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13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by legalpanic: 8:40pm On Feb 23, 2017
Lawyers are not all that heavenly. Lawyers are usually nice but trust me, they have some skeleton in their cupboard, and they never share them with their client.

We have researched on some of the hidden secrets lawyers won’t tell their client. Our goal is not to paint lawyers as villains but to find out some deep mysteries in the legal profession.

The Big Secret includes:

(1.) Sue for negligence: This is top of the chart because Lawyers all over the world will never tell their clients that they can sue them for negligence as regards their duty to them. I sincerely wish you great luck finding at what point your lawyer was negligent because that is no small discovery.

(2.) He never tells you all his mistakes in your case. No Lawyers want to show his weaknesses to his client. Every day, millions of mistakes are made by Lawyers in their client’s case but trust me only very few are detected by the client.

(3.) I will charge as much as you let me is the slogan for lawyers. It is honestly really difficult to equate a lawyer’s fee because the same job that is done for a few dollars by a Solicitor can be done by another solicitor for a million dollars.

(4.) Some of the jobs they charge you for can be done by you. Your lawyer will always give you the impression that you have no other option than to pay for his expert supervision and drafting of all legal and paralegal processes. Well, there is nothing stopping you as a client to draft a letter in your name, even draft your own will, etc. However, there are some minimum requirements for drafting a will by yourself. James, an insurance broker, still feels it is safer to use a lawyer, because their professionalism and experience enables them the opportunity to avoid little mistakes, that he personally could have avoided in his demand letter for a loan. However, you commit a crime if you draft any legal instrument meant to be drafted by a lawyer by Law.

(5.) Lawyers don’t tell their clients they are not expected to have any extra relationship with them aside being their lawyer. It is a breach of trust for a lawyer to be having any sexual relationship with his or her client. As a lawyer, you are considered to be in a fiduciary relationship with your client, and the law presumes the client to possible vulnerability. Lawyers are not expected to take undue advantage or get personally involved in a client’s divorce case or have a sexual relationship with them. To be free from this burden, a lawyer is expected to either break the bond between himself and the client or wait until the client’s case is over. Mary, a businesswoman, told us how she almost lost her husband due to the pressure she got from a lawyer who was only encouraging her to divorce the husband only because of his self-fish interest in her while she only asked him to commence a case of breach of contract between her and her husband. Mary’s story is one of the little stories we hear every day.

(6.) That he is not as good as he looks or sounds. Once a client briefs his lawyer, the next thing he does once you leave his office is to consult his library. Lawyers will always speak like they were actually ready for the brief before you narrated it, but the truth is they might have probably given you a wrong advice, but they are quick to consult the books and the library on the right thing. Take note, your lawyer will impress you more on the second meeting with perhaps a counter advice and will make it sound convincing. Next time you notice this, just smile because he has gone to dig the real gist from his library.

(7.) Lawyers don’t tell their clients that they are not the best in a particular field of law and not totally an expert in every area of law. Anyways, with the much preaching about specialisation, some Lawyers are now open to discussing this with their client.

(8.) Lawyers will not tell you the simple solutions to your problems that will not involve his expertise. This is due to the fact that he won’t be paid except he can secure payment from such advice then he will let the cat out of the bag.

(9.) Lawyers most times don’t know a lot outside the walls of law. Asking a lawyer some basic question can put him entirely off the guard, but the unique thing about these wonderful creatures is their acute acumen for swift thinking. Lawyers are trained to be smart thinkers, so they find a way to manoeuvre their way. Can’t blame them, they are trained to at least know a little about everything, or perhaps pretend that they know a little about everything.

(10.) Lawyers don’t tell their clients that they consult their fellow Lawyers to get their advice and opinions on how to handle your case. Sometimes they ask for law reports, steps to take, or simple things like how to charge you more, how or where to pay a particular fee.

(11.) Lawyers don’t tell you that they appear all rich and neat just to get more money from you and appear intelligent. You see a lawyer and his big car and clean three-piece suit, you assume he is all rich and all intelligent. Well, looks can be deceptive. He might not be totally intelligent or rich, it is just part of the business. Andy, a promising accountant, told us how his lawyer with all the glamour couldn’t say anything in court but kept on asking for more bountiful remuneration and fees.

