Further to and in agreement with what George Pinto has written, I ask: 1: do we know the meaning of 'quieting of titles / adverse possession'?
2: what do we feel about recurrent 'continuance'? 3: whatever happened to the Raveena case? jc On Aug 20, 2013, at 11:52 AM, George Pinto <[email protected]> wrote: > Frederick has given a few examples of lawyers in Goa on the front-line of > campaigning for social justice. In my original email I mentioned there were > exceptions but what about the rest of the legal profession in Goa? > > As someone wrote to me privately with respect to the Goan legal profession: > QUOTE "There is the entire issue of ethics and ethical behavior. I can tell > you of how lawyers and legal representatives have behaved unethically and > can't be disciplined and punished. Like refusing to return people's > documents and asking for a huge sum of money to give them back? Ever heard of > such a thing?? Not to mention encouraging people to file fraudulent claims > which the best lawyers in Goa are expert at. Not to mention facilitating the > sale of government forest land to the building mafias. Even the Government > has no time and money to prosecute the offenders, it's so bad." UNQUOTE > > On balance, the legal profession does not seem to be highly regarded in Goa. > If you do not believe me, fine. Ask the locals like I did last week in Goa > and got a earful, which prompted my email. > > George >
