Clinic conducted successfully on 11 January 2014, Saturday

This post has been edited by dariofoo: Jan 15 2014, 08:12 PM

APPOINTMENT LIST

Morning
9.00 - 9.30 - Name: daveloo - matter pert-aining to property transfer
9.30-10.30 - Name: sreekant1 - negligence
10.30 - 11.00 Name: sreekant2 - inheritence
11.00-11.30 - Name: sreekant3 - criminal/civil - cheating
11.30-12.00 - Name: idunnolol - matter pertaining to insolvency
12.00-1.00pm-


Afternoon
2.00-2.30 - Name :gedebe. Matter pertaining to probate and negligence.
2.30-3.00 -
3.00-3.30 -
3.30-4.00 -
4.00-5.00 - Name : 500k mission - matter pertaining to property ownership.

This post has been edited by dariofoo: Jan 10 2014, 03:33 PM

There is a pinned topic at the top of the Property Talk forum called 'Lawyer's Corner'. I was the one who set it up and maintained it for 2 years, but was unable to set up v3 due to work commitments this year. This proposed legal aid clinic would be a way to 'make up' for the lost one year. Cheers.

No problem. Am glad I passed your 'security check'

Haven't been active for the past year so new forummers may not know me but the veterans might still remember

Can I have a few more suggestions. Perhaps the date?

Anyone interested so far?

Good idea. Perhaps i can arrange a 2-hr slot in the afternoon for roundtable talk

Am sorry but would be unable to maintain a proper v3 thread due to work commitments. I hope that the clinic can assist as many forummers as possible. If the response is good I do not mind havng another one Decided not to fix a date which is too long ahead as some may have pressing issues.

Sure mate. Pick a slot.

With all due respect, your comment is not fair. I've been around in this forum since 2010. You can the way I operated v1 and v2 of my thread. If you think that legal aid is a way to 'get business' then you are seriously misconceived.

Any other area of law also can. See no.5. If it is not within my knowledge I will let you know n advance so that you need not fix an appointment.

Ok confirmed and updated.

I appreciate the time and effort which you have taken. Most of it are pretty accurate, except the following which I should elaborate a little plus a few more facts:

1. There is no such thing as a compulsory free consultation by a lawyer. I won't even talk about a clerk as a clerk is not a qualified person, as much as a clerk may be experienced. A lawyer has the right to charge for consultation, even if it is for 5 minutes. Try walking into a big firm like Shearn Delamore or Skrine. They even have a clock on the table to time you. They bill by the hour.

The lawyer has the duty to inform you in advance as to the charges for the consultation. Either by the hour or per appointment. If the lawyer informed you that it would be free and later charges you, then yes, you can complain to the Bar Council. However, it would be your word against the lawyer's.

2. The Selangor and KL Legal Aid Centre does not have any full time lawyers on their payroll. If you walk in, you would have to go through a Means Test first. Basically, advice will only be given to the needy, not any man on the street. If you pass the Means Test, they will open a file, and put it on the list of file for 'adoption' by volunteer lawyers.

3. Not all type of cases will be taken up. For the KL LAC, most of the cases are criminal cases in the Magistrate's Court or divorce cases, especially for abused women who need interim protection orders (IPO). General civil cases would normally not be accepted as it is difficult to find a lawyer who would be willing to take up the case.

4. Alternatively, there is Biro Bantuan Guaman, set up by the Govt. Similarly, there is a Means Test and they only handle either family law cases or probate/inheritence cases.

5. The Selangor and KL Legal Aid Centres do not hold legal aod clinics, as far as I know. Most legal clinics have been held on a monthly basis by certain MPs. There are several groups as well, like Lawyers For Liberty and the Peguam Untuk Felda group.

I will not ask anyone to sign any disclaimer forms. Advice will be proper and professional. There is no ulterior motive in this. I joined a fellow lawyer to attend a legal clinic organised in Klang recently and found it to be a very interesting and satisfying experience, hence the reason to have one here.

Relax,guys. Just ignore and focus on the bright stuff.

Only one slot taken so far.

Yes.

Ok. Set.

Sorry boss.

Ok. Noted. Will put you in for 12-1pm. One hour.

Sorry bro but this thread is strictly for the purpose of registration for the legal aid clinic and not for legal advice. If I start entertaining request for advice here then it would defeat the purpose of having the clinic and would be unfair to those who have committed to attend.

Datuk David Gurupatham's firm is in Phileo Damansara. In any event, I am sure that when he is not driving around in one of his many supercars, Datuk would be very busy with the bigwigs and higher level society to be concerned with legal aid.

UPDATE : I have dropped the idea of the group consultancy as no one seems keen on it (even the forummer who suggested it). As such, the slots from 3-5pm would be available as well for consultation.

You can take one hour if you want. Up to you.

Mr Dave,

9am reserved for you.