@Much Know
in the same way you did !

Now you want 'Locust standi' the standing locust to explain what?

· abuse of litigation in various ways,including using dilatory tactics and false evidence and making frivolous arguments to the courts;
· preparation of false documentation,such as false deeds,contracts,or wills;

· deceiving clients and other persons and misappropriating property;

· procrastination in dealings with clients; and

· charging excessive fees.


Ninajua Yote!

Good gentlemen,this did not have to go the way it is going.
Though both of you are right. While you will get some lawyers who are crafty in town,you will also get very honest,competent,honorable learned men and women. My understanding of asking for a good affordable lawyer is that you will find some top-notch lawyers who have made their names in the country and you can not compare them with someone who is either just starting or in the middle level of their profession. I can quote firms in each category but that would be un-ethical especially for those i percieve to be on the lower/entry/learning end(and dont take it the wrong way - am not saying they are incompetent).

For example in course of my job i require to have some documents Notarised or commissioned. if i take the document to some of the most established lawyers who are in our panel,they either charge me 2500/- or nothing at all for it(just to keep the customer). If i send it to a middle level kind of a law firm they charge me something between 1000 - 1,500 - they wont fail to charge. If i send to one of the 'young'/establishing/or old but they just do not use PR to their favour law-firms - who are not yet 'established',they charge me 500 - they too wont fail to charge and will even negotiate upwards(and am not talking of quarks(sp) or court clerks). So i believe this is what the person who was looking for an 'affordable' lawyer had in mind when asking. he was looking for the 500/- range but someone who knows his job and will do it competentely. Remember even the 2,500 range did not start there,they started low,gave excellent services,made their name to get where they are.

So good people,lets stop throwing stones at each other and give @Blackberry some useful information.

Some deals are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.

@wendz
voice of reason and temperance

@ kybes

hope being a middlemen you don't intend to push the cost up...

you've heard me..