Folks I was wondering would someone be able to give me some advice here.
I recently settled a personal injury case in court for 100k plus party and party costs. A couple of weeks later my solicitor gave me a 60k and said he would give me the rest when the bill of costs was sorted.
7 months on the bill of costs is still not sorted. Is this the norm? My solicitor is saying he is waiting on the defendants insurers to finalise what they will pay on the party and party costs. Every time I contact my solicitor they say its with the Defendants and they'll contact them to hurry it on but I never hear anything back from them.
Does it usually take this long? (It hasn't gone to taxation.) Should he hold onto the 40k while we wait for this to be sorted or should i have it and then be invoiced by my solicitor for costs out of party and party (eg PIAB application etc).
I'm getting fed up now but want to get some general advice before I contact my solicitor again. Thanks.
I recently settled a personal injury case in court for 100k plus party and party costs. A couple of weeks later my solicitor gave me a 60k and said he would give me the rest when the bill of costs was sorted.
7 months on the bill of costs is still not sorted. Is this the norm? My solicitor is saying he is waiting on the defendants insurers to finalise what they will pay on the party and party costs. Every time I contact my solicitor they say its with the Defendants and they'll contact them to hurry it on but I never hear anything back from them.
Does it usually take this long? (It hasn't gone to taxation.) Should he hold onto the 40k while we wait for this to be sorted or should i have it and then be invoiced by my solicitor for costs out of party and party (eg PIAB application etc).
I'm getting fed up now but want to get some general advice before I contact my solicitor again. Thanks.