Ethics and the Law

you have no comments here regarding barristers that are not representing myself but illegally without any court forms of acting in violations to the cpr rules decide they will put documetn lists on a civil case which is not even a civil case against them. i do not find it amusing that the civil courts think its fine that people that dont have court forms to act dump document lists on a case then give the documents to defendants so there is no justice in a civil case. how exactly can the civil courts and its staff be so derelict how? i want to make a complaint that a barrister not acting for me has illegally put documents on a civil case not upon the police themselves which should be illegal and this person needs to be absolutely barred from the bar and immediately and in fact should be arrested

I am a solicitor (non-litigious)but acting as a litigant in person in financial remedy proceedings. At the FDA my wife's barrister excluded a determination made by the judge relating to the instruction of a joint expert in relation to potential dissipation of assets of almost £1 million from my wife's company.In the order drafted by my wife's barrister for the court the barrister did not include any reference to the joint report explainingthe missing £1 million. Subsequently the FDR hearing had to be adjourned asthe joint instruction letter to the joint expert could not be agreed due a disagreement about the wording relating to the expert reporting on the missing £1 million. My wife's solicitor issued a S25 application to try and exclude the joint expert reporting on the missing £1 million and sought a £10,000 cost order against me as the FDR would have to be adjourned.At the adjourned FDR hearing (a virtual hearing) anotherjudge ordered that the joint expert should report on the missing £1 million and reserved the issue of costs. However my wife's barrister emailed me the draft the order which included a paragraph stating that the FDR was adjourned solely due to my default without any mention of his client's failed S.25 application and where the judge nevereven mentioned that the FDR was adjourned because of my conduct. I suspect the barrister drafted the order in this prejudicial way to try and recover the £10,000 costs claimed from me at a later hearing. In effect my wife's barrister did not draft the order strictly in the terms determined by the judge at the hearing but included an additional paragraph prejudicial to me never even suggested by the judge while omitting the fact that his client's S.25 application was successfully opposed by me. Is the drafting of the court orders by this barrister a breach of any bar standards and if so what bar standards have been breached? Is this a breach of a barrister's duty to the court? While I have past litigation experience (over a decade ago) and am able to stand up for myself I am worried this barrister may try and draft court orders in his clients favour in future when dealing with less informed litigants in person.

In May this year a solictor who in May 2014 hit my car twice was found guilty of Failing to stop contrary to section170(4) of the road traffic act, and failure to report. The magistrates awarded me compensation of £476.34 which has not been paid by the solicitor - defendant.During proceedings he actually, when asked by the magistrates why he had failed to report, was this a financial issue, boasted that "£500 is nothing to me".Surely this is dishonourable conduct by a solicitor to not pay the compensation owed and furthermore does this not bring the profession into disrepute?

i have just finished a long 5 year civil case for personal injury against land rover for a faulty new car that caused me to end up in a wheelchair in court the defendants solicitor and barrister both lied in a big way i never had good representation in court the lies that the defendants barrister and his answers to the judge where not questioned by my barrister even after i told him what had happened with the second car it was on that that i lost my case inturn lost money i should have been awarded

In this article on the duties of barristers and solicitors this is said "However, a barrister has a duty not only to his or her client but an equal duty to the court", giving the impression that solicitors do not owe a similar duty to the court.In fact solicitors conducting litigation and/or advocacy have the same duty to the court that barristers have.

WHAT CAN A HARD PRESSED AND UNWELL Party Litigant do when his oppossing Advocate / QC and Instructing solicitors mislead the court, submit erroneous material and 'utter false documents' to the court. Where are the champions of injustices during these occasions. I have never been disrespectable in Court and have always treated the various Outer and Inner House Judges with respect but sadly my pleadinsg fall on deaf ears. In short how can a PL get listtened to. I am an Exploisves Engineer with almost 40 years experience and have no problem speaking to and lecturing large groups of people - far in excess of the ammount one has to address in court. I do not tell lies, indeed my profession is not a liers profession. I write out alll my pleadings, submit them to the Bench beforehand and then speak to the same when making my pleadings. I have even been complimented by some judges and on 2 occasioin actually guided by the bench but sadly lmbasted by others. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am 65 and to unwell to consider trying for a law degree John Parkes Explosives Engineer and Inventor.

does the information in this apply to scots law iv been trying 7 year for a divorce it needed paperwork sorted by solicitors back in 04 then it was sorted ex`s solicitor refused the legal amount and seemed he has been defrauding legal aid its been in the papers so i complained as it says i have a year from the time i was aware of fraud this was march 2011,the complaints have told me his solicitor stopped dealing with him in 08 so im to late to complain,it was the first i heard of it,i received a letter telling me last week from complaints dept im still not divorced its been 10 years seperated,now ex is in a home im so fed up im forced to pay him £6,500 more than he was due thanks to his lawyer my lawyer is paying the divorce im wondering why shes not been perfect but had a hard time with ex`s lawyer and said my only way out was court which i cant afford he was banned for domestic abuse