Thread: Solicitor's letter received

As per the forum rules, I am publishing this letter that I received last week. I asked for clarification on certain points, but I haven't received a reply. I can only assume that she has chosen to drop the complaint.

As I have explained many times in the past to different people, if you want some action taken quickly, just ask nicely. Making threats is absolutely unacceptable.

Absolutely appalling. I have a very low opinion of solicitors, who in the past have appeared to be verging on being incompetent. If, you're going to write a letter threatening someone with the possibility court action, then I would expect the letter to be proofread and for the person compiling it to have a decent standard of education.


I refer to the following.

Fist page, second paragraph (directly under links), 'applied' is used when the author meant 'apply'

First page, third paragraph, 'to' is missing from the sentence. Also, 'the' is put in where it is not required

First page, fourth paragraph, "The United Kingdom is a signature of the United Nation Basic Principles", do they know how silly that sounds, it's 'a signatory to'.

Second page, fourth paragraph from the bottom, 'of' when the author meant 'you', 'an' is used instead of 'any'.

Second page, third paragraph from the bottom. 'Later' used when the author meant 'latter'.

Second page, second paragraph from the bottom. 'On' used when the author meant 'of'.

Second page, second paragraph from the bottom. 'Practise' used when the author meant (or should have used) practice. Obviously someone needs to learn the difference between a noun and a verb.

Second page, last paragraph, "some of the contents that is posted" it should just be 'content', there is no need to pluralise it and by doing so, it looks odd, because it is followed by 'is' instead of 'are', which is the singular verb.

Third page, first paragraph, the word 'to' is missing from the last sentence.

Third page, last paragraph, 'you' is used when 'your' is meant/correct.

I would be dismayed to receive that standard of letter in a general business environment, but from a solicitor it is unforgivable, in a an industry where technicalities and wording can make the difference between winning and losing a case.

Life for these people is like something from a Big Brother episode. It must be carefully censored and dumbed down.

I prefer to live by the simple question of, 'who are you to tell me what to think?'

Originally Posted by alycidond9009

Do You think it may be a fake?

No, in my opinion and experience, solicitors are **** and over paid and quite useless. But that's just my personal opinion.

Originally Posted by Ian C

I don't suppose Anthony is interested but I would advise him to ask exactly what postings are in dispute and to be advised what is factually correct /requires correction. He then could publish any replies for us all to see.

I think he already has (read his post) but he has removed the threads in question anyway as they are no longer available, some are still available via cache.