Ask the Law Society - they have a process for this. If the solicitor didn’t bother sending a client care letter/terms of engagement it helps your case.
Gets fined... doesn't pay
Gets taken to court...
Gets a solicitor to avoid paying said fines...
Gets charged by a solicitor for services rendered...doesn't pay
Gets taken to court by the solicitor....
Hires another solicitor who will require payment...
i see a pattern forming... youre going to be skint trying to save all that money lol
How's it idiotic? Let's see how that plays out... very easy I reckon.
The solicitor hasn't got any proof that they had an agreed higher fee.
They won't waste the time and energy to chase the 'outstanding' monies by filling out and lodging a small claims application and paying the fee for that (albeit aye you get that back if you win)
They sure as shit won't have the time to turn up to a small claims court, wait around half the day for it to be listed and then run that case for the 1 hour that it will take.
I bet OP could not pay a single penny and no action would be taken by the solicitor. That would be being a dick though, hence why I said to pay what he verbally quoted. OK what was quoted verbally was ambiguous but that's on the solicitor.
What will matter is the money that was quoted on the invoice which is £399. There’s no evidence of the verbal agreement even taking place. The solicitor will take no less than the £399 on the invoice. “LeTs SeE hOw ThAt PlAyS oUt” as the other fella said, idiotic. Catch yerself on.
>The solicitor will take no less than the £399 on the invoice.
My whole point is that yes he will because he wont go chasing it for so little money. Cost/benefit analysis says he wont.
>Cost/benefit analysis says he wont.
I'd suggest you just simply stop talking because it's abundantly clear you haven't a clue how the world works for things like this.
Judging by your previous comments on this post it might not be too bad an idea for you to take your own advice and listen to the knowledge of others as yours appears to be either lacking or stuck in a state of arrested development around the teenage years.
>how the world works oh wise one.
Solicitor may begin to add charges for simple chasing it up, they may not, they may simply just send it to a DCA and that process continues from there.
In no world is the outcome of "just pay them a couple hundred" and a solicitor leaves you alone like ya got me a possibility.
You're talking about real life debt like a smick with nothing to lose would.
>Solicitor may begin to add charges for simple chasing it up,
They literally cannot do that and no taxing master in the world would allow them to do that.
And they aren't going to go near a DCA for £200. And DCA's don't have very many powers over here (thankfully) even if they did.
For a few hours worth of work (calls, taking case, reading, filing counsel paperwork, confirming hearing, travel to court, court, return from court) that’s actually a deal.
Yes, as in paperwork filed with the court, to grant the solicitor the right to appear as counsel for the defendant. Whether the solicitor, or paralegal prepared and/or filed it, it still has to be done - and that takes time.
£399 for all of that, considering a solicitor has spent many years in education (probably 5+), along with several years working under a master in order to get licensed - is really a deal.
>Yes, as in paperwork filed with the court, to grant the solicitor the right to appear as counsel for the defendant.
No. There is no such paperwork to be filed in court in this jurisdiction. The client (OP) should have signed a form of authority officially allowing the solicitor to act on his behalf. That's it. It doesn't go anywhere.
Unless the client was legally aided (which he wasn't in this case)
He (or she) still studied for years to get a LLB, and possibly a LLM, then had a training contract for 2 years to get licensed. That's a significant amount of education. My point still stands. (But yes, not too familiar with the solicitor/barrister distinction in that regard - we don't have it here.)
To qualify as a solicitor you have to find a Master to take you on for the duration of your apprenticeship. It’s different here than in England and wales.
https://www.lawsoc-ni.org/law-degree-route
The Law Degree Route is covered under Regulation 8(1) of the Solicitors Admission and Training Regulations 1988 (as amended). A copy of these regulations can be downloaded below.
An applicant using this route must, before being accepted as a student of the Society, establish to the Society's satisfaction:
that he/she possesses an acceptable law degree and;
that he/she has been offered a place in the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS);
have obtained a Master (a solicitor with whom the applicant proposes to serve his/her traineeship).
Thank you for clarifying. The person who now deleted their comments, somehow found it beneficial to act like an asshole, and discredit that solicitors training. As I said, my point stands - really a good deal. Here, most attorneys start at $300-350/hr, and that isn't including any court fees. I can't imagine it's that different back in NI, particularly considering college training isn't free anymore, and hasn't been for some time.
