corrupt solictiors

divorcelawyer wrote:

ARGGGHHHHH!!!!!

Sealion how did I know you would find this blummin post?

For heavens sakes boys this is getting silly. Making blanket comments about a profession is simply out of order.

I mean, I dont post that I hate all accountants and everyone of them is corrupt and in cahoots with the Revenue just cos mine cant't get my tax liability down to what I want to pay, and nor would I dream of doing.

Solicitors and barristers are heavily regulated. I accept that some get some things wrong and others may inflate the results that they can get for you, but if you want to have this debate can we have some thought out, analytical, logical posts rather than blanket comments?

In terms of the profession closing ranks, the legal complaints commissioner is not a lawyer and is deliberately taken from outside the profession to prevent allegations of it being a closed shop.

And as for the working class having no hope of justice...sealion from one working class girl within the profession (and there are plenty of us) that is certainly not my experience.

Amanda

What is wrong with me finding this post ? Aren't us workers allowed an insight into how the establishemnt works ? Beg 'pardon for intruding on you (selaion touching forelock to the ruling class) . I know my place
Just remember DL , I may have slightly offended you (that wasn't my intention) , but at least it hasn't cost you £3,000 , and probably taken your childrens home from them !!

Hello!

One of the very good things about this site (and there are a great deal of good things about it!), is the self-regulation and moderation of it's members.

A rant a rave may give temporary relief but it is constructive advice and mutual support that provides longer lasting help.

The written word carries no inflection but the use of emoticons in posts helps to show good-natured jousting!

I raise that point because sometimes more can be read into a post than the writer intended.

Thank you AS for drawing attention to the fact that solicitors may not always be a help and in your particular case apparently far worse.

'Forewarned is forearmed'. Raising awareness of the divorce process, possible pitfalls and problems is good, even better is advice on how to avoid and/or overcome these so in this spirit AS, I would ask you for two things:

How can we help you?

How do you suggest others can hope to avoid the problems and heartache that you encountered and continue to suffer?

YA

Hi All, Just got to have my two pennith worth on this one!!!!

LOL

Divorce lawyer.......

Your comments "I presume you are talking to me as the only practising member of the profession to have posted"!

Well that says it all really!!!

Yes you are ONE IN A MILLION!!!!!

Over my time here on Wiki, its is extremely rare to find a Lawyer who will post and help out for free, in fact apart from a retired (ish) Lawyer who is not a Family Law lawyer who has been here probably as long as me and posted hundreds of fantastic posts, you are the only Lawyer I have ever known to help out and everyone values you immensely!

If what the original poster has said is the truth, (the whole truth and NOTHING but the truth) Then it is an absolute disgrace, this is this mans life we are talking about here, its not a game. When these Lawyers and I mean the ones who disgrace the profession in a way that ruins peoples lives, people should be able to shout from the rooftops by naming them and shaming them!

Unfortunately I can not comment on most of his post as it seems to have been moderated, but if its I suspect him naming the Lawyer involved then in my book he should be named! Its probably best its not here on Wiki though as this is a place for people to come together and help one another. I do think however that maybe once a Lawyer has been investigated there should be a website somewhere where folk can go and see if their Lawyer is under any kind of investigation or has been investigated and found guilty of what ever. (there probably is but I don’t know about it)

Once a few months ago a solicitor came on here and asked many many questions of the divorce process, she worked in a firm but wasn’t a divorce lawyer, it wasn’t her area of expertise, she was going through a divorce herself. She got advice from everyone, everyone treated her the same as anyone else who posts their questions. After many posts and many weeks , I asked her in a post why she was not asking the Solicitors in her firm to help her out. To which she replied “I cant!!!!, I cant AFFORD them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well you can imagine my reply to that! I know everyone has a right to ask and have their questions answered, but I said “how does she think everyone on here feels? She took major offence to my post and promptly said “ Well thank you! My divorce is now over and I wont be coming back on here anymore!
I replied “Yep! that’s right now you have had all the FREE help off you go, don’t bother helping anyone else out with free advice and telling people your experiences, will you? She left!

It doesn’t matter what profession you are in, on here the Police get a rough deal, the Lawyers get a rough Deal, in fact anyone who maybe is on the side of the other party!
The only time you can help someone out is when they tell the truth, a lot of posts, when you dig a bit deeper have major pieces of the story left out. Why people do that is beyond me? They take ou down a certain path, you give advice on that path, but when you get to the crossroads and the whole truth comes out, it was the wrong path that you took them on!

