This is a high profile lawyer specialising in defamation whom my friend has engaged. It involves defamatory facebook posts which are totally untrue. He has a strong case (about as "straightforward" as is possible though nothing ever is straightforward in defamation) however this lawyer takes months to return calls and it turns out they have not served the other party despite 16 months having passed because the other party is refusing to accept being served.
Our understanding is that in that case the court can approve serving by email. Why has it not been done already?
My friend is too scared to berate the lawyer and too scared to switch to another lawyer because there is no guarantee of getting better service.
The defamation is a woman accusing him of stalking and sexual predation. My friend fears that in this political climate no lawyer will take such a case on regardless of how strong the case is. It is possible that the current lawyer has no intention to follow through and is just milking money from my friend.
Our understanding is that in that case the court can approve serving by email. Why has it not been done already?
My friend is too scared to berate the lawyer and too scared to switch to another lawyer because there is no guarantee of getting better service.
The defamation is a woman accusing him of stalking and sexual predation. My friend fears that in this political climate no lawyer will take such a case on regardless of how strong the case is. It is possible that the current lawyer has no intention to follow through and is just milking money from my friend.