lawyer behaviour

If a lawyer is acting for a Board of Directors (of which they are one), and the company of which they are a shareholder of is being challenged over a conflict of interest, they say they will withdraw from the matter and hand over to another law firm, is it: Legal and ethical for the new firm to...

Law Firm name and all other names have been changed so as not to identify them for obvious reasons. Welcome input and assistance if possible please. Short Version: Ann has a defamation case active with a lawyer. The 'other side' lawyer sent an email to Ann's lawyer on 1st May 2015 with an 'out...

Hello, I am going through the maintenance and custody of children hearing at the moment. Cannot afford the full time family lawyer, but I paid one to have a consultations regarding the process, and to help me to prepare the papers. He is older guy, who claims himself as a Christian unexpectedly...

I am currently a second year law student. It is my goal to become a lawyer. In my life thus far I have received two infringement notices regarding the public transport system. I paid these fines immediately, no fuss made. On both these occasions it was my own stupid mistake for 1) not having my...

Can a lawyer defend a not guilty plea in criminal law if the person told their lawyer they did the crime? Curious!

When I first needed legal assistance for my legal needs, there were lawyers who would tell me, can I prove it, have you got any evidence, and sorry they are not able to assist me. These lawyers said they were affected by a conflict of interest. I had to keep on seeking lawyers who intentions...

Totally theoretically if a lawyer/barrister acting against me acts as a mock magistrate in the law society and possibly runs in the circles of magistrates as friends etc. If I was paranoid that he may be friends with magistrates making decisions for or against me and there might be a conflict of...

Hello, A long story short, but a solicitor transferred funds from a property sale, but changed it from AUD to GBP,when it was requested to be deposited into an Australian Currency account. The account is held by a UK bank in my name. At no time did I request the solicitor to change the currency...

Our solicitor wrote to to the opposition saying we would pay damages to the defendant if he did the job badly, wrote to one of our potential witnesses and told them he acted for the opposition and sent them all our documents, refused to give a progress claim so we could decide if it was worth...

I have been trying for 2 months to get my files back numerous emails. phone calls, and even a letter from the new lawyer that I have. Getting no response, I have a conciliation case coming up on the 13th October and need these files. What to do now about lawyer behaviour?