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I qualified for legal aid for my divorce (apparently). Now just received an email from solicitor saying as I have a ‘preserved asset’ i.e MY OWN HOME I don’t qualify anymore! I owe my solicitor a healthy sum now. I plan to write a very strong email tomorrow. Was never told this could happen. All costs are supposed to be upfront and clear at the outset. I paid a one off fee (detail removed by Moderator) yrs ago and that was supposed to be it. I’m just having a rant here because I’ve nowhere else to rant.
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Owning you own home doesn’t mean you have money to pay your legal fees. You need a roof over your head. This doesn’t sound right. I would ring the Legal Aid Board yourself for clarity. You can’t pay your solicitor what you do not have and it’s his fault if he ran up a bill without your approval. Don’t be intimidated by your solicitor. I complained about mine and got all my money back plus compensation. (detail removed by Moderator)
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Hi Dragonfly,
My solicitor explained that divorcing him would be in two parts: the divorce- legal separation I’m probably entitled to legal aid because I’m on low income. However splitting the assets is a separate matter and I’ll probably have to pay from what ever money they are able to recover for me. Since I know he will never agree to a divorce and has hidden all his money and will refuse to leave the house, I agreed. There’s no way I’ll be able to get anything off him myself. -
I was able to get Legal Aid for my divorce, anyone divorcing for Domestic Violence is applicable my solicitor told me, we didn’t have any assets to divide, he sold our house while I was in refuge, but im able to go after his pension, all part of my legal aid, I would certainly check this out before you part with any money, good luck xx
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