Lawyers Allegedly Behaving Badly

[dapaterson]

F***ing hell. It just never stops; does it?

More fun - claiming that the court clerk messed up and filed draft affidavits as exhibits. An interesting claim - because the signature of the affiant is present on those alleged "drafts", and the affiant testified under oath that he never signed nor authorized those documents to be signed on his behalf.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/nicholas-cartel-lawyer-fraud-trial-td-bank-9.7373082

Oh - and he's appearing pro se after the relationship with his counsel collapsed.

 

[FJAG]

More fun - claiming that the court clerk messed up and filed draft affidavits as exhibits. An interesting claim - because the signature of the affiant is present on those alleged "drafts", and the affiant testified under oath that he never signed nor authorized those documents to be signed on his behalf.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/nicholas-cartel-lawyer-fraud-trial-td-bank-9.7373082

Oh - and he's appearing pro se after the relationship with his counsel collapsed.

FFS

 

[brihard]

More fun - claiming that the court clerk messed up and filed draft affidavits as exhibits. An interesting claim - because the signature of the affiant is present on those alleged "drafts", and the affiant testified under oath that he never signed nor authorized those documents to be signed on his behalf.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/nicholas-cartel-lawyer-fraud-trial-td-bank-9.7373082

Oh - and he's appearing pro se after the relationship with his counsel collapsed.

I like the part where he’s suing several media outlets for covering the case.

 

[dapaterson]

Who knew that taking funds from private equity for a contingency stake in a large class action means that you have to tell those investors that you got fired as counsel?

Who knew that personal expenses, like running a string of 10 to 30 thoroughbred horses, probably should not be paid out of your business account?

Alberta separatist leader Jeff Rath in in a spot of hot water...

U.S. lenders sue Jeff Rath for $112M, allege he concealed First Nation firing | Globalnews.ca

Two American litigation funders allege the Alberta separatist leader misled them into financing First Nations lawsuits even after his firm had been fired.

globalnews.ca

 

[Cloud Cover]

God forbid it might affect his business. We wouldn't want victimize the poor fellow.

You should see that guys house. He’s got a 2500 sq ft library, with ante room. All hand crafted wood fixtures and shelving with ladders made before WW2. Stain glass windows like a church. That’s just the library.

 

[ModlrMike]

He sounds like a real POS.

 

[Gordon Dundas/]

You should see that guys house. He’s got a 2500 sq ft library, with ante room. All hand crafted wood fixtures and shelving with ladders made before WW2. Stain glass windows like a church. That’s just the library.

He may be able to read a book but I get the distinct feeling he lacks the ability to read a room .

 

[Cloud Cover]

Don’t know the guy. His house is for sale that’s all I know.

He may be able to read a book but I get the distinct feeling he lacks the ability to read a room .

 

[dapaterson]

A quarter century of what can most charitably be described as incompetence has come to an end in Winnipeg. One hopes that the Manitoba bar takes a good long look and ask why they permitted this farce to go on as long as it did.

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7347346?feature=related-link

 

[ModlrMike]

Jeeebus!

 

[daftandbarmy]

'Cartel', an interestingly coincidental last name

High-flying lawyer goes on trial for writing bad cheque allegedly to cover for collapsing firm​

Nicholas Cartel is self-representing against criminal charge stemming from probe into $7M embezzlement​

A Toronto lawyer who co-founded a law firm with his wife that collapsed spectacularly three years ago, after millions of dollars in client money was discovered missing from the firm's trust account, went on trial Monday on a fraud charge stemming from the police investigation into the case.

Nicholas Cartel, 62, faces one count of fraud over $5,000 based on allegations that he deliberately wrote a bad cheque for $300,000 in an attempt to cover up a shortfall in the trust account at Cartel & Bui LLP, the firm he ran with his wife.

The alleged fraud occurred in February 2023, when Cartel & Bui LLP was handling a property sale for a client. The law firm needed to pay out $2.22 million in proceeds to the client but didn't have sufficient funds in its trust account because Bui had been embezzling money from it for years, according to her own evidence in a separate civil case.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/nicholas-cartel-lawyer-fraud-trial-9.7370260

 

[Cloud Cover]

A quarter century of what can most charitably be described as incompetence has come to an end in Winnipeg. One hopes that the Manitoba bar takes a good long look and ask why they permitted this farce to go on as long as it did.

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/9.7347346?feature=related-link

All professions have their fair and full share of the lazy, the incompetent, perverts and assorted sex pests, the medical category of stupid and of course the cunning class of criminal masterminds. While most of them work for the government where there are few consequences (if any) for their behaviour, the private sector also has a fair percentage. There will be no sober reflection, just a bucketful of ways to reactively blame every aspect of white, colonial society as the root of all of these evils.

 

[dapaterson]

All professions have their fair and full share of the lazy, the incompetent, perverts and assorted sex pests, the medical category of stupid and of course the cunning class of criminal masterminds. While most of them work for the government where there are few consequences (if any) for their behaviour, the private sector also has a fair percentage. There will be no sober reflection, just a bucketful of ways to reactively blame every aspect of white, colonial society as the root of all of these evils.

When the list of infractions goes back to giving false information on her original bar application, one can reasonably question the diligence of the Bar in permitting her to remain as a lawyer so long.

 

[daftandbarmy]

All professions have their fair and full share of the lazy, the incompetent, perverts and assorted sex pests, the medical category of stupid and of course the cunning class of criminal masterminds. While most of them work for the government where there are few consequences (if any) for their behaviour, the private sector also has a fair percentage. There will be no sober reflection, just a bucketful of ways to reactively blame every aspect of white, colonial society as the root of all of these evils.

Wait, are we talking about Deloitte now?

Deloitte Erased $672M in Assets for Oligarch Abramovich, Investigation Reveals​

Deloitte Erased $672M in Assets for Oligarch Abramovich, Investigation Reveals

Accounting giant Deloitte Cyprus helped hide $672 million in luxury assets for Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich through backdated financial documents.

united24media.com

 

[lenaitch]

When the list of infractions goes back to giving false information on her original bar application, one can reasonably question the diligence of the Bar in permitting her to remain as a lawyer so long.

The 2021 incident could well be investigated as criminal.

 

[dapaterson]

The 2021 incident could well be investigated as criminal.

I don't believe most regulators hand over files to police, unfortunately.

 

[daftandbarmy]

"Look, certainly I wrote a cheque for $300,000 to replenish the trust account my wife had been robbing for years knowing there were not sufficient funds to cover it in my account, but that doesn't mean I was committing fraud" is an interesting defence.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/nicholas-cartel-lawyer-fraud-trial-9.7370260

Which reminds me of a 70s movie

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