Dear Mr Finnerty,
Thank you for your email seeking representation at your appeal on 28 July 2023. Unfortunately we will not be available to provide representation
at this hearing. We have previously advised in relation to your appeal and indicated that your case relates mainly to two findings of fact:
1. What is the valuation of the Galway property as of April 2019; and
2. Is it accepted that you received loaned money from family which exceeded the value of the property and was
secured against this property.
In order for us to assist in providing representation at your case it was necessary for you to provide evidence that the loans were secured against
the property and the valuation of the property as of 2019. As this information was not provided your case was closed. The elements of your case relating to the valuation of your property in the Republic of Ireland and the formation of a secured loan agreement
are not matters on which we can advise. We had previously advised you to seek assistance via the Law Society of Northern Ireland to instruct a private solicitor to assist you to obtain evidence that the property was secured.
We do not have capacity to provide representation at the hearing on 28 July 2023. In addition, we cannot assist you further from a merits perspective
without evidence that your property is valued less than €60,000 or that your property has been secured against the loans received.
Your tribunal has an inquisitorial role and it has directed you to obtain the evidence necessary to support your appeal. It can make a finding of
fact in your favour but will normally require evidence to support this conclusion. Your tribunal can proceed even if you are unrepresented and in our opinion the most important issue for the success of your appeal is the valuation of the property and the evidence
of the secured loan agreement in 2019.
If you would like any further advice about what to expect at the tribunal hearing or have further questions please call our telephone advice line
on 028 90 244401 and we would be happy to assist.
Kind Regards,
Owen McCloskey
Head of Social Security
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Subject: In search of professional legal advice and representation
FOR THE ATTENTION OF:
The Officer in Charge
Law Centre NI
2nd Floor, Westgate House
2-4 Queen Street
Belfast
BT1 6ED
Dear Officer in Charge,
IN SEARCH OF PROFESSIONAL LEGAL ADVICE AND REPRESENTATION
In connection with a very long-standing series of failed efforts of mine to find professional legal advice and representation relating to legal issues which date back to well before Year 2000, I have received an email dated June 28th 2023 from
Mr Hedley Abernethy, Research and Constituency Manager, acting on behalf of Ms Kate Nicholl MLA of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland. An unedited "Gmail PDF" copy of the email in question has been placed at the following www location:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/AlliancePartyNorthernIreland/28June2023/Gmail.pdf`
As stated in the above-mentioned June 28th 2023 email from Mr Abernethy, he has recommended that I contact the
Belfast Law Centre for assistance.
I feel I should point out that I have in the past sought help on two separate occasions from the Belfast Law Centre. My first attempt was made in
2017. Further information can be found in the unedited "Gmail PDF" email dated September 2017 to
Ms Louise Arthurs which has been placed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/TheNorthernIrelandLawCentre/22Setember2017/Gmail.pdf
Information relating to my second try, which was made on the recommendation of
Belfast Trust Social Worker Ms Tina Millar, in 2020, and made through her on my behalf, can be viewed in the unedited "Gmail PDF" copy of the email dated September 22nd 2020 at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/AppealsServiceNorthernIreland/22September2020/Gmail.pdf
Information connected with the legal issues I need professional legal advice and representation for can be viewed in the email of mine dated June 28th 2023 I have sent to the
Legally Qualified Member Mr Martin O'Brien at the Northern Ireland Appeals Service (Ref: Case Number BE/6784/19/45/O), an unedited "Gmail PDF" copy of which has been placed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/AppealsServiceNorthernIreland/28June2023/Gmail.pdf
The several legal difficulties I am at present struggling with are in very large part (as I see it) the ongoing product of
"wrong doings" at the hands of "individuals and public officials and bodies", since well before Year 2000, referred to by
Dr Michael McCavert GP in his "To Whom It May Concern" letter dated
October 28th 2005, a scanned copy of which has been placed at:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com/AppealsServiceNorthernIreland/13Jan2023/Appeal-Related-Info.htm#DrMichaelMcCavertGP
I have recently been informed by TAS (The Appeals Service) that the date set for my next
Pensions Credit Appeal Hearing will be 28/07/2023 at 09:45.
I am at present particularly interested in finding a suitably experienced professional lawyer to advise and represent me at the 28/07/2023 hearing referred to in the paragraph immediately above, and I
would be very grateful if the Belfast Law Centre could provide me with the services of such a lawyer?
Please know that a written reply to this email from the Belfast Law Centre would be greatly appreciated by me.
Yours sincerely,
William Finnerty.
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