Criminal Breach of Trust

Criminal Breach of Trust

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Added: (Mon Oct 30 2006)
LAWYER INVESTIGATED FOR GROSSLY EXCESSIVE FEES TO: MEDIA RELEASE-SCOOP NEWSWIRE-CRIME FROM: TVFREE SUBJECT: ROGER CHAPMAN DATE: 10/30/06 CC: PRESSBOX WELLINGTON LAWYER INVESTIGATED FOR CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST
POLICE REF 050729/1775

Wellington 30 October 2006- Fees charged by Wellington Lawyer Roger Chapman in the administration of a deceased estate are the subject of a complaint to the Wellington Police and may warrant investigation by the Serious Fraud Office. The maximum penalty for this offence is 7 years imprisonment.

Last month Wellington High Court Judge Forrest Miller slashed $16,000 off fees charged by another lawyer in the same case, labeling Herb Romaniuk’s costs as “grossly excessive” for the very limited role he played the case. Roger Chapman is a seniour partner in Johnston Lawrence and has an extensive practice in personal injury and medical matters, acting especially for groups of claimants, including a number of victims of dioxin the scandal who claimed they were ripped off by deep pocketed lawyers promising false hope. Complaints were laid with the Police after several families were forced to sell their homes to cover Mr Chapman's costs.

The Johnston Lawrence website claims Mr Chapman has many years experience in family law, especially in complex relationship property and estate disputes. However,despite the offer to settle without recourse to the Court, Mr Chapman refused disclosure of the deceased's financial records or medical file and charged the estate for responding to Law Society complaints about the operation of his trust fund. The complainant said "His claim to have a strong commitment dispute resolution is false advertising and given he claims to act as a mediator, he is supposed to ensure his clients' problems are resolved quickly and cost- effectively , however the opposite has clearly occured here, to borrow a quote from Charles Dickens-"Roger is a master at exploiting the first principle of English Law, which is that it makes buisness for itself.

" "Roger claims to be an experienced advocate and has represented his clients in courts at all levels. As a former New Zealand Chair of LEADR, the foremost professional mediation organisation in Australasia, and a member of several other dispute resolution organisations, he should be committed to find the best outcomes for his clients, but in this case he has obviously failed miserably."

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