Analysis of Law Partners itemized bill

This short analysis of Law Partners itemized bill as a part of problem of exaggerated legal fees. Itemized bill has 26 items. Lets go one by one and see what they are really charging for. The analysis is based on the information that I have. If I will find any additional information I will update this fee analysis. These fees seem exceptionally unfair and just a part of Law Partners scam. I will write additional information about pain and suffering it caused me. However, for this I will need help of psychologist and other supporting people.

Summary

Charge for all phone calls and emails twice: as part of other items and additionally individually just calls or corespondence, even if by the contract they were already covered by other items and should not be charged additionally (items: 1, 2, 3, 5).
Charge for the tasks they have not performed, but simply asked client to provide final information (item 4).

Itemized bill analysis

Note:

italic - text from Law Partners itemized bill

bold italic - text from Law Partners contract.

Item. Fee code

Description

Bill Amount

Corrected Amount

1. B

Telephone Attendances (10 @ $50.00)
To/From Client:, 30/05/18, 14/06/18, 27/09/18, 12/03/19, 3/05/19, 29/10/19, 30/10/19, 4/02/20, 8/05/20 (x2),

500.00

B - from contract

Telephone attendance. Each telephone attendance not directly related to other items in this schedule.

Data

Dr Stonis call history.

Date	Duration	Type
2018-05-30		no record found
2018-06-14		no record found
2018-09-27	38s	Outgoing
2019-03-12	6m 17s	Outgoing
2019-05-03	6m 29s	Outgoing
2019-10-29	4m 0s	Outgoing
2019-10-30	1m 34s	Outgoing
2020-02-04	5m 34s	Outgoing
2020-05-08	1m 23s	Outgoing

Total 25m 55s.

Analysis

All call are directly related to other items and should not be duplicated here.
There is only 1 call in call history on 2020-05-08.

2. B

Telephone Attendances (10 @ $50.00)
To/From third parties: 26/04/18, 30/05/18, 18/07/18, 23/07/18, 15/08/18, 26/11/18, 10/01/19, 25/10/19, 13/11/19, 7/01/20

500.00

Analysis

There is no records of these calls being made.
All Law Partners activities related to the claim are covered by other items. If some calls were made they should be covered by other items from fees list.

3. B

Telephone Attendances (5 @ $50.00)
To/From McInnes Wilson Lawyers: 29/1/20 (x2), 17/03/20, 6/05/20 (x2)

250.00

Analysis

There is no records of these calls being made.
All Law Partners activities related to the claim are covered by other items. If some calls were made they should be covered by other items from fees list.

4. F

Centrelink (Repayment) Estimate (1 @ $90.00): 22/10/19

90.00

F - from contract

Centrelink (repayment estimate). All activities required to obtain repayment / payback estimate from Centrelink (including, for example, correspondence, completion of estimate forms, telephone attendances and advice to you).

Analysis

The estimate and amount received was provided to Gillian Potts.
There is no record of any estimate done by Potts.

5. G

General Correspondence: (132 @ $180.00)
To/from Client: 16/04/18, 28/04/18, 1/05/18, 7/05/18, 10/05/18, 15/5/18 (x2), 30/05/18, 6/06/18, 11/06/18, 14/06/18, 17/06/18, 18/06/18, 5/07/18, 9/07/18, 10/07/18, 18/07/18 (x2), 19/07/18, 26/07/18, 3/8/18 (x2), 4/09/18 (x2), 2/10/18, 4/10/18, 11/10/18, 26/11/18, 29/11/18, 17/12/18, 8/01/19, 17/01/19, 9/03/19, 12/03/19, 16/03/19 (x2), 18/03/19, 25/03/19, 28/03/19, 3/04/19 (x2), 17/04/19 (x2), 18/04/18 (x4), 21/04/19, 22/04/19(x2), 23/04/19, 24/04/19, 28/04/19, 29/04/19 (x5), 30/04/19 (x4), 2/05/19, 22/05/19 (x2), 8/07/19, 9/07/19 (x3), 11/07/19, 18/07/19 (x2), 20/08/19, 26/08/19, 25/09/19, 30/809/19, 1/10/19 (x2), 2/10/19 (x2), 3/10/19 (x2), 4/10/19, 8/10/19, 14/10/19, 17/10/19, 24/10/19 (x2), 27/10/19, 25/10/19, 27/10/19 (x2), 28/10/19, 29/10/19 (x2), 30/10/19, 4/11/19, 6/11/19, 9/12/19, 17/12/19, 19/12/19 (x2), 26/12/19, 8/01/20, 9/01/20, 20/01/20, 4/02/20, 5/02/20, 2/03/20, 3/03/20, 17/03/20, 18/03/20, 20/03/20, 14/04/20, 23/04/20 (x2), 24/04/20, 28/04/20 (x2), 29/04/20 (x2), 6/05/20 (x3), 7/05/20 (x3), 8/05/20 (x3), 11/05/20

23,760.00

G - from contract

General correspondence. Drafting, reviewing and finalizing each general incoming and outgoing correspondence not directly related to other items in this schedule.

