{"id":7672,"date":"2012-03-21T16:13:42","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T20:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=7672"},"modified":"2012-03-27T13:19:05","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T17:19:05","slug":"what-can-you-do-if-your-solicitor-ignores-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=7672","title":{"rendered":"What can you do if your solicitor ignores you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw the word &#8220;solicitor&#8221; in a search string among my site statistics. I&#8217;m delighted that people from other nations \u2014 in this case, I&#8217;m assuming Great Britain or another Commonwealth country \u2014 find me here, on <strong>Sidebar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m not a lawyer (and, aside from watching the Rumpole of the Bailey series and, of course, reading a lot of Dickens and wandering through the Inns of Court, have had no experience with British law), I maintain the optimistic belief that any country with a highly developed legal system has, as well, some sort of recourse for unhappy plaintiffs.<\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m certainly hoping that whoever wound up here with that search string finds access to plaintiff advice forums in his or her own country.<\/p>\n<p>But if you, gentle (and presumably disgruntled) British reader, can&#8217;t find a process by which you can officially complain about your solicitor, make one.<\/p>\n<p>That is, start your own little revolution to amend or add to your laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I saw the word &#8220;solicitor&#8221; in a search string among my site statistics. 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