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Does Lee's sentence mean the mistakes made by the client, or mistakes made by the solicitor? I can read it either way, but I'm erring on the side of him thinking that he thinks the fees he's incurred by engaging and paying a solicitor should be paid for by the client, who made the mistakes in the first place, and whose actions required him to instruct the solicitor (at considerable cost). In other words, he would like to try to recover his legal costs from the errant client.

No idea, but the best thing would be to ask the solicitor, I imagine. If, however, I've read the sentence incorrectly and it's the solicitor who's made a balls-up and cost him £10K, then the Law Society would surely be able to advise about the feasibility of recovering this?

I know Ardross is helpful, but he's not a free consulting service for all of our legal queries.

<blockquote data-quote="krizon" data-source="post: 2086401" data-attributes="member: 64950">Does Lee&#039;s sentence mean the mistakes made by the client, or mistakes made by the solicitor?&nbsp; I can read it either way, but I&#039;m erring on the side of him thinking that he thinks the fees he&#039;s incurred by engaging and paying a solicitor should be paid for by the client, who made the mistakes in the first place, and whose actions required him to instruct the solicitor (at considerable cost).&nbsp; In other words, he would like to try to recover his legal costs from the errant client.No idea, but the best thing would be to ask the solicitor, I imagine.&nbsp; If, however, I&#039;ve read the sentence incorrectly and it&#039;s the solicitor who&#039;s made a balls-up and cost him £10K, then the Law Society would surely be able to advise about the feasibility of recovering this?I know Ardross is helpful, but he&#039;s not a free consulting service for all of our legal queries.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="krizon, post: 2086401, member: 64950"] Does Lee's sentence mean the mistakes made by the client, or mistakes made by the solicitor? I can read it either way, but I'm erring on the side of him thinking that he thinks the fees he's incurred by engaging and paying a solicitor should be paid for by the client, who made the mistakes in the first place, and whose actions required him to instruct the solicitor (at considerable cost). In other words, he would like to try to recover his legal costs from the errant client. No idea, but the best thing would be to ask the solicitor, I imagine. If, however, I've read the sentence incorrectly and it's the solicitor who's made a balls-up and cost him £10K, then the Law Society would surely be able to advise about the feasibility of recovering this? I know Ardross is helpful, but he's not a free consulting service for all of our legal queries. [/QUOTE]

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