questions above. It relates to my previous post. It is the same solicitor. It has just taken 2 years for the ombudsman to pick up my file

paraza

porkisnotmeat said:

Manxman_in_exile said:

To have a problem with one solicitor may be regarded as a misfortune, but to have a problem with two looks like... er... negligence.

It's not negligence to have a problem with two solicitors.  It's a problem with the OP, who is the common denominator.

It’s the same solicitor! It’s just taken 2 years for the Ombudsman to pick up my complaint!

paraza

Manxman_in_exile said:

sheramber said:

Is this to do with the solicitor payment  dispute in your post of 2018

Do you mean about the divorce and whether or not a solicitors' bill was full and final?

Just looking at that again (I actually posted on it but didn't make this point) I wonder who told the OP that it was a final bill?

The OP has firm XYZ acting for them in their divorce, and their solicitor is B.  B decides to leave XYZ and the OP decides to transfer their case along with B.  OP asks for a final bill for the work done by XYZ, gets one, pays it, but then XYZ send another bill.

I would have thought it depended upon whom the OP asked for a full and final bill.  If it was the individual solicitor B whom they asked, I think it might depend on whether B still worked for XYZ, or whether they were working for themselves at the time.  Similarly, if the OP was assured by B that it was a full and final bill, was B still working for XYZ at that time, or for himself?

Thank you for your reply. It is the same solicitor. It’s just taken 2 years for the Ombudsman to pick up my complaint

Manxman_in_exile

But who are you complaining about now?

In your earlier thread you appeared to be complaining about the firm - let's call them XYZ - that he - let's call him B - worked for before he left because XYZ were sending you additional bills after you thought you had paid for all the work that had been done by them.

So are you still complaining about the firm  XYZ, or are you now complaining about the individual solicitor, B?

Manxman_in_exile

porkisnotmeat said:

Manxman_in_exile said:

To have a problem with one solicitor may be regarded as a misfortune, but to have a problem with two looks like... er... negligence.

It's not negligence to have a problem with two solicitors.  It's a problem with the OP, who is the common denominator.

Perhaps my clumsy reference to "The Importance of Being Earnest" was too cryptic.  Or just too clumsy...

Manxman_in_exile

paraza said:

... I was charged for assistants that I was told we work experience and free. ...

Just to take that one point as an example, was it agreed beforehand that you wouldn't pay for the work experience or intern assistants?  I'm not certain that because the firm/solicitor wasn't paying them doesn't mean that you can't be charged for what they've done...