(12.) Lawyers don’t tell their clients that they will most likely abandon their matter in court or give their younger lawyers and workers all the dirty work for a more tantalising one. According to them, this will afford the younger ones the opportunity to learn the ropes of the profession.

(13.) Lawyers are egocentric beings, they will never tell you another lawyer is better than them except it is a matter of specialisation. Where they can easily say, Attorney Thomson is a better marine lawyer than myself, but I am ahead in crime advocacy.
CULLED: http://legalpanic.com/

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by JideAmuGiaka: 8:57pm On Feb 23, 2017
Where is Festus Keyamo?

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by ring7(m): 9:06pm On Feb 23, 2017
Bit lie mohamed is a lawyer ,right?
Kontinu

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by babyfaceafrica: 9:10pm On Feb 23, 2017
So one can draft his will alone?..where will he keep it?

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by kolado(m): 11:54pm On Feb 23, 2017
Ridiculous post

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by SweetBoyFriend(m): 7:42am On Feb 25, 2017

What type of drugs are you on ?? Stupidity pills ??

If you would copy an article from a crappy website written by a drunk dude at least try to edit it

Copy and paste is an unintelligent act, you forgot to remove the dollar in that writeup and replace it with naira ??

Let me school you a little bit, even if the writeup is correct, the dude who wrote it might live in Florida, every state in the USA has a different law, that your crappy lawyer write up doesn't work in Wisconsin or Ohio

A lawyer in the USA would never do that type of insincere business, people in the USA would sue a toothpaste company that says that their toothpaste whitens the teeth while it doesn't, just think about what would happen to a lawyer who exhibit some shady act, he will loose his license

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by lonelydora: 7:43am On Feb 25, 2017
So I can draft my 'Will'? Interesting

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by akilo1: 7:44am On Feb 25, 2017
ok
Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by dhesire(m): 7:44am On Feb 25, 2017
This not new, it applies in other professions as well, it's common and rampant among doctors

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by seunlayi(m): 7:45am On Feb 25, 2017
Lawyers and lives are Like 5 and 6

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by Edijana2015(m): 7:46am On Feb 25, 2017
Copy and paste. Well is non of my business
Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by autotrader014(m): 7:47am On Feb 25, 2017
kolado:
Ridiculous post
undecided

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by greggng: 7:55am On Feb 25, 2017
It is criminal to draft any legal document without a liar oh sorry lawyer

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by kolado(m): 7:56am On Feb 25, 2017
autotrader014:

undecided
How does my comment affect your frustrated soul? Your stupidity is epic!

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by rozayx5(m): 7:56am On Feb 25, 2017
undecided



in Nigeria the field is living on past glory


most of their graduates now dey scatter dust for road

broke lawyers everywhere lipsrsealed

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by K9Uneet(m): 7:57am On Feb 25, 2017
There are only 2 professions in Nigeria. Law and others.



Oya, go and argue with your village masquerade.

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by peacettw: 7:57am On Feb 25, 2017
legalpanic:
Lawyers are not all that heavenly. Lawyers are usually nice but trust me, they have some skeleton in their cupboard, and they never share them with their client.

We have researched on some of the hidden secrets lawyers won’t tell their client. Our goal is not to paint lawyers as villains but to find out some deep mysteries in the legal profession.

The Big Secret includes:

(1.) Sue for negligence: This is top of the chart because Lawyers all over the world will never tell their clients that they can sue them for negligence as regards their duty to them. I sincerely wish you great luck finding at what point your lawyer was negligent because that is no small discovery.

(2.) He never tells you all his mistakes in your case. No Lawyers want to show his weaknesses to his client. Every day, millions of mistakes are made by Lawyers in their client’s case but trust me only very few are detected by the client.

(3.) I will charge as much as you let me is the slogan for lawyers. It is honestly really difficult to equate a lawyer’s fee because the same job that is done for a few dollars by a Solicitor can be done by another solicitor for a million dollars.

(4.) Some of the jobs they charge you for can be done by you. Your lawyer will always give you the impression that you have no other option than to pay for his expert supervision and drafting of all legal and paralegal processes. Well, there is nothing stopping you as a client to draft a letter in your name, even draft your own will, etc. However, there are some minimum requirements for drafting a will by yourself. James, an insurance broker, still feels it is safer to use a lawyer, because their professionalism and experience enables them the opportunity to avoid little mistakes, that he personally could have avoided in his demand letter for a loan. However, you commit a crime if you draft any legal instrument meant to be drafted by a lawyer by Law.

