Soldato
Surely neither party has a leg to stand on there is literally nothing in writing anywhere, no contract, no proof of hours worked, no proof of the actual task, nothing. How could this possibly even get as far as court in the first place? Basically, this guy has gone to see a solicitor, and verbally told him he has worked X amount of hours, and his solicitor has taken on the case with no proof to back him up on this? sounds legit!