Have I had my data privacy breached by solicitor?

[TJ8]

Hello everyone!
I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out if I have reason to be concerned.

I'm going through a very messy break up with the ex over our child.
over the last four years I have been sexually abused, isolated, financially ruined and made homeless and accused of some horrible things when I finally found the courage to leave my abuser. In fact, in pure ‘narcissistic ways’ he was mirroring what he was doing to me in his accusations as if he was ‘getting in there’ before I did, total deflection.

When I was planning my escape I contacted a solicitor locally but they replied saying it would be a ‘conflict of interest’ so I immediately realised my ex was using them for his will making.
Then when I found a solicitor for myself she mentioned that my ex went to the courts himself on a date that was before he even knew I was leaving.

My question is, could this solicitor I contacted first, have contacted my ex if he was their client? And if they did, is this legal or a breach of my data privacy? I was never their client but surely if they told him that can’t be right?

Went to the courts about what?

Could they have told him? Well anything is possible but this is less likely than the obvious scenario that he realised you were pulling away from him. Abusers are hyper vigilant to any sign their victim is becoming independent and might leave them.

It might be that you were very careful but an abuser with a very very slight suspicion is motivated enough to act maliciously. This would include filing accusations in court they could use to stop you leaving and creating a false history of abuse allegations.

It is possible the solicitor could be a wrong one. But their professional ethics and laws mean they are unlikely suspects, especially if they have good standing and a good reputation. Your ex on the other hand is definitely a bad person. And therefore most likely to be the person who acted badly.

But anything is possible. If you think this likely what would you do about it and how would you go about it?

That seems wildly unlikely.

Thank you for your kind reply. Yes this seems very far fetched that a solicitor would do this…I should have mentioned though that his solicitor is his best friend from school’s company, they are ‘close’.
Maybe my head is going OTT but when you experience a negative response from the legal system based on his lies and them believing him, I feel very uneasy about everything!

If I find out this has indeed happen, I’m prepared to get my legal team to see what they can do and expose what’s been going on.
I am already giving evidence to police regards domestic abuse, stalking and in prep for a defamation civil case against him as we speak…long road ahead!

Im very grateful to anyone giving their time to reply, simply sharing helps so much 🙏🏼🙏🏼

It would be a breach of GDPR. When a file is opened a conflict check is carried out to see if there is a reason not to act - it’s usually done by an admin person and not the solicitor acting. Friend or not, it would be a breach for them to reveal exactly what the conflict is and they’d just explain they can’t act. They shouldn’t mention it to your H.