RE: COMPLAINT SENT TO THE LAW SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND ON
JANUARY 28th 2017
The formal complaint was sent by registered post to The Law Society of
Northern Ireland last Saturday, January
28th 2017.
The text of a letter sent with the complaint, plus the text of notes
connected with the Complaints Form, can be viewed in the sections below.
A SCANNED COPY of the FULL January 28th 2017 letter to The Northern
Ireland Law Society, which includes scanned copies of the completed
five-page Complains Form, can be viewed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandLawSociety/28January2017/ScannedRegisteredLetter.htm
Scanned copies of the associated Post Office receipt, and of the Post
Office "Proof of Delivery" note, have also been included at the www location just
above.
Yesterday (February 2nd 2017), an acknowledgement of receipt
was received by me from Ms Mary Bradley, Executive Officer,
Client (Solicitor) Complaints Department at The Law Society
of Northern Ireland, for my above-mentioned January 28th
2017 letter. Ms Bradley's letter, dated February 1st 2017,
also states that I will receive a
"detailed response" within
the next 21 days.
A scanned copy of Ms Bradley's February 1st 2017
acknowledgement of receipt letter to me can be viewed at the
following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandLawSociety/28January2017/ScannedRegisteredLetter.htm#Acknowledgement
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BY REGISTERED POST
To: Mr. John Mackell
Director of Client (Solicitor) Complaints
The Law Society of Northern Ireland
Law Society House
96 Victoria Street
Belfast
Northern Ireland
BT1 3GN
January 28th 2017
Your Reference: JM/MB
Dear Mr Mackell,
RE: COMPLAINTS RELATING TO LAWYERS LOUISE MOLEY LL.B.,
AND RONAN McGUIGAN LL.B.
Thank you for your letter dated November 14th 2016, and the
enclosures.
In connection with this complaint, I wish you to know that,
for a number of reasons, I have done my best to try to avoid
making it. Mindful, for example, of the suggestion
"It is
in the interest of both you and the Solicitor that you try
and resolve any outstanding concerns about the nature of the
work between you", in Section 9 of the Northern Ireland
Law Society CCFO "SOLICITORS' IN-HOUSE COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE" Complaints Form, I have delayed writing this letter to you in the hope
of finding some other means of resolving my outstanding
concerns, without the need to formally complain to the Law
Society of Northern Ireland. However, and despite my best
efforts to keep Ms Moley and Mr McGuigan informed and
updated regarding the several outstanding legal, medical,
financial, and social difficulties that I continue to
struggle with, I have not heard anything at all from Ms
Louise Moley, or from Mr Ronan McGuigan, since the email and
letter I received from
McGuigan and Malone Solicitors
dated August 19th 2016, printed copies of which have been
placed in the enclosed A4 plastic pocket holder marked
H
13. There are also scanned copies of these two items at
the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/19August2016/Letter.htm
My most recent attempt to communicate with Ms Moley and Mr
McGuigan can be viewed in the email I copied to both of them
dated December 29th 2016.There is a slightly edited copy of the
email in question at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/PrimeMinisterEndaKennyTD/29December2016/Gmail.html
and,
an unedited "Gmail PDF" version of the same email at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/PrimeMinisterEndaKennyTD/29December2016/Gmail.pdf
Please find enclosed my completed CCF1 Law Society
Complaints Form, which together with related notes
consisting of six A4 sheets I have attached to the CCF1
Form, have been placed in the enclosed A4 plastic pocket
holder marked
H 14.
Within the coming few days, I intend to place a copy of this
letter on the www system which I hope will make it easier
for you to access the several www links contained in this
letter, and in other items of correspondence enclosed. I will place the copy at the following www
location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandLawSociety/28January2017/ScannedRegisteredLetter.htm
Should there be any further information in connection with
this complaint that you need from me, please let me know and
I will do my best to provide you with it as soon as I can.
It would be much appreciated if you, or one of your
colleagues at the Northern Ireland Law Society, could please
let me have an acknowledgement of receipt for this letter.
Yours sincerely,
William Finnerty.
