It’s quite good fun this!
My argument is that I employed a reputable law firm on the basis that they would “manage” my divorce. That’s what they promised in their client care letter.
Earlier in negotiations, they chased up all unanswered letters within a week (one sometimes needs a bit of a kick up the arse when going through something as stressfull as a divorce).
They didn’t, however, send receipt of delivery letters/emails when I corresponded with them. When you write to a solicitor, they in turn write to the opposing solicitor, who writes to their client, who responds… There might be a bit of back-and-forth between them, then they write back to my solicitor, maybe a bit more to-ing and fro-ing, and then they reply to me. It can take weeks, even months. So when I didn’t hear anything for a few weeks, it didn’t strike me as odd at all.
But if I’d not responded to the single most important letter in 2 year’s of negotiations, why didn’t they chase me up? That’s my argument. Well, bit more complicated… And I suspect he has concealed tattoos… He wore a “pinky ring”. <shudder>