solicitor bill Of Costs letter Question

Kaz2018

Hi all if anyone could help me with this question id be very grateful. I settled a case the end of last year, my solicitor told me how much I'd be getting after his fee , I received my money just before Xmas, fast forward till to day I received a letter call bill of costs, it just outlines the all the costs,the solicitor had with my case.
The problem is the settlement is €2800 less then what was paid in to my account last year.
I was told to sign the document and return to them, there is notting saying I owe them anything, will I have to pay this money back to them as I don't have it, anymore, and if I did do solicitor let you pay in instalments

Thanks

Fred Swanson

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Kaz2018

who is liable to pay that

Fred Swanson

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Kaz2018

I really dont understand this , his bill last year was 10,000+23% vat, and now it's showing over 15k, so as far as I'm concerned I payed the vat

brian_t

Would the solicitor not have deducted his fee before forwarding on the settlement amount.

Kaz2018

That's what I was thinking, I was told by him how much I would get after his fees and vat, I'm wondering if I'm being hit for a short fall , on what he couldn't claim from the other side,

Pat Mustard

Kaz2018 wrote: »

I was told to sign the document and return to them, there is notting saying I owe them anything, will I have to pay this money back to them as I don't have it, anymore, and if I did do solicitor let you pay in instalments

Solicitors often allow their clients to pay in instalments but what I think that you need to do is to make contact with the solicitor and get clarity on exactly what has happened here.

Mr. Incognito

Have you added Outlay such as stamp duty on documents, service by post and other expenses such as medical reports and expert reports

You dont recover those from the other side and have to pay them

Fred Swanson

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Kaz2018

I've already received my money last year. And his taken money out of my settlement amount, but the bill of costs he sent says hes bill to me was nearly 3k more, the bill of costs shows all the expenses from the likes of medical records and reports, to engineer reports and postal and phone, calls, why would he tell me what I'm getting and then pay me my settlement money, take his fee including vat, and 6 months later show his bill as higher, the letter is not asking for money it's more or less saying if I'm happy with bill sign and return back

Fred Swanson

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nuac

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