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Newry
Northern Ireland
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WEB SITE:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com
ENCLOSED: Please find enclosed a folder
containing fifteen A4 plastic pocket holders marked
H 1
to
H 15, the contents of which are all listed on the
A4 sheet that has been placed in the holder marked
H 2.
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NOTES ATTACHED TO NORTHERN
IRELAND LAW SOCIETY COMPLAINT FORM DATED JANUARY 28th 2017.
SUBMITTED BY WILLIAM FINNERTY
RE: PART 1 OF NORTHERN IRELAND LAW SOCIETY CCF1
COMPLAINT FORM - Your personal details
NOTE #1 (RE: My telephone number):
Although I do have a telephone number, I only use it for
outgoing calls. This is because I wish to avoid receiving
unwanted and unhelpful calls from people who seem to have
little or no knowledge or understanding of the chronic PTSD
(Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) I am suffering from. I have
found that such people are inclined to say things to me in
conversations which exacerbate, sometimes in major ways, the
symptoms of this PTSD medical condition.
Evidence of this chronic PTSD condition I am suffering from
can be viewed in the enclosed copy of the
"To Whom It May
Concern Letter" dated
October 28th 2005 from
Dr Michael McCavert GP, who used to be my GP when I
lived in Omagh. The copy of Dr McCavert’s letter has been
placed in the enclosed A4 plastic pocket holder marked
H
15. Using two registered letters, I have tried to get an
updated version of Dr McCavert's October 28th 2005 "To Whom
It May Concern" letter by writing to my present GP, Dr John
Radcliffe, at the Meadowlands Surgery in Newry.
Unfortunately, and for reasons unknown to me, I have so far
not received any reply of any kind from anybody connected
with the Meadowlands Surgery to these two letters. Scanned
copies of the two registered letters sent by me to Dr
Radcliffe GP, dated April 26th 2016 and August 1st 2016, can
be viewed at the www locations provided just below:
Registered Letter #1 (April 26th 2016):
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/MeadowlandsSurgery/26April2016/RegisteredLetter.htm
Registered Letter #2 (August 1st 2016):
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/MeadowlandsSurgery/1August2016/RegisteredLetter.htm
I feel I should also inform you that on account of the fact
that I have a number of unresolved legal problems, Newry
Daisy Hill Hospital Consultant Psychologist Dr Elizabeth
McMonagle has informed me, on May 17th 2016, that I can not
be provided with "talking therapy" for the chronic Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder I have now been suffering from for
the past 17 years or so. The reason for this, according to
Dr McMonagle, and assuming I understood her correctly, is
that there is some kind of hospital rule which prevents the
"Daisy Hill Hospital Support and Recovery Team" from
providing such therapy for individuals who, like myself, are
struggling with unresolved legal problems. Additional
information relating to this ban can be found in the email
dated May 26th 2016 that I sent to Northern Ireland First
Minister Arlene Foster LL.B, MLA, a Gmail PDF copy of which
can be viewed at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/FirstMinisterArleneFosterMLA/26May2016/Email.pdf
You may wish to note that lawyer Louise Moley LL.B was among
those the email at the www address just above was copied to,
and that I sent it to her partly in the hope that she, or
one of the several other professional lawyers included on
the "Cc" list of the email, might provide me with some legal
advise on the legality of the ban on "talking therapy"
referred to in the paragraph just above. My understanding is
that decisions relating to this ban also involved Newry's
Daisy Hill Hospital Consulted Psychiatrist Dr Mark McCauley,
who I had two consultations with at Daisy Hill Hospital some
months before May 17th 2016.
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RE: PART 2 OF NI LAW SOCIETY CCF1 COMPLAINT FORM -
Details of the solicitor you are complaining about
NOTE #2 (RE: Name of lawyers, the original law firm,
and the present law firm involved):
Louise Moley LL.B and Ronan McGuigan LL.B used to work for
McGuigan Malone Solicitors in Newry. I have reason to
believe that the law firm of McGuigan Malone Solicitors may
have shut down on November 1st 2016. As far as I know, both
Ms Moley and Mr McGuigan now work for the Newry law firm of
Fisher and Fisher Solicitors, which is located at the
following address:
Fisher and Fisher Solicitors
9 John Mitchel Place
Newry
County Down,
Northern Ireland
BT34 2BS.
