Hi
A parent of mine died about 40 years ago in a car accident. There was a cash award to myself and my siblings. When I turned age 21, I visited the solicitor, asked about this money, he seemed anoyed that I had asked about this. He gave me a cheque, for a small amount of money, as well as cheques to give my siblings. There was no documentation provided to me detailing the original amount of money awarded by the court. I approached the same solicitor this year, and asked for this documentation. He was not very helpful, he mentioned the documentation detailing the court case was damaged due to age (Seems this document is stored at some remote facility), and was not able to provide any more information.Seems he is hiding something... I am wondering is there some way I can get direct access to this document? Is there some government/legal agency that can help with this? Or I need to use another solicitor to gain access to this document?
A parent of mine died about 40 years ago in a car accident. There was a cash award to myself and my siblings. When I turned age 21, I visited the solicitor, asked about this money, he seemed anoyed that I had asked about this. He gave me a cheque, for a small amount of money, as well as cheques to give my siblings. There was no documentation provided to me detailing the original amount of money awarded by the court. I approached the same solicitor this year, and asked for this documentation. He was not very helpful, he mentioned the documentation detailing the court case was damaged due to age (Seems this document is stored at some remote facility), and was not able to provide any more information.Seems he is hiding something... I am wondering is there some way I can get direct access to this document? Is there some government/legal agency that can help with this? Or I need to use another solicitor to gain access to this document?