Khani Paid His Lawyers After Judgement But Before Enforcement Proceedings

The legal firm of Gunson Williams sued Soheil.M.Khani in May 2011 for fees due them in respect of legal advice & legal representation.

He was their former client but they had made it clear that they would not further act for him. The largest item was over $9,400 being the balance owing for representation on a Criminal charge.

A previous payment believed to have been at least $5,000 had been paid. A further sum of in excess of $1,700 was for advice in respect of Hobart City Council prosecutions. The fees for advice on 2 civil matters totalled over $1,800 & there was $289.30 for advice re a Judgment by Mr T.Jacobs for the smashing of his windscreen.

That advice was on June 3rd 2010 & cost Mr Khani nearly three-quarters of the $405 damage. Mr Khani then paid the Bailiff the total sum due being $689.50, bringing his total outlay to $573.80 + the $405 that had been politely requested originally.

The point did not get through to Mr Khani who subsequently did not pay Gunson Williams.

On June 2nd 2011 he was served by a Process Server who attached to his Affidavit, 2 photographs of Mr Khani apparently scuffling with someone on a public street. No response having come from Mr Khani, a Judgment by Default was filed on June 24th which raised the costs by over $100 to above $600.

Gunson Williams then faced the problem that a Caveat over most of Mr Khani’s properties lodged by the Hobart City Council remained.

It seems that a communicated threat to him did the trick.

Mr Khani finally paid the Council. It withdrew it’s Caveat 3 days later on June 27th. Gunson Williams advised the Court on July 11th that they’d been paid.