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Hello All.

I was involved in a road traffic accident in early october this year.

Three weeks later, having been advised by friends to seek better legal help, I contacted a firm of solicitors recomended to me to make an enquiry.

The person I spoke to took my details and some of the details of the accident. They explained to me that for them to proceed with my case would require a claim of £5000 or more. I said that with the value of my motorcycle and the fact I was relatively uninjured I doubted the claim would reach that amount. I was asked to call back with further details the following day.

I didn`t call back, as other motorcyclists advised me to try a specialist firm with whom they had had very positive dealings. This I did and do not regret it.

 

Then a week later I got a call from a vehicle assessor who had visited the garage where my bike is currently stored. He told me he had inspected my vehicle upon the instruction of the solicitor in question.

 

I immediately phoned the solicitor and told them to cease working on my case.

I had not received any documentation from them nor signed any agreements.

They then sent me a bill for £100 for the assessment of my vehicle, which is useless to me.

I told them by phone I did not request them to undertake any assessments, and that they had stupidly gone ahead with work without my consent and that it was their own fault if they had misspent their money. I explained that the one and only telephone conversation I had had with their office was an enquiry and that I had been told to call back with more information, which I did not do.

 

They have just written to me to demand payment and threatened legal action against me if I do not pay.

 

Do they have a leg to stand on or is it all bluff? This is the second time they have asked me to pay.

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I don't see how they can pursue it without evidence of your instructions. Usually a solicitor will send out terms of reference etc, which you sign and return when you agree the terms and rates etc. I would write to them saying they had no authority to act on your behalf and therfore you are not liable for any costs they have incurred completing unauthorised checks.

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