Assumption: "(Solicitor Letters) Aggressive, threatening letters are just how solicitors write."
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What People Expect
People assume there are no standards for how solicitors write to them.
Court Reality
The pre-application protocol says correspondence should focus on clarifying claims and resolving issues, and should consider its impact on the reader (PD 9A paras 26 to 28). SRA guidance says abusive, intimidating or unnecessarily legalistic letters, and exaggerated claims about costs, can breach the Code. You can report concerns to the SRA.
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The Gap?
"(Solicitor Letters) Aggressive, threatening letters are just how solicitors write."
Court Reality
The pre-application protocol says correspondence should focus on clarifying claims and resolving issues, and should consider its impact on the reader (PD 9A paras 26 to 28). SRA guidance says abusive, intimidating or unnecessarily legalistic letters, and exaggerated claims about costs, can breach the Code. You can report concerns to the SRA.
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