Thanks to the reader who alerted RollOnFriday to the existence of Alan Haywood.
Haywood's day job is running the improbably named www.trendykidzuk.co.uk, a website for children's clothes, toys and accessories. But he also tries to sell the services of Reece Law LLP, an enterprising group of paralegals providing inexpensive advice. Its
webpage makes it clear that the firm's members are not solicitors so can't carry out reserved legal activities. And it brands itself with a rather dodgy-looking coat of arms:
Reece Law wants to help people who have been done over and don't have a lot of cash. And Alan Haywood wants everyone to know about it. In this instance, reps for Valentus, a weight-loss company that went out of business.
Although he was rather less enthusiastic when one of the reps pointed out that the Law Society had no record of Reece Law:
Oh dear.
His blood now up, Hayward warms to his theme and lays in to the unfortunate rep:
And after a dark night of the soul Haywood states his position again:
When RollOnFriday emailed Haywood and asked him about his relationship with Reece Law, he simply responded "
DO NOT contact me again!!". When told that the article would be written anyway, he added:
RollOnFriday contacted the owner of Reece Law, who clearly felt it appropriate to distance himself from Haywood. In a statement Ryan Reece said that "
Mr Haywood is a Lay Client of Reece Law LLP and is in no way a professional affiliate of the Practice. Reece Law LLP offer all clients the opportunity to earn a 10% rate of commission if they introduce a friend who then instructs us to act as their Litigation Friend. The comments made by Mr Haywood are in no way to be construed as views or opinions of the Practice as they go against our Moral and Ethical practices. We have spoken to Mr Haywood regarding his communication and have made it very clear that such language is not acceptable."
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Why do people put these random capital letters in sentences - Moral and Ethical? Are they from a country where capitals are used for nouns?
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The fact that they all require litigation friends suggests either that they are children, or that they lack mental capacity. Either way, I don't fancy their chances much.
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Most litigators I know couldn't find their own bottoms without careful guidance from their PA, and without threatening to sue their own trousers in the process.
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God I know very few litigators with their own PA! One overworked secretary between 6 or 8 fee earners is more likely. Am yet to meet one who threatens to sue their own trousers - maybe that's why in America it's called filing a suit...
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Same as above. ?. It was a LOT of money.