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RE: PART 3 OF NI LAW SOCIETY CCF1 COMPLAINT FORM -
Who is your solicitor acting for?
NOTE #3 (RE: My initial complaint letter, and four
other items of closely associated correspondence)
:
a) Please find enclosed a printed copy of my
initial complaint letter to Louise Moley dated
June
23rd 2016, which was sent to her through the registered
post. It has been placed in the A4 plastic pocket holder
marked
H 9. There is also a scanned copy of it at the
following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/23June2016/Email/RegisteredLetter.htm
b) A printed copy of the
June 28th 2016 email
reply I received from Ronan McGuigan has been placed in the
enclosed A4 holder marked
H 10.
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/28June2016/Letter.htm
c) A printed copy of my
July 1st 2016 email
response to Ronan McGuigan's June 28th 2016 email to me has
been placed in the enclosed A4 holder marked
H 11.
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/1July2016/Gmail.pdf
d) A printed copy of my additional response to Ronan
McGuigan's June 28th 2016 email to me, which I sent to him
through the registered post on
July 13th 2016, is
located in the enclosed A4 holder marked
H 12.
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/13July2016/Email/RegisteredLetter.htm
e) Printed copies of the McGuigan Malone Solicitors
most recent reply to me, consisting of an email and an
attached letter, both dated
August 19th 2016, have
been placed in the enclosed A4 holder marked
H 13.
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/19August2016/Letter.htm
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RE: PART 4 OF NI LAW SOCIETY CCF1 COMPLAINT FORM -
Nature of Work and relevant issues
NOTE #4 (RE: the kind of legal work involved):
The legal work in question involves what I see as basic
principles and issues relating to the overall contents of
the
CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
which I understand came fully into force in December 2009.
For several years now, I have been particularly interested
in the basic principles
"of being advised, defended and
represented", as stated in the text of Article 47 of
this EU Charter. As I pointed out in Section 6 of my July
13th 2016 registered letter to Ronan McGuigan, referred to
at
d) under
NOTE #3 above, the text of Article
47 of this EU Charter reads as follows:
"Right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial
Everyone whose rights and freedoms guaranteed by the law of
the Union are violated has the right to an effective remedy
before a tribunal in compliance with the conditions laid
down in this Article.
Everyone is entitled to a fair and public hearing within a
reasonable time by an independent and impartial tribunal
previously established by law. Everyone shall have the
possibility of being advised, defended and represented.
Legal aid shall be made available to those who lack
sufficient resources in so far as such aid is necessary to
ensure effective access to justice."
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NOTE #5 (RE: When did you last instruct your
solicitor?):
I last instructed Louise Moley using an email I sent to her
on December 23rd 2015. The instruction is reproduced in the
excerpt from my December 23rd 2015 email to her just below:
'If the manner in which Clanrye Properties are holding
onto my belongings (as outlined above) is not lawful, it
would be much appreciated if you could please take whatever
legal action you feel is appropriate, on my behalf, for the
purpose of enabling Niall Fitzpatrick and Michael Keenan to
transport my belongings from 31 Kilmorey Street to my
present temporary address. Niall Fitzpatrick and Michael
Keenan have both assured me that once "the way is clear for
them", they will act on my behalf regarding the transfer of
my belongings without any undue delay.'
A printed copy of the December 23rd 2015 email in question
has been placed in the A4 holder marked
H 6. My
instruction to Louise Moley is on the 2nd paragraph of Page
2 of the enclosed copy.
A full copy of my December 23rd 2015 email to Louise Moley
can also be viewed at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/23December2015/Gmail.pdf
In what was partly an attempt by me to try and remind Louise
Moley of my ongoing inability to find legal representation
of the kind which recognised my legal right (as I see it)
"of being advised, defended and represented", as stated
in the text of Article 47 of the CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL
RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, and, in addition, to try to
point out to her some of the closely related negative
practical consequences, for me personally, of not having any
such legal representation, I sent another email directly to
her on January 18th 2016.
