We've been trying to get payment out of a one-man-band company that we were subcontracting for over the last couple of months. Not a huge amount, but enough that we would rather have it than not IYSWIM. After having all emails and calls from us ignored, we put in a claim to the small claims court to see if we could get any joy that way without spending a fortune on legal proceedings.
DH has just had a call on his mobile from a woman claiming to be this chap's solicitor, but he couldn't quite hear the name of the firm. She prattled on for ten minutes, asking him all sorts of details and saying that we wouldn't win. This seemed veeeeeeery odd, I've dealt with solicitors plenty in my time in business, and the buggers don't do anything that isn't in writing!
Anyway, after a lot of back and forth we've agreed to settle for half the amount and she gave us an email address to send confirmation to (a yahoo account FFS, I was gobsmacked she was that dumb) agreeing we'll drop the same for that settlement.
We're both fine with this, can't be bothered to put more effort in now as we have plenty of other work on, and wanted to settle without legal involvement in the first place. I just wanted to ask what sort of trouble someone can get into for pretending to be a solicitor!?!