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CLIENT CARE TERMS
All Solicitors must attempt to resolve concerns that may arise with their services and charges including the standard of client and case care as well as their bills. It is important to us that any problem, concern or complaint raised by a client is resolved without delay.
The details of the person (case worker) conducting your case will be confirmed within the letter confirming the terms upon which we act on your behalf. The Solicitors Regulation Authority requires a supervisor/principal to be allocated to each case. Unless otherwise notified Andrew Joannides is the principal in all cases.
Any queries or concerns about our work or charges should be raised with the case worker or if you would prefer not to speak to the case worker, please contact the case supervisor. In the event matters can not be resolved please write to the Client Care Partner Mr Andrew Joannides at First Floor 11-19 Park Road London N8 8TE. The letter should contain as much detail regarding the complaint as possible together with copies of any relevant documents. Thereafter Mr Joannides will investigate the complaint and report the outcome together with any actions to remedy the problem.
OUR COMPLAINTS POLICY
If you have a complaint, contact the Client Care and Complaints Partner Mr Joannides by letter with the details. You will find a link to our Complaints Policy on our website.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT?
1. We will send you a letter acknowledging your complaint and asking you to confirm or explain the details set out. You can expect to receive our letter within four working days of receiving your complaint.
2. We will record your complaint within a central register and open a separate file for your complaint. We will do this within two working days of receiving your complaint.
3. We will acknowledge your reply to our acknowledgement letter and confirm what will happen next. You can expect to hear from us within four working days of your reply.
4. We will then start to investigate your complaint. This will normally involve the following steps:-
i. The case worker will be asked to respond to your letter of complaint and supply any relevant documents (case papers) within five working days. The response will be considered and discussed between the case worker and Complaints Partner which may also involve the case supervisor within the following five working days.
ii. The Complaints Partner will then send a written explanation in response to your complaint and any suggested remedies to resolve matters as quickly as possible. Alternatively you will be invited to a meeting to discuss and hopefully resolve matters. This will take up to five working days after stage i above.
5. At this stage, if you are still not satisfied you should contact us again by letter and we will review the position and respond in writing within five working days of receiving your letter.
6. In the event matters can not be resolved despite the complaints procedure or if you do not wish to implement the procedure you should contact the Legal Services Ombudsman by post at Legal Ombudsman, PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton WV1 9WJ or by telephone on 0300 555 0333 or by email at enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk.
You can also visit the Legal Ombudsman’s website at www.legalombudsman.org.uk Any complaint or challenge to a bill of costs should be made to the Ombudsman without delay. Your position could be prejudiced if you fail to complain within six months of last contacting us or within one year from when you became aware of the circumstances resulting in your complaint.
If we have to change the timescales for the complaints procedure, we will let you know and explain why.
Boulter & Co LLP
First Floor, 11-19 Park Road
Crouch End
London N8 8TE
DX: 35966 Crouch End
Tel: 020 8340 0222
Fax: 020 8341 7301
Email: n8@boulterandco.com
