Appleby Global, Advocates in Isle of Man fees and fake Tax Bill

WITHOUT PREJUDICE- This article is highly recommended to parties who already are represented or intend to be represented by Appleby global  advocates in Isle of Man. If you don't wish to be triple charged, pls read this article.

 I lost a case in the courts of justice of Isle of Man and have to pay Appleby Advocates tax bill.

 If they are your advocates you should read below, extracts of my letter regarding Appleby's tax bill to themselves and to the court.

 In brief terms initially  I sued Trident Trust company Isle of Man. (see my blog : Trident Trust company law suit and cover ups).  I was represented by Mr. Chrisotpher Webb at Quinn legal thanks to whom I lost my case. So I sued Mr. Webb at Quinn Legal. He was represented by Mr. Tim Swift at Appleby global Advocates. I lost the case not because of Mr. Swift's merit, but because i was a  foreign litigant in person, and the Defendant was a local 'reputable' professional. so I have to pay Appleby's tax bill now.

My letter to the court: 

" I believe the bill is wrong and I have been overcharged extensively and I have decided to dispute this bill in its entirety.

Original case v Trident Trust Company Isle of Man:

In very brief terms in October 2011, I made 2 claims against Trident Trust company:

. One claim for personal injury   

. One claim for Negligence.        

I lost both claims.

Trident Trust was represented by XXXXX Advocates.  I disputed XXXXX's tax bill for negligence as I believed that I had been overcharged. The court assessed the negligence tax bill and reviewed the personal injury tax bill in order to make sure that there was no duplication, and ordered me to pay what seemed to be reasonable for the negligence tax bill.

Claim v Quinn Legal

Subsequently I sued Quinn Legal Advocates who represented me during the trial against Trident Trust for negligence. So in fact my case against Quinn Legal was the same as my case against Trident Trust. I lost this claim as well.

When I received Appleby's tax bill, I compared it with XXXXXX tax bill which had been assessed in detail by the court and i was astonished to see that Appleby's tax bill for the negligence claim was considerably higher than XXXXXX 2 tax bills put together.As such even if the court orders me to pay 50% of this bill, I will still be overcharged.

Taking into consideration that:

.  XXXXXX had to deal with 2 totally different cases (negligence/personal injury), and

. XXXXX fee earners charge each £50 or £100 more than Appleby's fee earners,

 Appleby's tax bill is unreasonably high.

XXXXX / Appleby:

. Appleby spends about 4 times more time than XXXXX to do exactly the same job/item.Visibly Appleby's speed of work is way below the standard expected from a reasonable law firm. I can only assume that Appleby takes too much time or wastes time or simply is slower than XXXXX.

I should not pay 4 times more because the advocates are too slow.If the court found XXXXX  tax bill and time spent for each item reasonable, I should not pay another law firm more than that.

Obviously another law firm can do exactly the same job spending much less time.

 I beleive Appleby is particularly a slow worker for the following reasons:

.  XXXXX spent in average 1 or 2 minutes for ordinary short emails. Appleby has spent in average 6 minutes for the same type of emails.

. Some items don't even take 1 minute to read. I don't have to pay 6 minute for a job which took a few seconds. All those minutes add up and become a considerable amount of time and money.

. Appleby has spent about:

    - 28 hours for writing skeleton argument,while XXXXX has spent 14 hours for 2 cases,

    - 20 hours for checking a witness statement written by the witness himself, while XXXXX has spent 3 hours for amending a witness statement written by the witness,

    - 41 hours for preparation for trial, while XXXXX has spent 12 hours for 2 cases.

I asked them explanations, but they refused to answer me. I was extremely offended as Appleby implied that my opinion did not count.

I do realise that this case has taken place in the Isle of Man's Court's of Justice of justice and the bill will be assessed by the same. The Defendant and their legal team are 2 reputable law firms from IOM. Whereas i am a foreign litigant in person that nobody knows. 

 I believe that Appleby is trying to take advantage from their reputation within the courts of justice to quadruple charge me. However justice is for everybody equally.


* So if anybody has had a similar experience, pls write it down.....