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| Thread ID: 119188 | 2011-07-09 22:01:00 | The Rich are too poor | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 1215760 | 2011-07-09 22:01:00 | Former Bridgecorp director Rod Petricevic will tomorrow seek a permanent stay of criminal proceedings against him on the basis that he cannot receive a fair trial because he can't afford a lawyer. The Sunday Star-Times understands Petricevic's current lawyer, Charles Cato, is set to walk away from the case unless the state agrees to fund his legal bills for the fraud trial, which is expected to run for as long as three months next year. It is a desperate last bid for legal aid by Petricevic, who has been turned down by the Legal Services Agency (LSA) on the grounds that he can use money in a family trust to fund his defence. Cato told the court that cash and assets – including a $4.41m Remuera home which is currently on the market – vested in the trust were beneficial only to Petricevic's wife and children. Cato said the LSA was wrong to argue Petricevic could instruct his wife to take money from the trust to pay her husband's legal bills. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1215761 | 2011-07-09 22:14:00 | It's disgusting that he can even try and wriggle out of not paying, I always thought that if your married everything is owned 50-50, after all it is if you split so she should be helping to pay his legal costs | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1215762 | 2011-07-09 22:26:00 | One of the advantages of having a trust, but if the funds in the trust were from illegal sources I believe they can be taken. It will be interesting to watch this case go forward. | Arnie (6624) | ||
| 1215763 | 2011-07-10 00:16:00 | Used as a noun, "trust" is vying for the title of the ultimate oxymoron. This should help the cause immeasurably. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1215764 | 2011-07-10 02:14:00 | Surely if this request by former Bridgecorp director Rod Petricevic would have little chance of succeeding. This could create a precedence. Petricevic does appear to have assets which should be used. Imagine a small time crim going to court, telling the Judge he was unable to afford a lawyer and that he would like his case thrown out. I cannot imagine the Judge say, "Dear, dear, you poor man. I do not want you to suffer any hardship so I am dismissing the case".:eek: The small time crim would more than likely qualify for Legal Aid. |
Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1215765 | 2011-07-10 05:06:00 | Imagine a small time crim going to court.................. Yes. Imagine. If he had stolen $100 in a handbag. versus someone who steals millions from a bunch of people in a different way. The $100 handbag thief would be jumped by a heap of cops, dragged off to the cells and sentenced (althoughly lamely in NZ) to jail. The corporate thief wanders in to court, bleats about his poverty and gets a few hours community service. tvnz.co.nz |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1215766 | 2011-07-10 05:14:00 | The $100 handbag thief would be jumped by a heap of cops, dragged off to the cells and sentenced (althoughly lamely in NZ) to jail. Tui? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1215767 | 2011-07-10 05:43:00 | The law is written in favour of the criminal, expecially the white collar type. Nothing would surprise me when it comes to this sort of low life. | Pato (2463) | ||
| 1215768 | 2011-07-10 10:13:00 | With this government, he may be entitled to a knighthood. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1215769 | 2011-07-10 10:45:00 | That Petrevoic guy has got a real cheek. His trust should be shut tomorrow and all the proceeds seizied by the court. Then he should get a legal aid lawyer, who just left law school. But of course such a process would take several years. I prefer the Iranian system of justice. They find you guilty in 3 days after being arrested, and then the execute you. |
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