Jarndyce v Jarndyce

There was a delay. The first time round Howard and his pals signed the Compromise Agreement, but they forgot to date it, rendering it invalid until it was sent back. Would you want Howard and his pals to act for you? They can’t even get the ‘sign and date’ section of a legal document right first time. Still, we got there in the end. It’s now legally binding.

My solicitor is getting his £7,050 fee for three months work. Can you believe this includes a slight discount? It’s the biggest bill I’ve had in my life. I’ll never complain about council tax again.

In a few weeks time, if the case had gone on, my solicitor’s fees would have shot up again. By Christmas I might have owed my solicitor a small fortune and had no settlement left to pay him.

My solicitor and Dickens’ fictional Chancery lawyers share the same advice about Chancery Court and the Employment Tribunal:-

"Suffer any wrong that can be done you rather than come here!"

It’s a £7,050 lesson. You can put a price on education.

Lots of love,

Eva x