Do you like Solicitors? ... do you think they are scum?

LighterGuy

Came into contact with solicitors last year (hands on judgement type of thing) and no nothing to do with me personally :pac: over another issue.

But in my personal view I think alot of Solicitors are ... quite frankly scum. Sure, knew it for years. But as I say, hands on experience weighs more.

Am I alone in my thoughts that they are just deceptive, lack of morals, money grabbing ... scum I guess.


views?

landsleaving

Some are good, some are not.

Like everything else.

But don't let that stop you adding a new profession to the funeral pyre of the Celtic Tiger. There aren't enough figures of hate already.

PeterIanStaker

I think that 99.999% of the legal profession give the rest of them a bad name.

ElaElaElano

Almost as bad as public sector workers.
But not quite.
Worse than the foreigners though, just about. Unless it's a foreign solicitor who works for the state prosecution service. shudder.

WIZE

No . they are to help people understand their rights with the Law

Cookie_Monster

parasites, merely live off the misfortune of others

Biggins

Some good, some bad. Just like every other profession.

Joeyjoejoe83

WIZE wrote: »

No . they are to help people understand their rights with the Law

Hilarious.

They are greedy, jealous backstabbers. It's not a profession for nice people.

LighterGuy

Joeyjoejoe83 wrote: »

Hilarious.

They are greedy, jealous backstabbers. It's not a profession for nice people.

best way to describe it I think.
I personally think that if I come into contact with a solicitor, in any form, I'd be wary.

Like you cant manipulate, defend clearly guilty people (no matter how serious) and then still be a "great person"

uberwolf

LighterGuy wrote: »

Came into contact with solicitors last year

But in my personal view I think alot of Solicitors are ... quite frankly scum. Sure, knew it for years.

formed beliefs, sought evidence to prove it.

LighterGuy

uberwolf wrote: »

formed beliefs, sought evidence to prove it.

Or people always said they were scum. Had experiences. They were right.

WIZE

Joeyjoejoe83 wrote: »

Hilarious.

They are greedy, jealous backstabbers. It's not a profession for nice people.

So joey

Are you saying that if your are bringing someone or you are being brought to Court your not going to contact a Solicitor because there scum ?

LighterGuy

WIZE wrote: »

So joey

Are you saying that if your are bringing some or you are being brought to Court your not going to contact a Solicitor because there scum ?

Always one isnt there :pac:
So wize, all solitors in the world. 100% of them are great people. Its just that me and joey (etc) are clearly misinformed.

Thanks. Thanks for clearing that up.

*gets your opinion*
*goes to toilet*
.. you can guess the rest :P

easyeason3

Yeah I like my solicitor, she is an absolute rottweiller.
Which is good for me because she is so good.

Aoifey!

I think it's a profession that, for the most part, you have to act like a dick to get forward. But there still are some good ones out there.

WIZE

LighterGuy wrote: »

Always one isnt there :pac:
So wize, all solitors in the world. 100% of them are great people. Its just that me and joey (etc) are clearly misinformed.

Thanks. Thanks for clearing that up.

*gets your opinion*
*goes to toilet*
.. you can guess the rest :P

There is Dicks in all professions but your seem not to recognize that

Solicitor dont win court cases for being nice

your comment doesnt make sense but i will wait for joeys answer

The_Kew_Tour

They love the Euros

Arnold Layne

There wouldn't be a need for as many solicitors if everyone obeyed the law, e.g. pay up when you owe someone money for work done, no public drunkenness, theft, etc.

I don't see why they are needed when buying a house; that has gone down the tubes for them now.

Everyone can write their own still as well

The_Kew_Tour

Arnold Layne wrote: »

There wouldn't be a need for as many solicitors if everyone obeyed the law, e.g. pay up when you owe someone money for work done, no public drunkenness, theft, etc.

And sure if my aunt had balls, she be my uncle

Killer Pigeon

Like every professional they are the scum of the Earth. :rolleyes:

bluto63

uberwolf wrote: »

formed beliefs, sought evidence to prove it.

