Her Solicitor has dropped off big style

Got a call from my Sol saying her sol had been in touch with him as she had made a rather large error on the Petition.
She had forgotten to add the arrangements for children section. She now wants to add it but as the Petition has been served they need to do some ducking and diving to make it work. mY s2bx Sol was asking for my Sol''s help in getting around re-petitioning!

Now...
1. My sol thinks it wont work and the judge will throw it out and say start again... but he is willing to give it a go. I dont want to see my S2BX having to pay again and worse it dragging on so said fine.
2. Additional costs will be incurred by me because of this as my sol is writing letters and calling me etc etc.

Can i claim those costs back against her sol?
Can she refuse to pay her sol as they have dropped of big time?
Is adding the Arrangements for children into the petition after it has been served and lodged with the court feasible? Possible?

Any help welcome.
Thanks

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Why did the solicitor not forward the arrangements to court as soon as the mistake was realised, seems odd they would contact your solicitor, they can do nothing to help.

The judge will almost certainly send it back, the application fee does not need to be paid again so whats the worry, i don`t even think the amendment fee would be required.

To answer your second question, no you can`t claim costs, actually your solicitor does not need to reply at all, bar professional courtesy, its sounds like your stbx`s solicitor is a bit green.

Ta Dukey,
Not as green as me in this regard so that sort of information is welcomed.

thanks

I agree as lay people why would we know anything about this, for this reason we pay solicitors and pay them well, but for a solicitor this is crayon stuff.

All you really need to know is that this is not a big problem and is easily resolved.

Your ex`s solicitor cannot charge for their mistakes, solicitor gets it wrong solicitor putts it right at their cost, not your ex`s.

Thanks.
I need to be more patient I think... let things run their course.