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multiple texts and calls were made to the solicitor due to the
fact bundle needed to being to the Court by the
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replies was not being made until much later in the day when
the solicitor stated that she could hand in the bundle when
she got back from the Christmas and New Year holidays, a
text was sent back stating that this was going to have an
effect on families Christmas and New Year due to The
Appellant knowing that the Court had ordered the bundle to
be submitted to the Court by a certain date, text was received
back from the solicitors stating to be at the office by 18:00
PM, The Appellants mother attended and two bundles was
Paginated and indexed which took until around 01:30 AM.
Miss Ward was not happy due to the time that had to be
spent dealing with this as she was due to fly out in the early
hours to Ireland. The bundles were left with The Appellants
mother so that one could be hand-delivered to the Court in
the morning on the
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the other bundle was to be recorded delivered via the Post
Office to the police. Miss Ward stated after the Christmas
and New Year holidays she would get The Appellant’s
bundle ready so it could be given to him. The Appellant had
not seen the new bundle as the solicitor did not want to meet
him, and due to the lateness in which the bundle was made
to get into the court and the police there was not time for
The Appellant to see the new bundle. One of the texts that
were sent to the Appellants mother stated on the
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was please see below.
This is a legal aid case Mother! and Simon need to recognise
that he is not paying privately so needs to work within the
constraints of the legal aid system.” Upon receiving this The
Appellants mother was upset, it was the Court has set the
day for the bundle to be with the Court not The Appellant, if
the solicitors had dealt with the case in a timely manner and
things would not have been left to the last minute which
always was, all The Appellant ever wanted was for the
solicitors to do what was needed for the case which never
happened things was always left and things not done, and
then The Appellant seem to get the blame. It was also
upsetting because it seemed as if The Appellant paid for the
solicitors services then things would have been addressed a
lot differently, I feel it should make no difference between
paying privately or having legal aid put in place a solicitors
job is to represent their client to the best of their ability seek