Wait a minute...That sounds like lawyer talk! Get him!

Run_to_da_hills

A solicitor that can make you loads of money out of a personal injury claim is good, one that is after your blood in a law suit is bad. Swings and roundabouts with them.

WIZE

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A solicitor that can make you loads of money out of a personal injury claim is good, one that is after your blood in a law suit is bad. Swings and roundabouts with them.

thats where I would not like Mr Nice Solicitor on my side

Het-Field

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

parasites, merely live off the misfortune of others

Do you wish to back that up ?

Or can I take it that this is just a raging case of the "Green Eyed Monster" ?

Knasher

In general, the more of an ass you are, the better you do as a solicitor. If you want a nice one look for a poor one, but if you want a good one then you're going to need an asshole.

holystungun9

I don't like the solicitors that wear white shiny tracksuits and tuck them into their white shiny socks. Briefcase sporting tw@ts!

holystungun9

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A solicitor that can make you loads of money out of a personal injury claim is good, one that is after your blood in a law suit is bad. Swings and roundabouts with them.

Not always. When a thief steals your van at night after drinking in the pub and then crashes into somebody, serioulsy injuring them, and you get sued,then you realise that it isn't good for everybody.

XxMCRxBabyxX

Joeyjoejoe83 wrote: »

Hilarious.

They are greedy, jealous backstabbers. It's not a profession for nice people.

I would disagree. I would be considered quite a nice person and I'm hoping to be a solicitor in a few years.

Also I know quite a few solicitors at the moment. The vast majority would be lovely people that I enjoy talking to and are always nice and helpful to me.

Yes you will always get the arrogant ones, my law class has shown me that, but you will get that in every single profession that there is

tony007

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

parasites, merely live off the misfortune of others

You could say the same about doctors

Where To

tony007 wrote: »

You could say the same about doctors

and undertakers

holystungun9

tony007 wrote: »

You could say the same about doctors

those pesky trying to improve our health, cure our illnesses, etc etc, no gooders!!!!

tony007

holystungun9 wrote: »

those pesky trying to improve our health, cure our illnesses, etc etc, no gooders!!!!

That was the point I was making

Osgoodisgood

I had to defend myself against a ridiculous lawsuit recently, brought against me by an utter pr1ck who thought he was on to a good thing having been encouraged to take action by his equally dishonest financial advisor. On the day of the action his barrister and solicitor advised him to drop the case lest he not only lose the case but have costs and damages to pay as well.

Both his legal representatives and mine were perfectly professional and were a credit to their companies.

Obviously not all solicitors are that classy but I haven't met a rogue one yet.

pragmatic1

Mostly scum. The legal profession in general have a lot to answer for.

Wolfe Tone

I guess everyone who is bitching wont go crawling to one when they have a run in with the law so?

almostnever

Meh. I know a fair few simply because I'm studying Law and most of my friends have family who are practicing, and while there are a few bad eggs, I would consider 90% of the solicitors I know to be caring, compassionate people who are competent and capable when it comes to doing their jobs. (Alliteration ftw!:pac:) I hear a lot of people saying things like "all lawyers are scum" and then struggling to provide a few concrete examples to back up their assertions, so as far as I have seen through personal experience it's more a case of there being the idea that solicitors are morally bankrupt etc. rather than there actually being many morally bankrupt solicitors. If that makes sense. Which it probably doesn't, my brain is fried. :pac:

Big Nasty

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A solicitor that can make you loads of money out of a personal injury claim is good, one that is after your blood in a law suit is bad. Swings and roundabouts with them.

I know you are famed all over boards.ie for your conspiracy theory rants but the BS you posted above takes the biscuit for me. The purpose of insurance or settlement is to put the injured party back in the same position they were in prior to an incident - not to make them a shed load of money in a claim for a twisted ankle and put someone else bankrupt or out of business in the process. That kind of carry on is the height of scumbagyness (my new word!) and both recipients of cash in said cases (solicitors and 'injured' party) should go to hell for their lies.

