Sacking Solicitor in Injuries Board Claim

Jack_Knife

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My wife had an accident 2 years ago where she was a back seat passenger and got rear ended by a woman taking on a phone.

She got whiplash as a result, she as recommended to go through the injuries board, and she got a solicitor.

The solicitor send her to a rheumatologist, I'm from a medical background and the person she was send to I wouldn't touch, so I recommended someone else, she passed the details to the solicitor.

They made a offer of E12k that she rejected, she was send for a nerve conduction test, again to a person of dubious integrity and I recommended someone else.

The solicitor has done nothing and were no further on.

Then we got a letter this week saying that they want to get the court to drop the case down to the circuit court saying that its not serious enough for the high court

Were thinking about dropping our solicitor and doing it ourselves, his quotation is just an offer to treat and if we make a counter offer to his fees we've rejected his offer, as well she quoted us for the work done, a promise given for a promise received

I was of the understanding that the purpose of the injuries board was to cut down on legal costs, is it a simple process

Also as their looking to drop to the circuit court does that mean that they had private investigators taking photos of my wife, not that she was doing anything out of the ordinary, she's suffering from pins and needles down her arm since the accident
 
... I was of the understanding that the purpose of the injuries board was to cut down on legal costs, is it a simple process ...
Your understanding is correct, so I am at a loss understanding why you engaged a lawyer. If you're not happy with her services, discharge he, but you must pay your legal bills.
 
Your understanding is correct, so I am at a loss understanding why you engaged a lawyer. If you're not happy with her services, discharge he, but you must pay your legal bills.

we were advised as our friends who were also in the car got a solicitor the same one, my wife is going to drop her solicitor and represent herself with the injuries board

will the solicitor have to hand over the file to her, the solicitor did not refer her to the doctors she requested and now the injuries board are looking for a nerve conduction test and looking to bring the case to the circuit court as they say its not serious enough for the high court
 
surely her GP should have been the person referring her to a specialist, not her solicitor?
It's her GP that fills in the medical report for the injuries board
 
the GP did the initial assessment, then the solicitor send her to a rheumatologist for the medical report
 
I think the solicitor dragged his heels, could have got it sorted by now if he send her to the doc she requested
 
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