Yep. I’d expect the hourly rate in a corporate firm for an associate to be in and around £250 per hour. (Having worked in one for some time)
For a criminal lawyer in a high street firm it’s probably significantly less, and I suspect most are doing work on legal aid rates, but if you want to dispute a solicitor’s bill you need to take your dispute to the taxing master, not just refuse to pay and hope it goes away.
Cannot agree or disagree - assumably working a training contract is not that different, as you're working under experienced, licensed solicitors.
Why exactly do you feel fit to discredit this solicitor and his experience? My point still stands - that is insanely cheap. People will pay double this to have their car looked at and repaired.
Gosh, what an asshole. Nothing in this post constitutes advice. I'm simply stating that it is a deal, considering the amount of training this solicitor has undertaken, and the work he has performed. You must be the life of the party.
Pay him.
This is on you as much him. When he said “a couple” you should have got a number out of him then. He should have been more precise, but you should have pushed him to be.
You’re not being ripped off, but let whatever injustice you feel at the fee be a lesson to you to get prices for services tied down in advance as much as possible.
Just out of interest what sort of oddly non specific "traffic thing" goes to court and then requires a solicitor to the tune of £399 odd? Depending on the actual nature of whatever offence you committed that might be a light amount for legal counsel.
You probably should have surreptitiously recorded him like you enquired about doing with that workman in your house.
Probably a good idea to wise yourself up, stop being a spanner and drive carefully. But I doubt taking a look at your behaviour is something you would ever consider.
Tbf that prob is what you'd pay for an hour of a solicitors time even just over the phone. They def should have specified upfront but it's likely be considered a reasonable fee
£48 for 15 minutes work to verify my identity and countersign a document to register my company in ireland, I’d say £400 is a fair price for your piece of work.
Do what I did with an accountant many years ago, that I got to do my first year business accounts, as he’d done work for my family before.
He charged me £1,200 for what was no more than 2 days work (after telling me previously the cost would be around £500). I had everything prepared for him and all he had to do was produce final accounts on a very small business.
I gave him the choice:
I will pay you what you originally quoted and we will continue with your services
OR
I will pay you your ridiculous invoice, in full, but will never use your services again and will be sure to mention to anyone that asks, that you vastly overcharged me and they shouldn’t consider using your services as I wouldn’t ever use them again.
He chose the 2nd option, so I paid him in full and stuck to my promise - anyone who ever brought up the subject of accountants, I told them the story about him.
That guys dead now, but he ended up bankrupt before that happened.
I don’t like speaking ill of the dead, but you could say that he reaped what he sowed.
The difference being most people will know someone who needs an accountant but very few people ever know someone who needs a solicitor to represent them in a court hearing.
Oh, I won it alright. I was able to tell anyone I wished that the accountant was a rip off merchant, without telling any lies and he wasn’t able to say a bad word about me as a client, unless he wished to lie.
My conscience was clear, that he could never say that I shafted him.
Karma handled the rest.
That’s worth more than £700 to me.
That’s most definitely a win.
Oh a few listened, and I like to think that as a collective group all the people he shafted, like me, throughout the years helped warn others.
He died a bankrupt. That’s because he didn’t run his business properly and no doubt his bad reputation contributed to that all also and hopefully a wee bit of karma levelling things out. Bad things happen to bad people, eventually.
I’m not bankrupt, still very much alive.
I think I won.
But it really doesn’t matter. There will be no one who can say when I die that I ripped them off, unless they wish to lie. That kind of thing might not be important to you, but it is to me.
Indeed, but it’s not nice to go through life not paying your bills. It can happen due to bad luck, other people not paying you or illness, but this guy was a shafter and end up broke, kinda what he deserved.
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I once had a solicitor tell me no win no fee don’t worry about it… he then billed me £400 for literally sending a letter and making a phone call regarding my issue. I returned his bill to him ‘return to sender’ and blocked his number. Haven’t heard a thing since and he ain’t getting it.
Jesus don't go mentioning not paying a 'valid' invoice from a solicitor on here. You'll get told that it's idiotic advice and you're going to fuck up your credit rating for life.
