The island’s top prosecutor has added his voice to the debate surrounding the use of those not legally trained, as he dealt with a case of a man given bad advice by a “fireside lawyer”.
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Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Alliston Seale, SC, has warned the public about using “mock lawyers” as the man, Ronny Henderson Greenidge, now faces a conviction for theft, whereas the agreement brokered by his attorney would have left him with a clean record.
“That’s just one example of being misled by people who do not know about the law and who don’t practise law, but feel they know more than lawyers,” he said.
“Otherwise, this matter could have been disposed of, he would have no conviction, he would have paid off the money and it would have gone by the way. But somebody tell him, ‘No, you must have an official receipt’, not knowing the only way you can get an official receipt from the Registry is when you have an official conviction and we can manage the matter by way of fees and fines. So now he will have a conviction.”
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