Today I had a paid, hour long consultancy with an established family law lawyer, and apart from a few newer snippets of sound advice, there wasn't anything particularly groundbreaking with regards to new arguments or ways to substantially improve my position in the courtroom.
In fact, most of the arguments suggested are already my own, but if I would proceed to hire this lawyer from now until my next hearing in January next year, it will cost me 4K plus VAT, and several thousand more for the barrister at the actual hearing. Despite this scandalously exorbitant sum, the only thing which can be done at the present time is to send a letter to the opposing solicitor asking to have the terms of my current interim order amended for valid reasons particular to my case.
If this is all that it really is, or rather that which can be done for the time being, then I could write the letter perfectly by myself and save my money for the direct access barrister at the next hearing. I know from reading here numerous times that this is exactly the course which many of you have already taken, and as soon as the solicitor I spoke to mentioned sending out letters, I instantly remembered those of you who have been in the exact same situation and who said that spending money just to send letters back and forth is basically a waste.
So I think I will write my own letter and send it out to the opposition, although when the time comes to hire a barrister how do I go about it and will it also just require a prior paid consultancy etc before the actual hearing date is due?
In fact, most of the arguments suggested are already my own, but if I would proceed to hire this lawyer from now until my next hearing in January next year, it will cost me 4K plus VAT, and several thousand more for the barrister at the actual hearing. Despite this scandalously exorbitant sum, the only thing which can be done at the present time is to send a letter to the opposing solicitor asking to have the terms of my current interim order amended for valid reasons particular to my case.
If this is all that it really is, or rather that which can be done for the time being, then I could write the letter perfectly by myself and save my money for the direct access barrister at the next hearing. I know from reading here numerous times that this is exactly the course which many of you have already taken, and as soon as the solicitor I spoke to mentioned sending out letters, I instantly remembered those of you who have been in the exact same situation and who said that spending money just to send letters back and forth is basically a waste.
So I think I will write my own letter and send it out to the opposition, although when the time comes to hire a barrister how do I go about it and will it also just require a prior paid consultancy etc before the actual hearing date is due?
