illegal?

[acsrjsk]

Hi


Advise please.


Lets assume if my divorce is concluded including finances etc (which hasn't finalized yet). am I committing a criminal offence (or anything that will get into legal bother) if I swore at my ex solicitor. I understand the general moral advise immature, unprofessional, lame, that I should rise above it, he was just doing his job(trust me he wasn't) and let it go etc but I am more interested in the legal aspect of my intention.


For example, if I address my solicitor Dear d***head instead of his name is this going to get me in trouble after the court proceedings to deal with outstanding matters? I don't want my solicitor dealing with things with a rise in my cost when I could be dealing with them myself.

Regards

[pt2537]

Re: illegal?

Hi


Advise please.


Lets assume if my divorce is concluded including finances etc (which hasn't finalized yet). am I committing a criminal offence (or anything that will get into legal bother) if I swore at my ex solicitor. I understand the general moral advise immature, unprofessional, lame, that I should rise above it, he was just doing his job(trust me he wasn't) and let it go etc but I am more interested in the legal aspect of my intention.


For example, if I address my solicitor Dear d***head instead of his name is this going to get me in trouble after the court proceedings to deal with outstanding matters? I don't want my solicitor dealing with things with a rise in my cost when I could be dealing with them myself.

Regards

Hi

Firstly, the simple thing to do is withdraw instructions, there is no need to be rude or abusive, and yes arguably it could give rise to a number of offences, so best left alone.

If the solicitor has not done his job, then rather than becoming an imbecile by abusing him or her, why not take the moral high ground and make a complaint which could if needed be followed up with a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman.

If you resort to abuse you lose the argument from the start,

Thats my view based on what you have said

[charitynjw]

Re: illegal?

I don't suppose the solicitor is Mr Richard Head?

No?

Too much to hope for, I guess............

[acsrjsk]

Re: illegal?

Hi

Firstly, the simple thing to do is withdraw instructions, there is no need to be rude or abusive, and yes arguably it could give rise to a number of offences, so best left alone.

If the solicitor has not done his job, then rather than becoming an imbecile by abusing him or her, why not take the moral high ground and make a complaint which could if needed be followed up with a complaint to the Legal Ombudsman.

If you resort to abuse you lose the argument from the start,

Thats my view based on what you have said

sorry you misunderstood and perhaps I didn't make it clear. I wasn't talking about my solicitor but my ex solicitor, who provoked for the last 2 years sending agressive letters and wasted my money and obviously hers. Not sure if I take him down the SRA route.


can't seem to let this off lightly - I understand that it is rude and abusive but what sort of legal trouble would I be getting into if I swear in my emails? As with the example before if I did write "Dear (swear word - and strike through the swear word) (proper name)" what sort of offence (or any bother) would I be committing?

[charitynjw]

Re: illegal?

Imho, the only person who can give a definitive answer to this would be the judge or magistrate who you may (or may not) end up facing.

[Arcadian]

Re: illegal?

Unlikely, but in theory:

http://www.harassmentlaw.co.uk/comm.htm

A solicitor would seem like exactly the wrong sort of person to test the theory on!

[acsrjsk]

Re: illegal?

Unlikely, but in theory:

http://www.harassmentlaw.co.uk/comm.htm

A solicitor would seem like exactly the wrong sort of person to test the theory on!

Thanks to both.




Reading above the link it looks as though should I do proceed to email my ex solicitor with "offensive" communication in future then the court would put a restraining order from me contacting him again! This in a way sort of sound like a good thing to me as I don't have to deal with him anymore. This does leave my ex in a tricky position as she has to change solicitor (like resolution such as mine currently) or deal directly with me!