It's people with views like this 'on the make' which have the rest of us paying such high insurance costs - i.e. those who make false or exaggerated claims in order to make 'loads of money' are stealing directly from the pockets of each and every one of us. If you truly believe what you just posted the biggest scumbag in this thread is you. :mad::mad::mad:

thebaz

there are good and honourable solicitors around , but sadly way too many see themselves above the law , and driven by greed - checkout the ones advertising for divorce - anyone who has witnessed divorce knows how horrible an experience it can be, for all parties - not something to be advertised alongside plumbers and handymen - the tribunal gravy trains are a disgrace - 15 years to tell us what we already know - at a scandalous cost to the nation , making a small select elite even wealthier, in there salubrious D4 mansions

We're focusing on the wrong set of assholes here.

Barristers are the real gob****es.

Those wigs and gowns make me cringe.

Fuhrer

No Lawyers, no problems

MadameCholet

Bit of an extreme view. My solicitor was alright. He wasn't cheap BUT he actually 'overlooked' a few consulations which was decent of him.

Trevor451

This thread belongs in the law forum :pac:

Mrmoe

almostnever wrote: »

Meh. I know a fair few simply because I'm studying Law and most of my friends have family who are practicing, and while there are a few bad eggs, I would consider 90% of the solicitors I know to be caring, compassionate people who are competent and capable when it comes to doing their jobs. (Alliteration ftw!:pac:) I hear a lot of people saying things like "all lawyers are scum" and then struggling to provide a few concrete examples to back up their assertions, so as far as I have seen through personal experience it's more a case of there being the idea that solicitors are morally bankrupt etc. rather than there actually being many morally bankrupt solicitors. If that makes sense. Which it probably doesn't, my brain is fried. :pac:

Thats a good way of putting it. The legal profession will never have good PR nor will it be seen as a carin and compassionate profession. You only have to look at court cases and tribunals that make news headlines and solicitors rarely come out smelling of roses. The reason behind this is that they do their job to a very high professional standard. I think it is the profession rather than the people that is morally unbalanced and this view usually rubs off on the people who work as solictors/lawyers.

orourkeda

I love one.

The most gorgeous woman I've ever seen. Otherwise, they're all c*nts

epgc3fyqirnbsx

And what about human right solicitors? Or intellectual property solicitors? Or even our justic minister Alan Shatter? All scum obviously....

whiteonion

holystungun9 wrote: »

those pesky trying to improve our health, cure our illnesses, etc etc, no gooders!!!!

I haven't met many people who became better by going to the doctor. Improving your health by visiting a doctor? Don't make The Onionator laugh.

XxMCRxBabyxX

whiteonion wrote: »

I haven't met many people who became better by going to the doctor. Improving your health by visiting a doctor? Don't make The Onionator laugh.

So my cancer just cured itself. Funny that...

Don't make such stupid points!

Run_to_da_hills

MCMLXXV wrote: »

The purpose of insurance or settlement is to put the injured party back in the same position they were in prior to an incident - not to make them a shed load of money in a claim for a twisted ankle and put someone else bankrupt or out of business in the process. That kind of carry on is the height of scumbagyness (my new word!) and both recipients of cash in said cases (solicitors and 'injured' party) should go to hell for their lies.

Try saying that to a biker that has been confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life due to some reckless cage driver that has pulled out in front of him. :rolleyes:

PinkFly

i was in court last year over family law....

my solictor was a big mistake....

he kept saying wat a lovely girl i was and that i needed to get a fella...

and even kissed me on the cheek a gave me a hug after wards....

i felt violated ....



and then he took my money

:(

van der vart

got divorced after 12 years, got screwed more by the solicitors, than i did in my married life

flahavaj

Just like every other person that studies hard and dioes their best to get ahead in a highly competitive profession you get the ususal droolers giving them stick. Only in Ireland.:rolleyes: