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Arrgh - just a little solicitor moan :(
18 Jun 12 #337484 by xxxxhelpxxxx
Topic started by xxxxhelpxxxx
I am frustrated!!
I should be on legal aid. I went to see a new solicitor because my previous one was not doing any more legal aid work (they did my divorce but couldn''t take on the financial settlement part). She decided that I was not eligible for legal aid because my dependant grandson did not count in the calculation. She said she would clarify this with the LSC. It took her the best part of 2.5 weeks to email me back to say that I wouldn''t be eligible but they were offering a fixed price service. I asked if there was any way I could appeal this. No answer at all.
Anyway, I did the online calculator and it says that I AM eligible, even taking my grandson out of the equation. I do not receive CB for him but do receive CTC for him. I therefore have 3 dependants of which I receive CB for 2.
She has put the wrong figures in for my rent. I receive housing benefit and so don''t pay all my rent, but do pay some. She just used the amount that I "make up" (approx £250 per month), whereas I receive HB of £580ish and actually pay out rent of £825.
So I emailed her back asking her to look at the form again, giving her the figures again, and again have received no reply. Not even an acknowledgement that my email has been received and was being dealt with. I have also emailed her secretary several times (on an address that I have received emails from her before) and got no response.
It''s just so frustrating that something reasonably simple should seem to be taking so long.
I am receiving nothing from my stbx, child maintenance or spousal maintenance and I just want to get the financials underway.
I am seriously thinking of doing it myself. I might well do if my stbx wasn''t self-employed and has done no accounts for several years.
Arrgh
I should be on legal aid. I went to see a new solicitor because my previous one was not doing any more legal aid work (they did my divorce but couldn''t take on the financial settlement part). She decided that I was not eligible for legal aid because my dependant grandson did not count in the calculation. She said she would clarify this with the LSC. It took her the best part of 2.5 weeks to email me back to say that I wouldn''t be eligible but they were offering a fixed price service. I asked if there was any way I could appeal this. No answer at all.
Anyway, I did the online calculator and it says that I AM eligible, even taking my grandson out of the equation. I do not receive CB for him but do receive CTC for him. I therefore have 3 dependants of which I receive CB for 2.
She has put the wrong figures in for my rent. I receive housing benefit and so don''t pay all my rent, but do pay some. She just used the amount that I "make up" (approx £250 per month), whereas I receive HB of £580ish and actually pay out rent of £825.
So I emailed her back asking her to look at the form again, giving her the figures again, and again have received no reply. Not even an acknowledgement that my email has been received and was being dealt with. I have also emailed her secretary several times (on an address that I have received emails from her before) and got no response.
It''s just so frustrating that something reasonably simple should seem to be taking so long.
I am receiving nothing from my stbx, child maintenance or spousal maintenance and I just want to get the financials underway.
I am seriously thinking of doing it myself. I might well do if my stbx wasn''t self-employed and has done no accounts for several years.
Arrgh
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