[Solved] Changing solicitors with legal aid

Hi There,

I haven't done this but would imagine it would be quite easy, what are your reasons for changing?

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The solicitor I have recently started working with keeps showing signs of not being cut out for the job in hand. They don't seem to be grasping why I need the order tightening up as much as I do, and today they have told me that me and my ex need to stop trying to get one over on each other all the time, this coming a week or two after being in her office for two hours telling her how hellish my life has become, and just how much I've tried with my ex, and that I've been left with no other option but to try for a really tight order and as close to no contact with me ex as possible if my health is ever going to improve (straight from my GP's mouth). The solicitor keeps making out they are all on board one minute, and then back tracking on themselves the next.

Did you check that they were experienced in Family Law? The trouble with changing solicitors is that often the best solicitors don't take legal aid clients, so your choice is limited in that respect.

If your solicitors has seen you getting heated about your situation, she may be worried that you won't be taken as seriously because of your emotional reactions... perhaps she is trying to get you to step back on an emotional level?

If you're unhappy and decide to look for another solicitor, it's just a matter of letting the court know and I think the new solicitor would do that.

Yeah, I'm not sure. I was quite shocked that she suggested both me and my ex were trying to get one over on each other, as I thought I'd been very clear that that wasn't my intention, and getting my life back and providing my daughter with a healthy and happy dad was. I have expressed quite bluntly (but politely) how unbearable things have been, but felt that if I didn't I would come out of this no better off than how I went in.

My dad has met the solicitor, and has also expressed his concern for my well being with how things currently are with my ex, so I will chat to him over the weekend, and see what he thinks about everything.

Ideally, I don't want to change hands, as I'd rather it was as straight forward as possible.

Perhaps you should sit down with your solicitor and have a frank and open discussion with her about your expectations and how you feel the previous meeting went, or perhaps put it in writing to her. It may give her a chance to reflect, if she responds with more of the same, that might tell you what you need to know.

Best of luck