Suing my Solicitor

[daabren]

Hi all. I am sitting on a private recording of myself and my solicitor. I had some suspicion that solicitor was attempting to defraud me prior to our meeting in January 2020. My suspicions were confirmed when he attempted to charge to MY bill a £500 additional costs fee. He said " the government have shifted the costs to the client". He went into great lengths to convince me of the fact. When I got home and googled it I could find nothing, so I wrote and told him so. Then he wrote to me to say that £500 additional costs are from the defendant and not me !!! ( This is one of many lies ). He is refusing to release the money with some stupid excuses about he is still dealing with a problem. This has dragged on for some 5 years now. I have told him we are going to court in 14 days unless he pays my money. I cannot use the recording, but, I am sitting on evidence and I have given vague hints of his many quotes, at our meeting, in letters that I have written back to solicitor.
What is the judge going to say and do ?

[satsuma]

it depends on the previous litigation (?); if the solicitor had acted for you and lost (as example); then the judge could have awarded the defendant costs to be paid by "claimant" at that time; thus the contract (which you entered into) would have to be looked into regarding where said liability of cost fell (there is more than legitimate ground of argument that you should be made aware of this here, but it is complicated).

are any points in the above speculative paragraph true / applicable to the situation ?

kind regards.

[des8]

If this is to do with your previous posts about a PI claim, have you read CPR 44 (https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/pr...es-about-costs)
Para 13 onwards might be to what your solicitor refers*

[daabren]

it depends on the previous litigation (?); if the solicitor had acted for you and lost (as example); then the judge could have awarded the defendant costs to be paid by "claimant" at that time; thus the contract (which you entered into) would have to be looked into regarding where said liability of cost fell (there is more than legitimate ground of argument that you should be made aware of this here, but it is complicated).

are any points in the above speculative paragraph true / applicable to the situation ?

kind regards.

Hi sorry I am late.....I have no idea what you just wrote ! Perplexed, sorry ...