Matter Type:
Sexual allegations including Rape and Sexual Assaults
Simon
Collected on:
Useless, Unprofessional, Incompetent Amateurs with Law
I deal with lawyers, attorneys, and solicitors worldwide, and I've never encountered such unprofessional legal representation in all my life.
ShakespeaerreMartineau / Lime Solicitors represented me in a civil lawsuit against a school's negligence in a childhood abuse case. They were handed my case when my previous solicitor retired. The first thing they did was ensure that the school outside the settlement paid all their legal fees - outside of the settlement amount. This ensured they were paid a nice fee and allowed them not to care as much about any settlement amount. So when the school's representatives offered a settlement with seven days to respond, my Shakespeare Martineau attorney failed to pass it along promptly and professionally.
After requesting I deal with another solicitor within the company, I was denied; consequently, I accepted the school's offer, not because it was a fair amount but because I didn't want to have to deal with ShakespeaerreMartineau / Lime Solicitors any further. That decision cost tens of thousands, but it was worth not dealing with such unprofessional incompetence.
In being handed the case, my attorney still made me go through hours of detailed interviews with therapists and resubmit all paperwork and receipts from doctors from decades ago. This was after a successful criminal conviction, with police interviews and reports. It was a painful and arduous task with the information they had previously had, and I realized it was causing me more trauma in dealing with my own solicitors.
The solicitor's communication, or lack thereof, was exceptionally slow, and I complained numerous times.
When I officially complained to the company through the proper channels, they didn't respond promptly according to their policies.
In my criminal case, the school teacher received 18 years in jail, and seeing the British justice system work was the best day of my life. My one regret in the case was engaging ShakespeaerreMartineau / Lime Solicitors to act as my representatives.
I'm writing to you so you won't make the same mistake I made!
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