Family solicitors negligence failed to protect clients interest in matrimonial home

“He doesn’t listen to me” – an all too common phrase in divorce cases but generally not about another solicitor! It became apparent that the solicitor had ignored his client’s concerns that her husband would sell the matrimonial home from underneath her feet and “would flee into the sun with all the money”. Bell Lax listened and persuaded the divorce solicitor that he had been negligent in failing to put in place measures which would have prevented our client’s husband selling their home. With a ‘no win, no fee’ agreement, Bell Lax recovered damages excess of £250,000 to allow the wife a new start.