Memo to Ralph Blewitt - Slater and Gordon
Sunday, 01 November 2015
10 September, 2014. Julia Gillard gives evidence about looking after her client Ralph Blewitt.
Q. Did you have any discussion with Mr Wilson about where Mr Blewitt had come up with the money for the deposit?
A. I've had the opportunity obviously to refresh my recollection, looking at the transcript, of meetings between me and Mr Gordon and Mr Shaw and as I summarise it there is correct.
Q. Which passage are you making reference to when you give that evidence?
A. There's a passage - let me just find it - the passage starting page 10, going over to page 11, that details Mr Blewitt indicating an interest in an investment property and the taxation advantages that accrue from negative gearing and me referring him to Nick Styant-Browne for some financial planning style advice and then the paragraphs that deal with the purchase of the property.
ENDS
Dear Ralph,
Slater and Gordon is touting for business from victims of bad financial advice.
Slater and Gordon believes:
Financial advisors owe a duty of care to their clients which require them to:
- Obtain sufficient information about the client’s financial needs and objectives
- Understand the financial products they are offering, and
- Act within the scope of their expertise.
Here's Slater and Gordon in their own words - oh all right I changed one paragraph
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Good, got that out of my system. Now the real statement from Slater and Gordon. Their pricing experience has been honed under their longstanding No Win No Fee* arrangements. What have you got to lose?
Recouping losses from bad financial advice
People who seek advice from a financial advisor have a right to assume a certain level of care and expertise. Their financial affairs should be properly managed.
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Our bad financial advice claims lawyers have as strong track record in helping Australians seek compensation when they receive inappropriate financial advice.
Financial advisors owe a duty of care to their clients which require them to:
- Obtain sufficient information about the client’s financial needs and objectives
- Understand the financial products they are offering, and
- Act within the scope of their expertise.
This duty of care extends to financial advisors, financial planners, stockbrokers, accountants and bankers, along with a number of other professionals.
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At Slater and Gordon our lawyers with expertise in this area of law can:
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Slater and Gordon’s experience in pricing and assessing claims has been honed under our longstanding No Win - No Fee* arrangement. Typically, this conditional fee arrangement requires us to invest time and resources upfront to assess the prospects of a mater prior to commitment and then form a pragmatic commercial assessment of how to achieve a satisfactory outcome.
ENDS
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