(5.) Lawyers don’t tell their clients they are not expected to have any extra relationship with them aside being their lawyer. It is a breach of trust for a lawyer to be having any sexual relationship with his or her client. As a lawyer, you are considered to be in a fiduciary relationship with your client, and the law presumes the client to possible vulnerability. Lawyers are not expected to take undue advantage or get personally involved in a client’s divorce case or have a sexual relationship with them. To be free from this burden, a lawyer is expected to either break the bond between himself and the client or wait until the client’s case is over. Mary, a businesswoman, told us how she almost lost her husband due to the pressure she got from a lawyer who was only encouraging her to divorce the husband only because of his self-fish interest in her while she only asked him to commence a case of breach of contract between her and her husband. Mary’s story is one of the little stories we hear every day.

(6.) That he is not as good as he looks or sounds. Once a client briefs his lawyer, the next thing he does once you leave his office is to consult his library. Lawyers will always speak like they were actually ready for the brief before you narrated it, but the truth is they might have probably given you a wrong advice, but they are quick to consult the books and the library on the right thing. Take note, your lawyer will impress you more on the second meeting with perhaps a counter advice and will make it sound convincing. Next time you notice this, just smile because he has gone to dig the real gist from his library.

(7.) Lawyers don’t tell their clients that they are not the best in a particular field of law and not totally an expert in every area of law. Anyways, with the much preaching about specialisation, some Lawyers are now open to discussing this with their client.

(8.) Lawyers will not tell you the simple solutions to your problems that will not involve his expertise. This is due to the fact that he won’t be paid except he can secure payment from such advice then he will let the cat out of the bag.

(9.) Lawyers most times don’t know a lot outside the walls of law. Asking a lawyer some basic question can put him entirely off the guard, but the unique thing about these wonderful creatures is their acute acumen for swift thinking. Lawyers are trained to be smart thinkers, so they find a way to manoeuvre their way. Can’t blame them, they are trained to at least know a little about everything, or perhaps pretend that they know a little about everything.

(10.) Lawyers don’t tell their clients that they consult their fellow Lawyers to get their advice and opinions on how to handle your case. Sometimes they ask for law reports, steps to take, or simple things like how to charge you more, how or where to pay a particular fee.

(11.) Lawyers don’t tell you that they appear all rich and neat just to get more money from you and appear intelligent. You see a lawyer and his big car and clean three-piece suit, you assume he is all rich and all intelligent. Well, looks can be deceptive. He might not be totally intelligent or rich, it is just part of the business. Andy, a promising accountant, told us how his lawyer with all the glamour couldn’t say anything in court but kept on asking for more bountiful remuneration and fees.

(12.) Lawyers don’t tell their clients that they will most likely abandon their matter in court or give their younger lawyers and workers all the dirty work for a more tantalising one. According to them, this will afford the younger ones the opportunity to learn the ropes of the profession.

(13.) Lawyers are egocentric beings, they will never tell you another lawyer is better than them except it is a matter of specialisation. Where they can easily say, Attorney Thomson is a better marine lawyer than myself, but I am ahead in crime advocacy.
CULLED: http://legalpanic.com/


Thank you for sharing this. I am married to a lawyer myself for many years now and I can confidently say that this is 150% correct. It's nice seeing it in black and white. I will forward this to him right this minute as evidence No 1 pending further discoveries.

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by Kennyodinye(m): 7:58am On Feb 25, 2017
This Post Is Just Stupid Especially The Part You Said They Appear Neat To Make You Think They Are Good.
OP tell Me Should They Appear Dirty

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by sinistermind(m): 7:59am On Feb 25, 2017
Very Ridiculous, unintelligent and baseless post.

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by Kennyodinye(m): 7:59am On Feb 25, 2017
This Is Not About Lawyers Alone...Every Normal Human Being Would do The Same Thing Listed Above

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by Rainmaker69(m): 8:01am On Feb 25, 2017
Obviously this op went online to copy a load of crap or just conjured everything up. Are you aware that lawyers in Nigeria have a code of conduct? If op had bothered to even glance through, he would have been properly guided. I just weak for the op, nice title, ridiculous content- this is obviously a recipe for front page.
There's a reason we have professionals in various fields and even specializations within professions. If this fact is lost on the op, then I rest my case.
Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by ekene247(m): 8:04am On Feb 25, 2017
many errors in this post, though some are true.

