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Hi, does anyone else think this is strange? I saw a solicitor last week. The IDVA set it up and was meant to come but didn’t turn up as was ill (she always cancels so not unusual). I call her to try and speak to her today about the options I was given and the decision Ive got to make. She calls back and her first question was “So, how did it go, what did X say?”, so I say and then when I tried to discuss it with her, she sounded really impatient with me (this is pretty usual with her), and then she very impatiently said “Well X told me when I spoke to her that she was waiting for you to give the go ahead”. I was taken aback, and she then said, “Well call in me in the next week or two and tell me what you decide”!…I was upset, I dont get it, I though domestic abuse advisers were meant to do that, and advise and support. This woman never does. I dont know what to do. I need to discuss it with someone who knows about this stuff. She seems to be trying to get me off the books and I dont understand why, she assessed me as high risk and then hardly ever supports. This seems to be a massive decision and yet she’s nowhere to be seen in helping me make it and talk about the repercussions of the various options.
My question, is this legal? For a solicitor to speak to the IDVA without me being there, not having been at the initial meeting. Part of me feels she’s lying, part of me feels if she did then the solicitor shouldn’t have done that and isn’t to be trusted either and I should complain.
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I would speak with your solicitor as soon as you can to ask if they spoke with her.
Your solicitor is not at liberty to share information about you. Client confidentiality is a core to solicitor client relationship.
I’m not sure where you stand when the meeting was set up to include her, which means you were agreeing for the idva to be party to the discussion.
I still think it’s best to speak with your solicitor to ask if anything has been discussed without you before worrying about anything.
Your idva is also bound by confidentiality to not share your personal information without your agreement.
It all sounds very odd.
I hope you’re ok, as it sounds really unsettling for you.
Can you also speak to the organisation that the idva works under?
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