Data

Dr Stonis call history. 3/04/19 (x2), 17/04/19 (x2), 18/04/18 (x4), 21/04/19, 22/04/19(x2), 23/04/19, 24/04/19, 28/04/19, 29/04/19 (x5), 30/04/19 (x4), 2/05/19, 22/05/19 (x2), 8/07/19, 9/07/19 (x3), 11/07/19, 18/07/19 (x2), 20/08/19, 26/08/19, 25/09/19, 30/809/19, 1/10/19 (x2), 2/10/19 (x2), 3/10/19 (x2), 4/10/19, 8/10/19, 14/10/19, 17/10/19, 24/10/19 (x2), 27/10/19, 25/10/19, 27/10/19 (x2), 28/10/19, 29/10/19 (x2), 30/10/19, 4/11/19, 6/11/19, 9/12/19, 17/12/19, 19/12/19 (x2), 26/12/19, 8/01/20, 9/01/20, 20/01/20, 4/02/20, 5/02/20, 2/03/20, 3/03/20, 17/03/20, 18/03/20, 20/03/20, 14/04/20, 23/04/20 (x2), 24/04/20, 28/04/20 (x2), 29/04/20 (x2), 6/05/20 (x3), 7/05/20 (x3), 8/05/20 (x3), 11/05/20

Date	Sent / Received	Brief description	Related item
2018-04-16	-	there were no emails on this day
2018-04-28	Sent	Short list of injuries for Alfonsas Stonis case	Intended for items 30 and 33. Law Partners did not pass this information to MAS or doctors.
2018-05-07	not found	Potts asking for a list of treating doctors	Item 9
2018-05-10	Sent	Email with Steve Sutton contacts and suggesting that Sutton can write a report.	Item 17
2018-05-15 08:32	Received	Confirmation that Steve Sutton contacts received, but she will ask only for the clinical notes.	Item 17
2018-05-15 17:54	Sent	Signed Authority to Release Information.	Items 4, 8, 9
2018-05-31	Received	Note about appointment with Potts and Pryde.	Item 25
2018-06-05 2018-06-06	Sent	Filled Medicare service forms and unanswered question about it.	Item 8
2018-06-11	Sent	List of house hold task Juste helps me with.	Items 18, 28, 33. Law Partners did not pass this information to MAS or doctors.
2018-06-14	Received	Request for information about loss of income.	Item 18.
2018-06-17	Sent	Question about medical dental treatment and information about effects on drop of hygiene.	Intended for items 27, 28, 32, 33. Low partners did not created following items and failed to include in others.
2018-06-18	Received	Shrot reply to question about medical dental treatment to keep records.	Intended for items 27, 28, 32, 33. Low partners did not created following items and failed to include in others.
2018-07-05 (duplicate on 2018-07-10)	Received	Note about appointment with Dr Khan.	Item 33.
2018-07-09	-	there were no emails on this day
2018-07-10 (duplicate of 2018-07-05)	Received	Note about appointment with Dr Khan.	Item 33.
2018-07-18	Sent, Received	Notice and reply about traveling overseas for month.	It does not require actions listed in contract (drafting, reviewing and finalizing).
2018-07-19	-	there were no emails on this day
2018-07-26	-	there were no emails on this day
2018-08-03	Sent, Received	Question: should psychologist Sutton send his clinical notes to QBE. Answer: Potts will have a look at it.	Item 17
2018-09-04	Sent, Received	Simple question about including dental treatment in economic loss. Answer: to provide more info and was the damaged sustained during the injury.	Items 18, 32. It was not included in one and another not prepared. This also was simple question, that did not require actions listed for G category.
2018-10-02 (2018-07-05, 2018-07-10)	Received	Time change for appointment with Dr Khan	Item 33
2018-10-04	-	there were no emails on this day
2018-10-11 (2018-07-05, 2018-07-10, 2018-10-02)	Sent	Reply to time change for appointment with Dr Khan	Item 33
2018-11-26	Received	Asking for contacts supplied on 2018-09-04.	Intended for items 18, 27, 28, 32, 33. Low partners did not created following items and failed to include in others.
2018-11-29	Sent	Re to 2018-11-26. Info on dental treatment.	Intended for items 18, 27, 28, 32, 33. Low partners did not created following items and failed to include in others.
2018-12-17	-	there were no emails on this day
2019-01-08	Received	Letter from Pryde saying that he had a look at clinical notes and Dr Khan report.	Items 17, 25, 33
2019-01-17 (email date 2019-01-14)	Received	Note about appointment with Dr Roberts.	Item 33
2019-03-09	Sent	Medicare form.	Item 8.
2019-03-12	Received	Re Medicare form.	Item 8.
2019-03-16	Sent, Received	List of GP visited before injury and confirmation of email received.	Item 8, 9.
2019-03-18	Sent	Informing about upcoming travel overseas.	It does not require actions listed in contract (drafting, reviewing and finalising).
2019-03-25	-	there were no emails on this day
2019-03-29 (email received at 2019-03-28)	Received	Copy of Dr Roberts report.	Item 33.
2019-03-29 (email received at 2019-03-28)	Received	Copy of Dr Roberts report.	Item 33.

Total $0.

Analysis

The estimate and amount received was provided to Gillian Potts.
There is no record of any estimate done by Potts.

Emotional impact

Exaggeration of the cost by Law Partners goes beyond any expectations. I would never expect that lawyers would go breaking the law so brutaly. They double charge for most of the activities even if it can be proven to be wrong by checking the contract. However, they were so convinced that they will get away with it that they do not bother about it. Such criminal activity might seem strange, but you have to take into account that they know that I have PTSD and I am not able to deal with these things. Anything related to injury causes panic attacks and my braing shutting down. I was retraumatized by this injustice. I think that was exactly they purpose. This is why they went to such absurd false claims. I will not be able to defend myself if they manage to cause significant damage to my mental health. And their plan worked. They did cause significant damage. I am going through their bill only after 3 years of intense teraphy and still struguling to cope with it. Unfortunately I have spend several months just on this bill as it is so unfair and stressful. I am stuck with it: can not get it out of my mind and can not deal with it.