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by yoda23 on December 11th, 2005

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Why do people hate lawyers so much?

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  • by Captain Birdseye on December 13th, 2005

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    Because they charge you a lot of money and do not really help you that much. It's a value for money thing, when you hand over £1,000 to someone, you expect £1,000 of work to be done. You don't expect no help, delay's, taking forever to get the job done, getting sued anyway, and the £1,000 going up to £10,000.

    I have never met a Lawyer who could give a straight answer, even to supposedly straight questions like "is this illegal?". You are more likely to encounter an answer like "Oh, well, sort of, you know, give me £500 and I'll get back to you next month on that one" (???????????????????)

    Half of them are also basically incompetent. If you think the law entitles you to something, a lawyer will not tell you you are entitled to it, instead you have to do your own research and spell it out to your lawyer what you want him to do. But for the amount of money you are paying him you are expecting (quite reasonably) that he should be telling you what you are, and are not, legally entitled to do, not the other way around.

    In summary, they're expensive and not very helpful. If you walked into a restaurant that was expensive, crap food and crap service and you had to tell the chef and the waiter how to do his job, you just wouldn't go back, but with lawyers you don't have that luxury, because on planet lawyer, ALL the restaurants are serving crap food. In most cases you are better doing your own research and representing yourself. It is your legal right.

    I am speaking from experience, but on a lighter note, it is interesting that there is around 9 million people imprisoned worldwide, where everyone calls them murderers, rapists, and scum, but to lawyers, they're called customers.

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    • You are obviously speaking from experience.

      Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog

      by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on December 13th, 2005

    • girl, this be wrong and you don't know what you be talkin bout

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on April 1st, 2006

    • You just don't get it. Many lawyers are highly skilled and effective but not even the best lawyer can save your butt if you're stupid enough to commit a crime. It's sickening how criminals blame the lawyer when they end up exactly where they should be - in prison.

      Atticus Finch

      by Atticus Finch on March 6th, 2007

    • It sounds like your problem is with the government, not the attorneys. You write: "I have never met a Lawyer who could give a straight answer, even to supposedly straight questions like "is this illegal?" Did you ever stop to consider that many legal problems do not have a clear answer? Often times all a lawyer can do is look at the law and previous precedent and give you a percentage chance of success.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on December 4th, 2008

    • You said everythign I wanted to say......In four months I've had to deal with four of these useless bastards and it's sickening to watch these idiots operate. Useless morons who wants mountains of money for nothing.

      ferris7

      by ferris7 on November 28th, 2010

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