"But when I contacted the Law Society he addmitted to stealing my money from me."
Sorry to be mean about this, but I simply don't believe this. My gut instinct is that:.
His reply to the Law Society was "I regret the error" as stated in my previous post he have been already asked about the double charging before contacting the Law Society
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1. The solicitor had money in his client account belonging to the OP and applied some or all of it toward fees and outlays without first getting agreement on the bill.
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No the money had not been in my account until he had requested it under false pretences. He was charging me for court hearing fees twice and has sent out the same bill as I had previously paid two years previous. Talk about a dummy? huh
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2. There was a dispute about fees charged.
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yes there was I will pay for something once and not twice for the same thing
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3. The OP complained to the Law Society and the solicitor (having been lax in issuing S.68 letter and perhaps also not having been sufficiently up-front on the fees to be charged) took the pragmatic attitude that it was better to refund the fees and write off the whole thing to experience, rather than try to defend the charges.
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How could it be possible dispute something when he was clearly wrong. I had two bills for the same amount and both for court fees but with a date of two year difference between then. You can't argue black is white
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If this is what happened, then it certainly falls short of good and acceptable practice, but it also falls well short of theft. If the client had money sitting there with the solicitor, and if it was not intended to be used to fund the costs of the case, it kinda begs the question as to why the money was left with the solicitor at all.
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There was no money sitting in my account with the solicitor.
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But it would be normal for the solicitor to require that his fees to date be discharged. If the solicitor has done work for the client, he is entitled to be paid for it.[/quote]
As stated in my previous post all outlays and fees where paid to date.
This solicitor has ****ed me off so much I no longer trust solicitors anymore therefore the reason I will be representing myself in future. Thanks for all replies and and will post back here after the outcome of coming off record in the high court.