"MM" wrote
| Well, I was planning - if I were to decide on the cheque method
| - to take the cheque in my hot little hands, cross the High
| Street to the Nationwide and pay it in, beating off muggers
| and other ne-er-do-wells in the process.

The solicitor will probably not give you a cheque in your hot little hands.
He will want to post it out to you, along with a covering letter for which
you can be billed :-)

Owain