A printed copy of the January 18th 2016 email in question
has been placed in the enclosed A4 holder marked
H 7.
A full copy of my January 18
th 2016 email to
Louise Moley can also be viewed at the following www
location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/18January2016/Gmail.pdf
On May 17th 2016 I received an email from Laura Salamin at
McGuigan Malone Solicitors together with an unsigned
attached Word document dated May 16th 2016 which stated,
among other things, we have
"no live matters for you".
Printed copies of the McGuigan Malone Solicitors Word
document of May 16th 2016, and the associated May 17th 2016
email, have been placed in the enclosed A4 holder marked
H 8. Scanned copies of both items can be viewed at the
following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/16May2016/Letter.htm
You may wish to note that the belongings of mine referred to
above (which are being held by Mr Patsy Heaney of Clanrye Properties) have not been returned to me.
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NOTE #6 (RE: How are you paying for the work?):
I signed papers during my October 19th 2015 meeting with
Louise Moley which I believed would have enabled her to
receive legal aid payments for the legal work she did for
me, subject (I assume) to approval by one or more of the
three separate legal aid schemes which I understand are in
use in Northern Ireland.
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RE: PART 6 OF NI LAW SOCIETY CCF1 COMPLAINT FORM -
Your complaint
NOTE #7 ("The Facts"):
I first visited Louise Moley's office on October 19th
2015, basically for the purpose of trying to find a
professional lawyer who 1) recognised the factual existence
of the
CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN
UNION, and 2) had the ability and the willingness to use
it on my behalf for my benefit and protection. I took with
me a set of six A4 sheets of "marked up" papers, which I
left with her, containing information relating to a
selection of the overall set of legal, medical, financial
and social difficulties I was experiencing at the time.
Close to identical copies of the set of six A4 "marked up"
sheets in question have been placed in the enclosed A4
holder marked
H 3. My very clear understanding, at
the end of my October 19th 2015 meeting with Louise Moley,
was that she would give further consideration to the matters
I had discussed with her during the hour-long meeting I had
just had with her; and, that at a later date, she would
advise me further regarding the overall set of legal matters
and issues in question. To date, I have not received any
legal advice from Louise Moley regarding any of the legal
matters and issues I raised with her during my October 19th
2015 meeting with her.
There is also an Internet copy of the set of six "marked up"
A4 sheets referred to in the paragraph immediately above at
the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/19October2015/MeetingDiscussionNotes.htm
During the three month or so period immediately following my
October 19th 2015 meeting with Louise Moley, I sent the four
items of correspondence listed just below, which were
addressed primarily to her: a) partly for the purpose of
keeping her informed regarding my changing situation, b)
partly to keep her informed of my own personal efforts to
try and resolve the difficulties I was experiencing, and c)
partly in the hope that she would provide me with legal
advice and representation regarding the matters in question.
Copies of the
four items of correspondence have been
placed in the enclosed A4 holders listed below:
H 4) Registered Letter dated November 5th 2015: "Request
for additional legal advice" (Sent by W. Finnerty).
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/5November2015/RegisteredLetter.htm
H 5) December 14th 2015 PDF Email: "File to be submitted
to the PPS (Public Prosecution Service)" (Sent by W.
Finnerty).
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/14December2015/14-12-2015-Email.pdf
H 6) December 23rd 2015 PDF Email: "Belongings of mine
being held by Clanrye Properties" (Sent by W. Finnerty).
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/23December2015/Gmail.pdf
H 7) January 18th 2016 PDF Email: No "Right to an
effective remedy in practice?" (Sent by W. Finnerty).
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/18January2016/Gmail.pdf
There are also a number of additional emails, addressed
primarily to people other than Louise Moley, which I copied
to her by including her address in the "Cc" recipient lists,
for reasons similar to those related above in this section.
