A client can be in a very difficult position when they decide to leave their solicitor and instruct somebody new. The first solicitor is entitled to insist that his/her fees be paid in full before they release their file to the new solicitor. This can often create difficulties because the client generally will only leave […]
I received instructions yesterday from a client whose story reads like something from a particularly gruesome John Grisham novel. His marriage got into difficulties and he instructed a firm of solicitors who ran a relatively straightforward divorce case. One of the terms of the court order was that the family home was to be sold […]
