unsigned letter supposed to be from a solicitor's practice

Carawaystick

Supposing a hypotethical person received a letter on headed paper with the name of a solicitors practice but the letter wasn't signed, or the signature was just the surnames only of half of the partners. Would that be normal? Or would a solicitor normally sign with their full name ( forename& surname)?

Also if two solicitors were supposed to have signed the letter, would it seem unusual for the same handwriting for both names? Can a person sign a letter from a solicitor without being the solicitor in question?

It would appear very unprofessional if the above scenario ever actually happened.

seamus

A letter's just a letter regardless of who it purports to come from. Unless it was some form of official documentation, then the signature on it isn't that big a deal.

Many places will use a stamp instead of having someone individually sign a document. Others may or may not allow a secretary to sign anything which isn't important on behalf of the solicitor. Technically they should use a p.p., but it's not uncommon for them to just sign the name.

In general, if the letter has been stamped or the signature appears to have been written by someone else, then you can take it that you've probably been sent a standard letter and the solicitor in question may not have even looked at it.

McCrack

Also if the letter is written in the third person such as "we call on you to do XYZ" the letter will be signed off in the name of the practice and not any individual working there.

Carawaystick

If the letter's written in the first person plural you mean?

McCrack

Yes I had to check but yes first person plural, you get what I'm saying.

John Mason

i used to work as a legal secretary and the secretaries would always sign the solicitors name on letters