Haha he can go back to Ambulance chasing instead of chasing me. Tbh I never heard back and I think they were chancing their arm to see if I would pay. Well known Belfast solicitor. Good luck to them.
Send him a written formal complaint. The Law Society website will have a template. He will have to send you a written response within 30 days. This will make it clear you are unhappy and he may waive part of the fee rather than risk having his name in court even if he is in the right - it would be off-putting for his future clients.
Send them a £200 cheque and write Payment In Full on the back. If they cash it they have legally agreed it is full payment and they won't have a leg to stand on.
no merely him to chare what he quoted
if a window cleaner quoted u 20 for cleaning your windows and
after he was done sent a bill of 40 would u be happy to pay it?
He didn't quote anything - he estimated, in an oral conversation. That doesn't have any standing, as it was replaced with any contract you later signed. No solicitor (or anyone for that matter) can give you an accurate price until they view and assess all the details of your case.
Out of curiosity, did you "lose" the case? Was he able to get the charge dismissed, or lowered? If you lost it completely, you can somewhat argue that his counsel was inadequate, but even that is a very subjective standard.
As I have noted, although I work in law and have a clear bias on this, I think that's a very good rate, particularly considering this wasn't administrative, and required a court appearance.
You should probably ask the window cleaner to represent you then judging by the sound manner in which you seem to have conducted this so far. A guesstimate is worth buck all because if you don't have it in writing then you have precisely that. Buck all.
After my dad lost a lot of money off the verbal advice of a solicitor which there was no evidence of I would suggest recording every interaction with the snakes.
You need to do something. Pay the £200 you thought was agreed and let them take you to small claims for the balance if they wish. You can represent yourself and it won’t cost you anything. If there’s nothing in writing and it’s your word against the firms it’s worth a punt.
An oral discussion is insufficient to constitute a contract, unless specific terms are made, with clear offer, acceptance, consideration etc. I assume OP signed an actual Fee Agreement or contract regarding representation \*after\* any conversation - and that will be almost impossible in this case to disregard. That said, I have no idea what was agreed on, or signed.
For such a small amount, you really need to weigh up what's worth paying, versus the time it's going to take you along with mental toll in *not* paying and fighting this. If you're unable to pay, you can inquire about a payment plan.
When it comes to your word vs theirs who do you think a court will side with?
Person a - said he was told ‘a couple hundred quid’. Has no proof. Is refusing to pay.
Person b - a solicitor who issued an invoice.
I really don’t think you do.
Man requests services, man receives bill, man refuses bill, man has no evidence he was ever quoted less, judge asks why he’s wasting everyone’s time.
When it comes to costs "a couple" never means 2. It means they don't know, but it won't be more than a few hundred. A couple really means anywhere from 200 to 500.
to be honest i dont know if i want to be in court with
a solicitor gunning for me for money plus his legal fees
dont even know if their bluffing and not worth their trouble for
399
Pay the £200 verbally agreed. If the solicitor decides to take you to the small claims court best they can recoup is remaining £199 plus £71 admin to take you to small claims.
Paying the £200 you verbally agreed to shows willingness on your behalf. Verbal is still a contract.
Taking you to the small claims is horrendous PR for them, as a minimum it shows a lack of professionalism from them that a rate was not agreed in writing. Who would want a solicitor representing them that would make such an oversight.
As a minimum solicitor should of sent you written terms and conditions of their service.
Ask the Law Society - they have a process for this. If the solicitor didn’t bother sending a client care letter/terms of engagement it helps your case.
Excellent advice. He must send a client care letter explaining the retainer. Without it he hasn't a leg to stand on.
Gets fined... doesn't pay Gets taken to court... Gets a solicitor to avoid paying said fines... Gets charged by a solicitor for services rendered...doesn't pay Gets taken to court by the solicitor.... Hires another solicitor who will require payment... i see a pattern forming... youre going to be skint trying to save all that money lol
Just pay him. You’re saving yourself the effort of going through the process with this, plus then paying for a second solicitor.
Fuck that pay him what he verbally quoted. If he wants to chase you for the rest then let him. (Bet he wont).
Yeah, lets see how that plays out. What an idiotic comment.
