Assumption: "(Solicitor Letters) What the solicitor's letter says must be true, because a solicitor wrote it."
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What People Expect
People give a solicitor's letter the weight of a finding.
Court Reality
The letter puts forward their client's version and their client's position. Solicitors must only make assertions that are properly arguable (SRA Code para 2.4), but arguable is not the same as proven. The court decides what the facts are.
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The Gap?
"(Solicitor Letters) What the solicitor's letter says must be true, because a solicitor wrote it."
Court Reality
The letter puts forward their client's version and their client's position. Solicitors must only make assertions that are properly arguable (SRA Code para 2.4), but arguable is not the same as proven. The court decides what the facts are.
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