The law association and the attorney’s licence

THE EDITOR: Please publish this letter to Mr Karl Hudson-Phillips QC, President, Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago, Chancery Courtyard, Port-of-Spain.

Dear Sir, I write to formally complain about the conduct of an “attorney-at-law”.
   My mother saw him concerning a High Court matter in November 2002. At the meeting she asked him if he was in good financial standing with your Association. His response to her was that that was none of her so-and-so business and that she was “fast” to ask him. If I remember correctly, there was a report in the newspapers some time ago about an attorney who almost compromised his client’s case because he was not in good standing with your Association.

This was the reason for asking about his position with your Association. I do not think she was wrong. In fact, I called your Association which confirmed that he is not in good standing with the Association and has not been for more than two years. Can an attorney lose his licence if he is not in good standing with your Association? I would appreciate if you can look into this situation because what this man is doing then is misleading the public, deceitful and fraudulent. I think it is unfair that he should be allowed to hold himself out to be an attorney in these circumstances.

NOEL FORDE
Morvant