You have the right to draft documents yourself including Wills but if you think you can draft it, then go and read Savannah Bank v Ajilo (1989) 1NWLR Pt. 97, p. 305. You then understand that lawyers didn't spend 6 years reading for nothing. Meanwhile, all professional field share almost the true ones among the secrets you listed

Thank you

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by TheBlessedMAN: 8:04am On Feb 25, 2017
Nice 1.. Buh the number one lawyer i can guarantee u, that wil never fail u is JESUS CHRIST.. all u need to do is just to open ur Hearts 'FILE SHARE' and connect to him.. No charges and no guilty sentence... Thanx

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by teamv: 8:06am On Feb 25, 2017
lying world hocus pocus
Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by Nobody: 8:10am On Feb 25, 2017
SweetBoyFriend:

What type of drugs are you on ?? Stupidity pills ??

If you would copy an article from a crappy website written by a drunk dude at least try to edit it

Copy and paste is an unintelligent act, you forgot to remove the dollar in that writeup and replace it with naira ??

Let me school you a little bit, even if the writeup is correct, the dude who wrote it might live in Florida, every state in the USA has a different law, that your crappy lawyer write up doesn't work in Wisconsin or Ohio

A lawyer in the USA would never do that type of insincere business, people in the USA would sue a toothpaste company that says that their toothpaste whitens the teeth while it doesn't, just think about what would happen to a lawyer who exhibit some shady act, he will loose his license

I still find it difficult to believe you're pained by this post.

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by cosby02(m): 8:10am On Feb 25, 2017
Ok
Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by Nobody: 8:11am On Feb 25, 2017
Quite enlightening.
Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by swagifted(m): 8:11am On Feb 25, 2017
SweetBoyFriend:

What type of drugs are you on ?? Stupidity pills ??

If you would copy an article from a crappy website written by a drunk dude at least try to edit it

Copy and paste is an unintelligent act, you forgot to remove the dollar in that writeup and replace it with naira ??

Let me school you a little bit, even if the writeup is correct, the dude who wrote it might live in Florida, every state in the USA has a different law, that your crappy lawyer write up doesn't work in Wisconsin or Ohio

A lawyer in the USA would never do that type of insincere business, people in the USA would sue a toothpaste company that says that their toothpaste whitens the teeth while it doesn't, just think about what would happen to a lawyer who exhibit some shady act, he will loose his license
who annoyed you?

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by kglamour(m): 8:12am On Feb 25, 2017
A lawyer will never tell u, u cant win the case...

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by 3mmyz(m): 8:14am On Feb 25, 2017
You can also defend yourself in some cases without the need of a Lawyer.

I would be a Lawyer in the alternate Universe because of argumentative prowess *blinks* but right now I'm into ICT.

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by kglamour(m): 8:14am On Feb 25, 2017
TheBlessedMAN:
Nice 1.. Buh the number one lawyer i can guarantee u, that wil never fail u is JESUS CHRIST.. all u need to do is just to open ur Hearts 'FILE SHARE' and connect to him.. No charges and no guilty sentence... Thanx
Go commit crime, He is ready to represent you at the court

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Re: 13 Hidden Secrets Lawyers Won’t Tell Their Client by law001(m): 8:16am On Feb 25, 2017
I can boldly tell you that all what you wrote above represents what is obtainable and even more.

Lawyers are trained to be highly professional. Their training cut across all fields, from accounting, engineering to medical law, etc. That is why they are referred as the only Learned people on earth.

And yes! They know everything, I mean everything. To whom much is given, much is expected.

For example, Dr. Ken carried out an operation on Mrs Kate to remove a cyst from her. Her upper abdomen was cut open as against her lower abdomen she was told before the operation.
Can she sue Dr. Ken for professional negligence?

As a lawyer, if you we are briefed with the above scenario, you must consult medical books to know if the Doc. acted beyond the scope of his profession. This includes going deep into the modus of carrying out operation on a patient.

God forbid if a Lawyer says "I have nothing to say".

LOVE A LAWYER, IT IS LEGAL.

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