Amicus Legal Ltd

[andyford2000]

Hi

I have mortgage with Stroud and Swindon and I believe [FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Amicus Legal Ltd[/font] handled the legal expenses side of things.

I lost my job 2 years ago, might add it was unfair dismissal. I selected a solicitor to handle my case based close to home. anyway the case took a while to get to court. on reviewing my household insurance it turned out that I have legal expense cover, which covered me for this kind of thing.

i had a couple of weeks to go before my court date, so I contacted them to see if they would be prepared to cover my legal costs. I was told that I would infact have to sack my solicitor who was acting for me and use one of the solicitors on their panel. I explained that I wouldnt be able to do that as the closeness of the court date. they asked me how much it was probably going to cost for my solicitor. I informaed them that it was going to cost in the region of about £10,000.00. They said that if i was to use one of there solicitors they would cover the cost and it shouldnt be more than £2000.00 in any case. I wasnt sure how they could say that as they didnt know the complexity of the case. Anyway to cut a long story short as they say. I carried on using my legal team and was sent a cheque for £2000.00 towards the costs, meaning I had to pay the other £8,000.00.

what I suppose I really need to know is, are these people total cowboys and should they infact of coved the whole cost.

If this is so, do I have some kind of case to recover the rest of my money, if so, how do I go about it.

Helllllllllpppppppp please

[jjrj]

Originally Posted by andyford2000

Hi

I have mortgage with Stroud and Swindon and I believe [FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Amicus Legal Ltd[/font] handled the legal expenses side of things.

I lost my job 2 years ago, might add it was unfair dismissal. I selected a solicitor to handle my case based close to home. anyway the case took a while to get to court. on reviewing my household insurance it turned out that I have legal expense cover, which covered me for this kind of thing.

i had a couple of weeks to go before my court date, so I contacted them to see if they would be prepared to cover my legal costs. I was told that I would infact have to sack my solicitor who was acting for me and use one of the solicitors on their panel. I explained that I wouldnt be able to do that as the closeness of the court date. they asked me how much it was probably going to cost for my solicitor. I informaed them that it was going to cost in the region of about £10,000.00. They said that if i was to use one of there solicitors they would cover the cost and it shouldnt be more than £1,500.00 in any case. I wasnt sure how they could say that as they didnt know the complexity of the case. Anyway to cut a long story short as they say. I carried on using my legal team and was sent a cheque for £1,500.00 towards the costs, meaning I had to pay the other £8,500.00.

what I suppose I really need to know is, are these people total cowboys and should they infact of coved the whole cost.

If this is so, do I have some kind of case to recover the rest of my money, if so, how do I go about it.

Helllllllllpppppppp please

I feel extremely sorry for you but am unable to help as I do not have any legal knowledge. I hope that someone can assist you.

[andyford2000]

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[callumsgran]

I think you will find andy that you should really have contacted them from the beginning of your claim as i did, i had das and if its any consolation they've just lost me my unfair dismissal case!

[jjrj]

Originally Posted by andyford2000

Hi

I have mortgage with Stroud and Swindon and I believe [FONT='Times New Roman','serif']Amicus Legal Ltd[/font] handled the legal expenses side of things.

I lost my job 2 years ago, might add it was unfair dismissal. I selected a solicitor to handle my case based close to home. anyway the case took a while to get to court. on reviewing my household insurance it turned out that I have legal expense cover, which covered me for this kind of thing.

i had a couple of weeks to go before my court date, so I contacted them to see if they would be prepared to cover my legal costs. I was told that I would infact have to sack my solicitor who was acting for me and use one of the solicitors on their panel. I explained that I wouldnt be able to do that as the closeness of the court date. they asked me how much it was probably going to cost for my solicitor. I informaed them that it was going to cost in the region of about £10,000.00. They said that if i was to use one of there solicitors they would cover the cost and it shouldnt be more than £1,500.00 in any case. I wasnt sure how they could say that as they didnt know the complexity of the case. Anyway to cut a long story short as they say. I carried on using my legal team and was sent a cheque for £1,500.00 towards the costs, meaning I had to pay the other £8,500.00.

what I suppose I really need to know is, are these people total cowboys and should they infact of coved the whole cost.

If this is so, do I have some kind of case to recover the rest of my money, if so, how do I go about it.

Helllllllllpppppppp please

If you look on the "I am a Norwich Union Customer Service Advisor" thread you will note that wherever DAS underwrite the legal expenses insurance on a policy they will negotiate on your behalf and when proceedings are issued when they will allow you to appoint your own solicitor. This being the case, as your proceedings were issued and your solicitor already appointed they should have paid the whole lot.