Anyway I digress, Original poster , I really, really, really feel for you and wish I could help you out. Unfortunately in my case I could say I and the courts were conned by the other parties solicitor to the tune of around four grand, I feel if I make a complaint about them I would win it, but it will not even get looked at by the legal complaints department for SEVEN months, they are THAT busy.
I sat down and thought I could take them all on and achieve what I want and that is justice, but to be honest after three years of tooing and frooing, at court hearings, I just cant be bothered!
Far better to put my energies into something that makes me feel happy, and I will have the last laugh.
Of that I am sure! Watch this space!
Kind ones everyone

Try at least £35,000 of irregularities that I can prove beyond reasonable doubt, and another maybe £20,000 that given a witness stand and a credible barrister, could come to light. You tell me were else in society a PROFESSIONAL organisation could get away with this behaviour and refuse to investigate. Not too mention that 43 days after agreeing 80% of the equity and DOUBLE the CSA recommendation on support, on the basis of a cafcass report conducted ONE week earlier that awarded joint residence, she moves 150 miles out of the area and seperates my children.
A bolt from the blue said Mr Blah Blah. In November 2002 I told the courts in my own hand writing she was going to move out of the area and I couldn't cope. Mr Blah Blah mis-directed a CAFCASS OFFICER.
NO PROBLEM to the legal establishment an oversight. Qualifications all lies an oversight,
You will be pleased to hear my in box and web stats are lightning up. Thank you Wikivorce and to all those good people who are going through this, when I calm down I will come back and post some helpful stuff about rebuilding your life and how to guard against Charlatans

Hey Arnie

I TOTALLY agree with you 100% if all you say is true!

In our case when I referred to four grand, it was for an unlawful Section37 order made against me, that was proven at the FH should NEVER have been made, (and they knew it was unlawful!!) I have folders and folders of the solicitors in question of their lies. All of which cost their client 30k! do I care about the other parties fees though? No i dont not as far as I am concerned they could shaft her for 100k wouldnt make one iota of difference to me, she was toooooooooooooo stoooooooooooooopid to understand her Lawyers were ripping her off. What miffs me though is due to their lies and incompetance it cost me money!! all of which i have proof for. I have a VERY unprofessional response from the top man at that Lawyers firm which says and I quote from his letter! "Do what you want feel free to make a complaint aginst us! And that my friend is the gods honest truth!
He shall however regret he ever said that to me, written in a letter, because like I said I WILL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH! I will not be making a complaint against them, but I will get even with them in my own way.
I totally understand how you feel, I just feel that at this moment in time you feel like I did at the end of our case although yours is much much worse, in time maybe you will feel able to move on from all this put it behind you and get even in other ways.
Ones that make you happy. I really really wish you well in all that you do and hopefully you will find someone who can help you out and take on board the issues you have, which I agree need looking at and someone needs to pay for the injustice of it all, why not get DL to look at your case and give a professional opinion of where you can take this massive issue.
There are some good Lawyers out there that will help you, for every lawyer that makes a mockery of the Law, there will be a lawyer who resents this.
I wish you well in the comings months and really hope you can fight this.
Kindest Regards
Louise

Perhaps this then should prompt others on the divorce trail to actually look up the credentials of the solicitors we choose. I have I admit wondered from time to time if my case was truly being looked at in my favour and not the other parties as that is what it felt like a lot of the time, but glad to say that after yesterday and seeing the actual bits come together was quite an accomplishment. There are probably bad solicitors and barristers out there and I can understand where your anger comes from but certainly your post does not apply to mine.

If we fall into the unfortunate position of getting a bad solicitor or barrister then we can’t blame others for what is basically our own fault for not looking deeper, assumption that it’s the truth is a big Mother F. How many times do we assume and get it wrong… quite often I should imagine.

If your in Cheshire or near hand I can recommend mine, a lot of it of course is up to you to do the searching you sit on your proverbial bum and you only get what you worked for, I know I have knocked on every door sent letters out by the dozen and spent god knows what on phone calls.

Anyway hope you get the satisfaction you want in the end Arnie I wish you well and anyone else going through this quagmire

Max

"Perhaps this then should prompt others on the divorce trail to actually look up the credentials of the solicitors we choose."

How and where can I do this?