wavejumper
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Myself and my partner have contacted a local solicitor in order to initiate separation and ultimately divorce. The separation is amicable and we have already agreed on all terms. There are no children involved, just the house which we have agreed on.
We thought, seeing as we were agreed on all accounts, that we could just save ourselves the money and go to the same solicitor to draw up the separation agreement needed to initiate the divorce.
The solicitor though insisted we use separate firms, even if in perfect agreement, as there is a risk of one of the parties raising objections after the divorce that they had not clearly understood what they had been asked to agree on, because the solicitor might have taken sides.
This seems a bit ludicrous to me; this solicitor went as far as reccommending a firm 'down the road' for my partner to consult with.
Is this really common practice or is this just a way to either introduce some disagreements between my partner and myself, or worse, just a tacit agreement between two firms to split clients and thus moneis?
Any suggestion would be much appreciated.
We thought, seeing as we were agreed on all accounts, that we could just save ourselves the money and go to the same solicitor to draw up the separation agreement needed to initiate the divorce.
The solicitor though insisted we use separate firms, even if in perfect agreement, as there is a risk of one of the parties raising objections after the divorce that they had not clearly understood what they had been asked to agree on, because the solicitor might have taken sides.
This seems a bit ludicrous to me; this solicitor went as far as reccommending a firm 'down the road' for my partner to consult with.
Is this really common practice or is this just a way to either introduce some disagreements between my partner and myself, or worse, just a tacit agreement between two firms to split clients and thus moneis?
Any suggestion would be much appreciated.