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QC suggests way to stop lawyers stealing clients’ money - by Barbados Today Traffic
September 29, 2020
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September 29, 2020
A prominent attorney working on reform of disciplinary procedures for attorneys, says there are options on the table to help the profession root out corrupt members and continue to rebuild the name of the profession. Marguerite Woodstock Riley QC, who was called to the Bar in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, believes a suggestion
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Comingling of accounts is always inherently tempting. A trustee account should have been the norm eons ago. Going forward, simply raise the “bar” and project an image of rigor. The image that the profession has morphed into a fly-by night get rich scheme,, financed on the government’s dime is diametrically opposed to what it used to be.
Watch how such a simple solution takes years to be implemented, if implemented at all….
very good idea, especially for foreign investment it will give a better imput to invest and have guaranties.
it is not possible to buy a property and you pay someonearls and not the landlord, i will never buy anythingh and pay another one.
Clients should refuse to do business with lawyers who insist on writing one cheque. Simple. There are plenty lawyers here, why stick with one. If you dont like their attitude, thank them, dont pay them, and move on. You should also be careful handing them your legal/official documents just in case the relationship goes sour. Give them copies or be your own courier. Take your documents where they need to go and wait for them. Often times the company/person just wants to see the originals and make their own copies.
If Barbados would make some things easy for clients people wouldn’t need to hire a lawyer. I don’t know if they made it that way so these lawyers could be employed or what’s the problem? I am a victim of a lawyer too. And I am more angry with myself than anyone else. Because, I was forewarned of these dishonest lawyers…However, my husband who is a lawyer too, said they can’t be all bad lawyers in Barbados.Thought he’s right. I got one of the dishonest one/bad ones.
The law/courts need to cut out some of the …. and make it easy for decent citizens to complete certain things like settling property business without lawyers. Old people don’t like making Wills, some is afraid their children will kill them before God take them home. Therefore the lawyers see these clients like, their payday, lottery, their ship comes in. Hands.
They should also stop defending their own as well as friends and/or family in criminal activities. I’m a client, victim of Clico Resolution Life …
Very interesting. I thought that that was common practice. In all 3 of my property transactions I wrote 2 cheques, one for the lawyer and one for the owner. Never have I written anything to the lawyer except for their fees. Everything else was written directly to whom it was intended to be paid even though the lawyer did the transaction.
It is so pleasing to hear that this problem may be addressed. I hope that these wise words do not fall on deaf ears. It is always heartbreaking to see a lawyer in handcuffs.
There is also a role that we, the public, can play. We often help to put pressure on doctor’s, lawyers and other professionals. Many in society expect them to come out of school and immediately start out in a fancy house and driving an upscale car. They should be mature enough and should not bow to this pressure, but, it is what it is. We ought to look at how these same types of professionals live in the USA and Canada. They hop on the bus or subway like anyone else. They cut their own lawns and wash their cars. These may change later in life after years of hard work and success, but, they certainly do not start out that way.
In addition, I have seen cases where tradespeople and others increase a quote significantly when they learn of the purchaser’s profession. In other words, “let’s add a few hundred, or thousand, because I hear he/she is a lawyer or doctor”. This is unethical and definitely not fair.