Solicitor dropped my case, what can I do now.

by June

12 Apr 2010

Last November I took a terrible fall down a pothole in the road that was flooded due to rain, blocked drains, lighting was poor due to streetlamps being broken. I damaged my ankle ligaments and fractured a bone which put me in plaster and on crutches for 3 months. I am a carer for my sister who needs 24hr assistance and suffers many health problems and brain injury. Having no other family I was distraught about how we would manage and in my anger contacted a no win no fee lawyer who said I had a good case. Im on income support and needed taxis to get us around hoping the costs would be recovered. Now the solicitor has written to inform me that a s the local authority has denied responsibility she has closed the files. I am not an advocate of the no win no fee compensation culture, but the council have been inaccurate in their files of which the solicitor has given me a copy not least the pothole ( outside a sheltered housing complex) being crossed by pedestrians as a main route into town, which in my opinion needs a more regular inspection than the 48 weeks the council deems necessary. . This is not just a personal vendetta I am really scared that an elderley person can suffer a similar fate and sustain worse injuries.