How To Choose The Right Solicitor

Okell

Neil8419 said:

Has anyone any experience of using legal aid? 

It doesn't really matter what anyone's experience is.  

If you are talking about legal aid, I presume you are talking about criminal allegations against your son?  Unless it's simply some minor driving offence or other non-recordable criminal offence he needs to get the most effective legal representation he can get or can afford.  Most people never ever need the services of a criminal law specialist and those who do seldom need one more than once, so other people's experience isn't really relevant when it comes to you choosing one.  (Unless you have friends or acquaintances who can personally recommend a good lawyer to you - or rather your son).

As has already been suggested go and post on somewhere like Legal Beagles (see the link in my previous post) where there are members who are lawyers in real life.  They'll give you more pertinent and helpful advice than you can get on this general consumer forum.

Your son's problem isn't one requiring advice on "consumer rights".


(PS - I'm not a lawyer but one piece of advice I think I would give is - assuming these are serious criminal allegations - that your son shouldn't allow himself to be interviewed by the police anywhere but at a police station, where he will have access to a duty solicitor, and that he shouldn't allow himself to be interviewed at all by the police without a lawyer being present to represent him)

Neil8419

Sorry if I have offended by raising and asking a topic in not the best place THK, I am pure your to gain an insight into people experiences, no harm meant by any of my questions! 

Okell

Neil8419 said:

Sorry if I have offended by raising and asking a topic in not the best place THK, I am pure your to gain an insight into people experiences, no harm meant by any of my questions! 

You haven't caused anybody any offence - so don't worry about that.

What I and others have been trying to do is to point you in the right direction.

If allegations of a serious criminal* nature have been made against your son he needs effective legal representation.  It's a question about his legal rights and not about consumer rights.

That's why it's more appopriate to post somewhere like Legal Beagles (see previous links) than on here.

Your son needs a solicitor, not a legal executive.

Also try Law Society and SRA "find a solicitor" as linked to previously.  And CAB.

Good luck.


*Even if they are not criminal allegations but allegations of some civil wrong, he might still need a solicitor depending on how serious the allegations are.  But if you don't want to expalin the circumstances here - which is fair enough - nobody can advise as to whether he needs paid for professional legal advice or not.

Neil8419

I came across the below blog which was really interesting regarding the differences between legal aid and a paid solicitor 

thought I would share for awareness 

https://www.eventumlegal.co.uk/the-difference-between-legal-aid-and-paying-privately-for-legal-representation

outtatune

Defendant's who fund their case

Good lawyers have strong attention to detail. I'd not be looking to them for legal advice.

Okell

outtatune said:

Defendant's who fund their case

Good lawyers have strong attention to detail. I'd not be looking to them for legal advice.

You wouldn't look for legal advice from a good lawyer with strong attention to detail?

eskbanker

Okell said:

outtatune said:

Defendant's who fund their case

Good lawyers have strong attention to detail. I'd not be looking to them for legal advice.

You wouldn't look for legal advice from a good lawyer with strong attention to detail?

I think the point being made was that you'd expect competent lawyers not to be deploying gratuitous greengrocer's apostrophes, i.e. any company pluralising defendant as defendant's doesn't signify attention to detail....

Okell

eskbanker said:

Okell said:

outtatune said:

Defendant's who fund their case

Good lawyers have strong attention to detail. I'd not be looking to them for legal advice.

You wouldn't look for legal advice from a good lawyer with strong attention to detail?

I think the point being made was that you'd expect competent lawyers not to be deploying gratuitous greengrocer's apostrophes, i.e. any company pluralising defendant as defendant's doesn't signify attention to detail....

Crikey!  I usually spot that a mile off!

Apologies to @outtatune...

Ergates

eskbanker said:

Okell said:

outtatune said:

Defendant's who fund their case

Good lawyers have strong attention to detail. I'd not be looking to them for legal advice.

You wouldn't look for legal advice from a good lawyer with strong attention to detail?

I think the point being made was that you'd expect competent lawyers not to be deploying gratuitous greengrocer's apostrophes, i.e. any company pluralising defendant as defendant's doesn't signify attention to detail....

Still a good question/joke - Highlighting poor attention to detail whilst simultaneously writing an ambiguous statement.

Okell

Ergates said:

eskbanker said:

Okell said:

outtatune said:

Defendant's who fund their case

Good lawyers have strong attention to detail. I'd not be looking to them for legal advice.

You wouldn't look for legal advice from a good lawyer with strong attention to detail?

I think the point being made was that you'd expect competent lawyers not to be deploying gratuitous greengrocer's apostrophes, i.e. any company pluralising defendant as defendant's doesn't signify attention to detail....

Still a good question/joke - Highlighting poor attention to detail whilst simultaneously writing an ambiguous statement.

That's my excuse!

By not drawing attention to the misplaced apostrophe outtatune made his cryptic comment at best ambiguous - at worst contradictory.

As I say, that's my excuse...