Legal letter received. To whom must I reply?

[JibTeenuc]

I have received a legal letter from my landlord, via his lawyer.

Certain allegations are contained, which I want to query.

Do I have to reply to the lawyer?

Can I reply to the landlord?

Should I circulate a copy to both?

Thanks for reading.

[efpom]

You respond to his solicitor.

[JibTeenuc]

You respond to his solicitor.

Thank you.

I was hoping to save him some legal fees as, despite his having chosen the path of conflict rather than mediation, I have mellowed since suffering a number of strokes which could easily have killed or incapacitated me so am conscious of our mortality and would prefer to be friendly with everyone and a cause of distress to none.

[pt2537]

Thank you.

I was hoping to save him some legal fees as, despite his having chosen the path of conflict rather than mediation, I have mellowed since suffering a number of strokes which could easily have killed or incapacitated me so am conscious of our mortality and would prefer to be friendly with everyone and a cause of distress to none.

Ok so as long as you are not a lawyer on record representing someone, there is no rule that says you have to write to his solicitor, so you could write to the landlord direct, but they could just refer this to their lawyer, and you could end up with the lawyer writing back incurring further costs,

[JibTeenuc]

Ok so as long as you are not a lawyer on record representing someone, there is no rule that says you have to write to his solicitor, so you could write to the landlord direct, but they could just refer this to their lawyer, and you could end up with the lawyer writing back incurring further costs,

Thanks for that. I've addressed the response to his lawyer, already.

As you say, he would likely just have done that - which would probably only drag the matter out, unnecessarily.

Thanks again, anyway. Appreciated.