My friend had a matter listed against her in the Supreme Court Commercial division where a solicitor signed and filed an affidavit on behalf of my friends brother against her. My friend attended at the court representing herself and the other party had a barrister and a solicitor. The Judge was extremely annoyed with the solicitor acting for her brother stating that he was annoyed that the matter had been presented before him and berating the solicitor for making the requests and wanting a course of action as detailed in the affidavit and then told my friend that he was going to adjourn it for two months but did not give a date.
The judge was extremely annoyed and used some harsh language to the first solicitor. He actually held his hand up when the barrister interjected and told her to be quite. The barrister and solicitor then rushed to leave the court after the adjournment and did not want to talk to her just saying wait for the next court date.
Four months later my friend received another affidavit this one signed by her brother also detailing his grievances along very similar lines to the affidavit signed by the first solicitor. My friend received legal advice amounting to several thousands of dollars in relation to the first affidavit signed by the solicitor that the judge threw out but who did not give a reason in court for throwing it out.
It is now listed in the Supreme Court Common Law Division and the first solicitor is not involved and there is a new solicitors details on the paper work. My friend is annoyed at what happened as she now has to pay for more legal advice to reply to the second affidavit. Can she claim compensation for this? How do does she find out why the reasons why judge sent it from the commercial area to the common law area?
The judge was extremely annoyed and used some harsh language to the first solicitor. He actually held his hand up when the barrister interjected and told her to be quite. The barrister and solicitor then rushed to leave the court after the adjournment and did not want to talk to her just saying wait for the next court date.
Four months later my friend received another affidavit this one signed by her brother also detailing his grievances along very similar lines to the affidavit signed by the first solicitor. My friend received legal advice amounting to several thousands of dollars in relation to the first affidavit signed by the solicitor that the judge threw out but who did not give a reason in court for throwing it out.
It is now listed in the Supreme Court Common Law Division and the first solicitor is not involved and there is a new solicitors details on the paper work. My friend is annoyed at what happened as she now has to pay for more legal advice to reply to the second affidavit. Can she claim compensation for this? How do does she find out why the reasons why judge sent it from the commercial area to the common law area?