Lawyers are professionals who practice the law. The law in any country is intended to uphold justice and achieve an honest and law abiding society. We expect lawyers to set a good example in honesty, ethics and observance of the spirit and letter of the law.
I have seen many examples of lawyers who act in a deplorable manner for the sake of greed and professional fees. Here are some examples:
1. Collaborate with dishonest workshops to lodge fraudulent claims for motor repairs on insurance companies.
2. Write investment contracts (actually scams) to take away the savings of unwary investors and make complex arrangements with overseas parties to thwart legal action for recovery by aggrieved investors in Singapore
3. Write legal claims to intimate third parties for infringement of patents or copyrights, when the lawyer know that their client does not have any basis for the claim.
I have personally experienced all of the above deplorable behavior of lawyers during the past years. I have lodged complaints to the authority and have been disappointed at the lack of follow up action. Over the years, the situation has gone from bad to worse.
I would be more understanding if the deplorable behavior was conducted by sole practice lawyers struggling to make a living. I have found that the big name and the old time legal firms, who are supposed to be the respected members of the legal fraternity, are now engaged in these questionable activities. This is how bad the situation has become.
Tan Kin Lian
I have seen many examples of lawyers who act in a deplorable manner for the sake of greed and professional fees. Here are some examples:
1. Collaborate with dishonest workshops to lodge fraudulent claims for motor repairs on insurance companies.
2. Write investment contracts (actually scams) to take away the savings of unwary investors and make complex arrangements with overseas parties to thwart legal action for recovery by aggrieved investors in Singapore
3. Write legal claims to intimate third parties for infringement of patents or copyrights, when the lawyer know that their client does not have any basis for the claim.
I have personally experienced all of the above deplorable behavior of lawyers during the past years. I have lodged complaints to the authority and have been disappointed at the lack of follow up action. Over the years, the situation has gone from bad to worse.
I would be more understanding if the deplorable behavior was conducted by sole practice lawyers struggling to make a living. I have found that the big name and the old time legal firms, who are supposed to be the respected members of the legal fraternity, are now engaged in these questionable activities. This is how bad the situation has become.
Tan Kin Lian
4 comments:
Yes, sir ! I have same perception, although I have no direct encounter so far. The legal profession in Singapore seem somewhat lacking in people willing to a sense of public duties.
We should name these shameless lawyers and their firms so that everyone will be in the know.
Instead of helping the oppressed, they are helping the rich as usual... This is Singapore, the rich is being well taken care of.
The might of the wealthy is very evident in such circumstance.
If one has the money to pay for legal service, they will very likely get a better outcome.
Using letterheads that identifies legal profession will evoke fear and that is the intended effect.
There was once when I purchased my property and needed a lawyer to handle the administrative portion as usual.
We realised that we were being charged for some fees by developer (throught the lawyer ofcourse) and were puzzled so I personally investigated the timeline and traced everything back orderly.
The law firm were late in some payment issue that we already passed the cheque to them. They have the cheek to secretly pass the fees to us and even intimidate my wife when she queried. After our own investigation and insistence, we did not pay up.
My experience is always bad with unethical conveyance lawyers around.
Have to be especially careful when dealing with car accident claims too.
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