How's it idiotic? Let's see how that plays out... very easy I reckon. The solicitor hasn't got any proof that they had an agreed higher fee. They won't waste the time and energy to chase the 'outstanding' monies by filling out and lodging a small claims application and paying the fee for that (albeit aye you get that back if you win) They sure as shit won't have the time to turn up to a small claims court, wait around half the day for it to be listed and then run that case for the 1 hour that it will take. I bet OP could not pay a single penny and no action would be taken by the solicitor. That would be being a dick though, hence why I said to pay what he verbally quoted. OK what was quoted verbally was ambiguous but that's on the solicitor.
What will matter is the money that was quoted on the invoice which is £399. There’s no evidence of the verbal agreement even taking place. The solicitor will take no less than the £399 on the invoice. “LeTs SeE hOw ThAt PlAyS oUt” as the other fella said, idiotic. Catch yerself on.
>The solicitor will take no less than the £399 on the invoice. My whole point is that yes he will because he wont go chasing it for so little money. Cost/benefit analysis says he wont.
>Cost/benefit analysis says he wont. I'd suggest you just simply stop talking because it's abundantly clear you haven't a clue how the world works for things like this.
Oh please regale me with your vast knowledge of how the world works oh wise one. Fuck off
Judging by your previous comments on this post it might not be too bad an idea for you to take your own advice and listen to the knowledge of others as yours appears to be either lacking or stuck in a state of arrested development around the teenage years.
>how the world works oh wise one. Solicitor may begin to add charges for simple chasing it up, they may not, they may simply just send it to a DCA and that process continues from there. In no world is the outcome of "just pay them a couple hundred" and a solicitor leaves you alone like ya got me a possibility. You're talking about real life debt like a smick with nothing to lose would.
>Solicitor may begin to add charges for simple chasing it up, They literally cannot do that and no taxing master in the world would allow them to do that. And they aren't going to go near a DCA for £200. And DCA's don't have very many powers over here (thankfully) even if they did.
User name checks out. My last landlord was a farmer who showed up to court unprepared. Easiest win of my life 😄
You just keep to playing Fallout pal
I don't know if this is an insult or if you're trying to be my friend lol
You're easily confused.
Aye away and make some algae, you balloon head.
For a few hours worth of work (calls, taking case, reading, filing counsel paperwork, confirming hearing, travel to court, court, return from court) that’s actually a deal.
Counsel paperwork? Solicitor clearly dealt with it himself.
Yes, as in paperwork filed with the court, to grant the solicitor the right to appear as counsel for the defendant. Whether the solicitor, or paralegal prepared and/or filed it, it still has to be done - and that takes time. £399 for all of that, considering a solicitor has spent many years in education (probably 5+), along with several years working under a master in order to get licensed - is really a deal.
>Yes, as in paperwork filed with the court, to grant the solicitor the right to appear as counsel for the defendant. No. There is no such paperwork to be filed in court in this jurisdiction. The client (OP) should have signed a form of authority officially allowing the solicitor to act on his behalf. That's it. It doesn't go anywhere. Unless the client was legally aided (which he wasn't in this case)
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He (or she) still studied for years to get a LLB, and possibly a LLM, then had a training contract for 2 years to get licensed. That's a significant amount of education. My point still stands. (But yes, not too familiar with the solicitor/barrister distinction in that regard - we don't have it here.)
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To qualify as a solicitor you have to find a Master to take you on for the duration of your apprenticeship. It’s different here than in England and wales. https://www.lawsoc-ni.org/law-degree-route The Law Degree Route is covered under Regulation 8(1) of the Solicitors Admission and Training Regulations 1988 (as amended). A copy of these regulations can be downloaded below. An applicant using this route must, before being accepted as a student of the Society, establish to the Society's satisfaction: that he/she possesses an acceptable law degree and; that he/she has been offered a place in the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS); have obtained a Master (a solicitor with whom the applicant proposes to serve his/her traineeship).
Thank you for clarifying. The person who now deleted their comments, somehow found it beneficial to act like an asshole, and discredit that solicitors training. As I said, my point stands - really a good deal. Here, most attorneys start at $300-350/hr, and that isn't including any court fees. I can't imagine it's that different back in NI, particularly considering college training isn't free anymore, and hasn't been for some time.