Copies of most of these other emails, not referred to
directly in this January 28th 2017 letter, are available in
the list provided on the front page of the web site at the
following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com
An additional, and an entirely new set of legal problems
very suddenly arose for me on November 16th 2015, which
involved a
murder attempt on my life at 31 Kilmorey
Street, Newry . In connection with this event, I instructed
Louise Moley in the manner related in my December 23rd 2015
email to her, which is referred to under
NOTE #5
above. From my viewpoint, it appears that Ms Moley never
took any action of any kind on my behalf regarding the
instruction of mine contained in the 2nd paragraph of Page 2
of my December 23rd 2015 email to her.
In a general way, my complaint against Louise Moley, and
Ronan McGuigan, is that instead of providing me with the
kind of legal representation I sought from McGuigan and
Malone Solicitors, they 1) failed to provide it, and 2)
appear to me to have decided to threaten me with legal
action relating to defamation when I sent my "First Step of
Law Society's Complaints Procedure" letter to Louise Moley by
registered post on June 23rd 2016 (a copy of which has been
placed in the enclosed A4 holder marked
H 9).
Evidence of this threat to take legal action against me can
be found in the copies of the two letters referred to at
b) and
e) under
NOTE #3 above. The
threats, in both items of correspondence, the first dated
June 28th 2016, and the second dated August 19th 2016,
appear in the final paragraphs of the letter texts. Printed
copies, and Internet copies of both items, have been placed
in the enclosed A4 holders, and at the www locations listed
just below:
H 10) June 28th 2016 "Your Case" (Sent by Ronan
McGuigan).
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/28June2016/Letter.htm
H 13) August 19th 2016: "RE: YOUR COMPLAINT (Louise Moley
Email) / PDF Attachment (pp McGuigan Malone).
Internet copy at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/McGuiganAndMalone-LawFirm/19August2016/Letter.htm
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NOTE #8 ("Reasons for your Complaint"):
Allowing for the threats of legal action that have been made
against me, referred to above under
NOTE #7, and
which have
NOT been withdrawn, I do not
now know how I can safely go about trying to find a
professional lawyer of the kind who 1) recognises the
factual existence of the
CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION, and 2) has the willingness and the
ability to use it on my behalf for my benefit and my
protection.
I feel I should point out to you that I have already
contacted the Northern Ireland Minister of Justice Claire
Sugden MLA regarding the general set of problems associated
with the contents of the paragraph immediately above. A
scanned copy of my registered letter to her dated August
24th 2016, can be viewed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandJusticeMinisterClaireSugdenMLA/24August2016/RegisteredLetter.htm
A scanned copy of Minister Sugden's reply to me, dated
September 5th 2016, can be viewed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandJusticeMinisterClaireSugdenMLA/5September2016/Reply.htm
In addition, there is a scanned copy of a very closely
related letter dated September 20th 2016 from Mr Sean Kerr,
Private Secretary to Northern Ireland Minister of Finance
Máirtín Ó Muilleoir MLA at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/NorthernIrelandLawSociety/31October2016/RegisteredLetter.htm#Sean_Kerr
As can be seen at the www location immediately above, the
Sean Kerr letter appears to suggest (to me) that my very
long-standing and extreme difficulty with trying to find a
professional human rights lawyer, or law firm, that 1)
recognises the factual existence of the
CHARTER OF
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, and 2) has the
willingness and the ability to use it on my behalf for my
benefit and protection, should best be directed to The Law
Society of Northern Ireland, and not to Justice Minister
Sugden, or to Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir MLA.
Before I make any further attempts to find legal
representation for myself, this is a matter I would very
much like to have clarified by The Law Society of Northern
Ireland please.
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NOTE #9 ("Solution you would prefer"):
The solution I would prefer is that I be provided with the
services of a professional lawyer who 1) recognises the
factual existence of Article 47 of the
CHARTER OF
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, and 2) is
willing and able to use it on my behalf for the purpose of
providing me with "an effective remedy" for the large and
steadily growing set of legal, medical, financial and social
difficulties I am at present struggling with, and which I
have already been struggling with for a period of several
years now.
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END OF NOTES ATTACHED TO COMPLAINT FORM DATED JANUARY
28th 2017
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
Please find a scanned copy of the acknowledgement of receipt dated February 1st 2017
from The law Society of Northern Ireland attached:
