I've been on the receiving end of letters from a solicitor for a couple of years now and it has been niggling me that at no point has the solicitor identified themselves. All letters received are simply signed with an indecipherable squiggle and the PARTNERSHIP NAME typed out but no actual solicitor's name.
Is this normal and nothing to be concerned about or is there an obligation (regulatory or otherwise) for a solicitor to explicitly identify themselves to the opposing side?
For background, I'm the administrator of a deceased estate and the solicitor is acting for one of the beneficiaries. The letters are from a genuine firm with two partners and in my view they've tried bullying scare tactics to try and take advantage of a potential litigant in person so I have been considering a complaint to the SRA once this is all over - would this still be possible without knowing the solicitor's name?
Is this normal and nothing to be concerned about or is there an obligation (regulatory or otherwise) for a solicitor to explicitly identify themselves to the opposing side?
For background, I'm the administrator of a deceased estate and the solicitor is acting for one of the beneficiaries. The letters are from a genuine firm with two partners and in my view they've tried bullying scare tactics to try and take advantage of a potential litigant in person so I have been considering a complaint to the SRA once this is all over - would this still be possible without knowing the solicitor's name?
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