It’s disgusting how some No Win No Fee lawyers abuse their privileges. Aware that they are the last hope of many indigent clients, they act with the expectation that they will receive royal treatment, even to the point of disrespecting their clients, as if their accepting their cases was a favor and not a job. In other words, in their illusion of magnanimity, they erroneously think that they are excused in acting rudely and arrogantly, forgetting for the moment that lawyers are obligated to treat the cases they embrace with all of their intelligence, strength, and energy no matter the financial capability of their clients. That is a crucial principle in our legal system. To see some No Win No Fee lawyers, therefore, acting the way they do is simply pathetic.
A horrid example of this indecency is to raise false hopes to the client and then invoke the principle of fallibility when these same hopes have been disappointed. Some lawyers, because they know that the claimant will shoulder the expenses in case their claims lose, abuse this rule by not taking their clients’ claims seriously enough, or only seriously up to the point that it is interesting for them. As if their claims were merely just diversions to drive out boredom. Their not receiving any hourly fees payment, moreover, they think is a legitimate excuse for them not to attend meetings or hearings punctually or decorously. All in all, the end result is that the claimant feels himself abandoned even by his own savior and that in place of security and dignity, he is subjected to fend for himself. A reluctant lawyer is no lawyer worth the name.
If ever you have experienced anything like these, then you should know that you can report such lawyers to their respective firms. These firms, understanding that their prestige relies to a great extent on the individual performances of their members, will unhesitatingly subject these errant solicitors to respective disciplinary action. If they would not, then you can contact the pertinent government agencies instead. Claiming compensation through the No Win No Fee scheme is supposed to be a special right of the poor. In case this right is not taken seriously by the people tasked to uphold them, then more than the claimant, it is society that is placed in peril.
A horrid example of this indecency is to raise false hopes to the client and then invoke the principle of fallibility when these same hopes have been disappointed. Some lawyers, because they know that the claimant will shoulder the expenses in case their claims lose, abuse this rule by not taking their clients’ claims seriously enough, or only seriously up to the point that it is interesting for them. As if their claims were merely just diversions to drive out boredom. Their not receiving any hourly fees payment, moreover, they think is a legitimate excuse for them not to attend meetings or hearings punctually or decorously. All in all, the end result is that the claimant feels himself abandoned even by his own savior and that in place of security and dignity, he is subjected to fend for himself. A reluctant lawyer is no lawyer worth the name.
If ever you have experienced anything like these, then you should know that you can report such lawyers to their respective firms. These firms, understanding that their prestige relies to a great extent on the individual performances of their members, will unhesitatingly subject these errant solicitors to respective disciplinary action. If they would not, then you can contact the pertinent government agencies instead. Claiming compensation through the No Win No Fee scheme is supposed to be a special right of the poor. In case this right is not taken seriously by the people tasked to uphold them, then more than the claimant, it is society that is placed in peril.
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