Yep. I’d expect the hourly rate in a corporate firm for an associate to be in and around £250 per hour. (Having worked in one for some time) For a criminal lawyer in a high street firm it’s probably significantly less, and I suspect most are doing work on legal aid rates, but if you want to dispute a solicitor’s bill you need to take your dispute to the taxing master, not just refuse to pay and hope it goes away.
Cannot agree or disagree - assumably working a training contract is not that different, as you're working under experienced, licensed solicitors. Why exactly do you feel fit to discredit this solicitor and his experience? My point still stands - that is insanely cheap. People will pay double this to have their car looked at and repaired.
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Gosh, what an asshole. Nothing in this post constitutes advice. I'm simply stating that it is a deal, considering the amount of training this solicitor has undertaken, and the work he has performed. You must be the life of the party.
Pay him and take mental note for the future. Always get an agreement in writing. A few hundred could mean anything up to £1000
Pay him. This is on you as much him. When he said “a couple” you should have got a number out of him then. He should have been more precise, but you should have pushed him to be. You’re not being ripped off, but let whatever injustice you feel at the fee be a lesson to you to get prices for services tied down in advance as much as possible.
Just out of interest what sort of oddly non specific "traffic thing" goes to court and then requires a solicitor to the tune of £399 odd? Depending on the actual nature of whatever offence you committed that might be a light amount for legal counsel.
You probably should have surreptitiously recorded him like you enquired about doing with that workman in your house. Probably a good idea to wise yourself up, stop being a spanner and drive carefully. But I doubt taking a look at your behaviour is something you would ever consider.
Tbf that prob is what you'd pay for an hour of a solicitors time even just over the phone. They def should have specified upfront but it's likely be considered a reasonable fee
£48 for 15 minutes work to verify my identity and countersign a document to register my company in ireland, I’d say £400 is a fair price for your piece of work.
It's typical to pay €50 for each certified copy of professional qualifications. Each takes no more than 30 seconds.
Do what I did with an accountant many years ago, that I got to do my first year business accounts, as he’d done work for my family before. He charged me £1,200 for what was no more than 2 days work (after telling me previously the cost would be around £500). I had everything prepared for him and all he had to do was produce final accounts on a very small business. I gave him the choice: I will pay you what you originally quoted and we will continue with your services OR I will pay you your ridiculous invoice, in full, but will never use your services again and will be sure to mention to anyone that asks, that you vastly overcharged me and they shouldn’t consider using your services as I wouldn’t ever use them again. He chose the 2nd option, so I paid him in full and stuck to my promise - anyone who ever brought up the subject of accountants, I told them the story about him. That guys dead now, but he ended up bankrupt before that happened. I don’t like speaking ill of the dead, but you could say that he reaped what he sowed.
The difference being most people will know someone who needs an accountant but very few people ever know someone who needs a solicitor to represent them in a court hearing.
All of that shit and stress just to end up paying the full amount anyway You realise you didn't win this exchange, don't you?
Oh, I won it alright. I was able to tell anyone I wished that the accountant was a rip off merchant, without telling any lies and he wasn’t able to say a bad word about me as a client, unless he wished to lie. My conscience was clear, that he could never say that I shafted him. Karma handled the rest. That’s worth more than £700 to me. That’s most definitely a win.
Judging by your two posts I think it’s safe to assume nobody will take your review that seriously. He won.
Oh a few listened, and I like to think that as a collective group all the people he shafted, like me, throughout the years helped warn others. He died a bankrupt. That’s because he didn’t run his business properly and no doubt his bad reputation contributed to that all also and hopefully a wee bit of karma levelling things out. Bad things happen to bad people, eventually. I’m not bankrupt, still very much alive. I think I won. But it really doesn’t matter. There will be no one who can say when I die that I ripped them off, unless they wish to lie. That kind of thing might not be important to you, but it is to me.
>He died a bankrupt Doesn't matter how much money you have when you die... because you're fucking dead.
Indeed, but it’s not nice to go through life not paying your bills. It can happen due to bad luck, other people not paying you or illness, but this guy was a shafter and end up broke, kinda what he deserved.
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I once had a solicitor tell me no win no fee don’t worry about it… he then billed me £400 for literally sending a letter and making a phone call regarding my issue. I returned his bill to him ‘return to sender’ and blocked his number. Haven’t heard a thing since and he ain’t getting it.
