Cornwall Stodart Lawyers penalised hard by Supreme Court.

Cornwall Stodart Lawyers have been ordered to pay back in total nearly $250,000.00 to a client it ripped off.

The Supreme Court In June this year made an interim order for them to repay Mr Tony Bulzomi $120,000.00 and yesterday a further order for an additional $120,000.00 odd.

The court penalised them for “gross overcharging” and applied an additional $15,000 penalty on top of a costs order of $75,000 plus $27,000 in interest for breaching the Legal Profession Act.

Mr Bulzomi was pleased with the result having paid more than $415,000.00 to the firm said, “rip off artists like Cornwall Stodart, always get caught in the  end, I hope all of their clients find out about this and I have reported this matter to the Legal Services Commission for investigation. Lets see what they do now.”

Cornwall Stodart Lawyers dragged this matter out according to Mr Bulzomi and as such, Mr Bulzomi says that it is not over by a long shot as far as he is concerned. Those that worked on his file and ripped him off financially are still accountable for the damage they caused him.

Former Partners of Cornwall Stodart Lawyers Mr Wayne Kelcey and Mr Graeme Scott, jumped employment ship during this costs case and now are working once again together at Hall & Willcox Lawyers. They were the two main controlling partners on Mr Bulzomi’s case before the court.

All consumers are urged to check and question their legal bills, no matter how long ago. Major law firms like Cornwall Stodart Lawyers should not get away with this overcharging or ripping off clients like this….simply disgraceful.

Stay tuned, more to follow on this with copies of orders and further information.