Solicitor Website Shutdown
The highly entertaining website www.rateyoursolicitor.com has been temporarily removed from the web, although you can still read it here.
The shutdown comes ahead of a pending High Court libel case due for hearing on October 5th against one of the founders of the site, Mr. John Gill, Drumline, Newmarket On Fergus, Co. Clare.
John is not easily scared by the legal profession, and has been on a mission against them for some time now. It appears that John Gill suffered serious financial loss, in excess of €150,000, at the hands of what he terms 'corrupt' solicitors and others in the legal system.
He and a number of others started 'The Victims of the Legal Profession Society' and you can read their cases at http://www.crookedlawyers.com
They then went on to set up the site www.rateyoursolicitor.com where the public could select their county and town and rate their experiences with their local solicitors.
It's probably fair to say that it may have been abused to some extent since most complainants remained anonymous, but yet there's no doubt that it gave an oppportunity to people who had suffered at the hands of 'less than efficient' legal practitioners, to vent their anger, and it made for some very interesting reading.
One of those solicitors joined in the forthcoming High Court Case is local solicitor Fergus Mullen, who appears to have been one of a number of Dundalk solicitors who received less than favourable comments from their clients.
The forthcoming case could well backfire on the legal beagles since it will afford John Gill a platform to air his, and other members grievances, and the wave of publicity which is certain to surround the case, will undoubtedly give him much needed publicity.
Watch this space!
The shutdown comes ahead of a pending High Court libel case due for hearing on October 5th against one of the founders of the site, Mr. John Gill, Drumline, Newmarket On Fergus, Co. Clare.
John is not easily scared by the legal profession, and has been on a mission against them for some time now. It appears that John Gill suffered serious financial loss, in excess of €150,000, at the hands of what he terms 'corrupt' solicitors and others in the legal system.
He and a number of others started 'The Victims of the Legal Profession Society' and you can read their cases at http://www.crookedlawyers.com
They then went on to set up the site www.rateyoursolicitor.com where the public could select their county and town and rate their experiences with their local solicitors.
It's probably fair to say that it may have been abused to some extent since most complainants remained anonymous, but yet there's no doubt that it gave an oppportunity to people who had suffered at the hands of 'less than efficient' legal practitioners, to vent their anger, and it made for some very interesting reading.
One of those solicitors joined in the forthcoming High Court Case is local solicitor Fergus Mullen, who appears to have been one of a number of Dundalk solicitors who received less than favourable comments from their clients.
The forthcoming case could well backfire on the legal beagles since it will afford John Gill a platform to air his, and other members grievances, and the wave of publicity which is certain to surround the case, will undoubtedly give him much needed publicity.
Watch this space!
posted by Editor at 12:06 p.m.
1 Comments:
Can't wait for the case to start, and it should be on daytime television like OJ Simpson.
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