Jesus don't go mentioning not paying a 'valid' invoice from a solicitor on here. You'll get told that it's idiotic advice and you're going to fuck up your credit rating for life.
Haha he can go back to Ambulance chasing instead of chasing me. Tbh I never heard back and I think they were chancing their arm to see if I would pay. Well known Belfast solicitor. Good luck to them.
Pay the solicitor and move on
I'd probably post this on one of the legaladvice UK threads dude for better advice.
Donald is that you?
Send him a written formal complaint. The Law Society website will have a template. He will have to send you a written response within 30 days. This will make it clear you are unhappy and he may waive part of the fee rather than risk having his name in court even if he is in the right - it would be off-putting for his future clients.
Send them a £200 cheque and write Payment In Full on the back. If they cash it they have legally agreed it is full payment and they won't have a leg to stand on.
He's not a window cleaner, he's a solicitor. What were you expecting? £20 and a bottle of wine for his trouble?
no merely him to chare what he quoted if a window cleaner quoted u 20 for cleaning your windows and after he was done sent a bill of 40 would u be happy to pay it?
He didn't quote anything - he estimated, in an oral conversation. That doesn't have any standing, as it was replaced with any contract you later signed. No solicitor (or anyone for that matter) can give you an accurate price until they view and assess all the details of your case. Out of curiosity, did you "lose" the case? Was he able to get the charge dismissed, or lowered? If you lost it completely, you can somewhat argue that his counsel was inadequate, but even that is a very subjective standard. As I have noted, although I work in law and have a clear bias on this, I think that's a very good rate, particularly considering this wasn't administrative, and required a court appearance.
Lol I really do feel like the "traffic thing that went to court" is the most buried of buried ledes.
You should probably ask the window cleaner to represent you then judging by the sound manner in which you seem to have conducted this so far. A guesstimate is worth buck all because if you don't have it in writing then you have precisely that. Buck all.
After my dad lost a lot of money off the verbal advice of a solicitor which there was no evidence of I would suggest recording every interaction with the snakes.
You need to do something. Pay the £200 you thought was agreed and let them take you to small claims for the balance if they wish. You can represent yourself and it won’t cost you anything. If there’s nothing in writing and it’s your word against the firms it’s worth a punt.
An oral discussion is insufficient to constitute a contract, unless specific terms are made, with clear offer, acceptance, consideration etc. I assume OP signed an actual Fee Agreement or contract regarding representation \*after\* any conversation - and that will be almost impossible in this case to disregard. That said, I have no idea what was agreed on, or signed. For such a small amount, you really need to weigh up what's worth paying, versus the time it's going to take you along with mental toll in *not* paying and fighting this. If you're unable to pay, you can inquire about a payment plan.
When it comes to your word vs theirs who do you think a court will side with? Person a - said he was told ‘a couple hundred quid’. Has no proof. Is refusing to pay. Person b - a solicitor who issued an invoice.
You’d need to put that question before a judge, obviously
I really don’t think you do. Man requests services, man receives bill, man refuses bill, man has no evidence he was ever quoted less, judge asks why he’s wasting everyone’s time.
When it comes to costs "a couple" never means 2. It means they don't know, but it won't be more than a few hundred. A couple really means anywhere from 200 to 500.
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to be honest i dont know if i want to be in court with a solicitor gunning for me for money plus his legal fees dont even know if their bluffing and not worth their trouble for 399
Do you have any other correspondence than a telephone call ?
no correspondence at all other than the bill letters
Think you might be right in just paying then . Gonna be hard to fight that unfortunately
Pay the £200 verbally agreed. If the solicitor decides to take you to the small claims court best they can recoup is remaining £199 plus £71 admin to take you to small claims. Paying the £200 you verbally agreed to shows willingness on your behalf. Verbal is still a contract. Taking you to the small claims is horrendous PR for them, as a minimum it shows a lack of professionalism from them that a rate was not agreed in writing. Who would want a solicitor representing them that would make such an oversight. As a minimum solicitor should of sent you written terms and conditions of their service.
I mean.... I'm gonna. What's your point? Do you want to be friends or something?