26 Apr 2008
Once in awhile, lawyers whose practices involve business transactions are asked to represent both sides to a transaction.
On the surface, this seems like a reasonable plan: why waste money on separate representation when no one is at odds with anyone else?
Everybody’s happy – they are all about to embark on a journey that will net them lots of money, and they don’t need a lawyer to rain on their parade.
These adventures rarely end well.
24 Apr 2008
This post, from Legal Profession Blog, made me cringe.
Counsel shows up in court, woefully unprepared, and actually states at one point that he “[tries] not to read that many cases”.
I was reminded of an appearance I made once in Master Michael Funduk’s chambers, when he was sitting as a registrar in bankruptcy.
17 Apr 2008
Overlawyered posted this comment on a New Yorker article about Nicholas White, who spent 41 hours trapped in an elevator, and then sued. Rather than return to work when he got out of the elevator, he spent eight weeks in Anguilla, lost his job, spent all his money, and then settled for what appears to be not a whole lot of money, although he isn’t at liberty to say how much.
The title to Ted Frank’s article suggests Nicholas White’s lawyers made their client worse off than he was before he sued. I disagree.
