A Gozitan lawyer, representing a retired colleague, in poor health and hospital bound, filed a court case on behalf of his client after receiving an initial payment nearing €1,000. 

The case resulted to be time-barred even before it was filed, even though the records of the case should have clearly raised the alarm on the time factor, which had also been mentioned by the client himself.

To add insult to injury, the trusted lawyer failed to withdraw the case for the whole of three years before judgment was handed down. Had this happened, the client would have been saved a large part of the resulting expense.

To add insult to injury, in a move that constitutes irregular professional behaviour, the trusted lawyer just disappeared, sending an e-mail to the court informing it that he had renounced his patronage in the case without giving a word of advice to his client. 

This clearly showed that the trusted lawyer had not examined the records of the case, not even giving it a glance.

This is truly a clear case of professional irregularity, damaging negligence at best.

One wonders whether this is part of a set.