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I need to solicitor to serve a LBA ( Letter Before Action )
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Ehi
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Hello
quick advise
I have used AI to draft a Letter Before Action (And gotten tonnes of advice from citizens advice and which solicitors), based on consumer law, a myriad of evidence and SAR (Subject Access request) Files, so its a hands down win. I dont want to go into details, but politely seeking advice. As I want a solicitor to serve it on my behalf
I was asked to search on https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/ But its too cumbersome
The few I came across, are quoting over £1,000. One quoted £480
Has anyone done such before and any advice on this ?
Please be polite, many thanks
E
quick advise
I have used AI to draft a Letter Before Action (And gotten tonnes of advice from citizens advice and which solicitors), based on consumer law, a myriad of evidence and SAR (Subject Access request) Files, so its a hands down win. I dont want to go into details, but politely seeking advice. As I want a solicitor to serve it on my behalf
I was asked to search on https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/ But its too cumbersome
The few I came across, are quoting over £1,000. One quoted £480
Has anyone done such before and any advice on this ?
Please be polite, many thanks
E
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Do it yourself?
Cost = the price of a stamp at most.
If its a slam dunk dont be wasting hundreds of pounds on getting someone else to draft a letter. Plenty of templates online.4 -
And don't rely on AI to get the legalities right, as a number of lazy legal professionals have found out (to their cost).2
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Serve simply means to give someone a legal document. In case of a Letter Before Action, so long as you are confident that you know the current address, all that you need to do is take it to a post office, apply a stamp, and get proof of posting.
I would be very glad to do that for you for a little less than your best quoted price (£480).1 -
Ehi said:I have used AI to draft a Letter Before Action (And gotten tonnes of advice from citizens advice and which solicitors), based on consumer law, a myriad of evidence and SAR (Subject Access request) Files, so its a hands down win. I dont want to go into details, but politely seeking advice. As I want a solicitor to serve it on my behalf
I was asked to search on https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/ But its too cumbersome
The few I came across, are quoting over £1,000. One quoted £480
Has anyone done such before and any advice on this ?
If you have Legal Expenses cover on your Home insurance then they may be able to advise and may even take on the case depending if the matter relates to an area of law the policy covers however most require you to have sent the LBA and its timescales expired before they will consider take on handling the case.
You'll get a senior associate/junior partner for £400/hr + VAT (£480) and possibly a bit less. They won't want or need your AI letter but should draft their own which will depend on the complexity of the issue as they will need to spend time with you to understand the circumstances, setup the file, draft it, proof read it and send it. You will then incur more costs if the third party replies.0 -
Voyager2002 said:Serve simply means to give someone a legal document. In case of a Letter Before Action, so long as you are confident that you know the current address, all that you need to do is take it to a post office, apply a stamp, and get proof of posting.
I would be very glad to do that for you for a little less than your best quoted price (£480).
A lot said, I was hoping to get it served, so there would be a clause that says, legal expenses included and the company concerned's legal department would not want me to bully poor me when it comes to negotiations and also to give them the impression that I am ready to head to courts, to maximize my expenses claim
The first one, I did in 2019. I served myself and won, but they refused compensation and then I got the ombudsman invovled and it was too late0 -
Ehi said:Voyager2002 said:Serve simply means to give someone a legal document. In case of a Letter Before Action, so long as you are confident that you know the current address, all that you need to do is take it to a post office, apply a stamp, and get proof of posting.
I would be very glad to do that for you for a little less than your best quoted price (£480).
A lot said, I was hoping to get it served, so there would be a clause that says, legal expenses included and the company concerned's legal department would not want me to bully poor me when it comes to negotiations and also to give them the impression that I am ready to head to courts, to maximize my expenses claim
The first one, I did in 2019. I served myself and won, but they refused compensation and then I got the ombudsman invovled and it was too late
The one you did doesnt make sense, if you went to court and won then an ombudsman won't touch it because courts are higher than ombudsman. Once you have a court award you have 6 years for enforcement.0 -
Ehi said:Voyager2002 said:Serve simply means to give someone a legal document. In case of a Letter Before Action, so long as you are confident that you know the current address, all that you need to do is take it to a post office, apply a stamp, and get proof of posting.
I would be very glad to do that for you for a little less than your best quoted price (£480).
A lot said, I was hoping to get it served, so there would be a clause that says, legal expenses included and the company concerned's legal department would not want me to bully poor me when it comes to negotiations and also to give them the impression that I am ready to head to courts, to maximize my expenses claim
The first one, I did in 2019. I served myself and won, but they refused compensation and then I got the ombudsman invovled and it was too late
Just post it with a proof of posting.2 -
Ehi said:A lot said, I was hoping to get it served, so there would be a clause that says, legal expenses included and the company concerned's legal department would not want me to bully poor me when it comes to negotiations and also to give them the impression that I am ready to head to courts, to maximize my expenses claim3
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For smaller claims, up to £1000 say, a consumer acting for himself has a huge advantage over a commercial organisation that he is suing. He can do the claim in his spare time, and it costs him nothing. From the moment the company receives the letter before action it’s costing them money, as someone is being paid to open the post.
They can ignore the LBA, and companies often do. So, you will probably need to take the next step and actually issue proceedings. If tthey ignore that then you win by default. If they want to defend then it really starts costing them lots in professional fees or in-house expertise. Meanwhile, you’re just expending your spare time. So, usually, they’ll pay up, unless they think your case is fraudulent in some way.So, man up (or woman up, as the case may be) and get started.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0
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