AND NOW WE LEARN WHO WAS POSTING

The great upshot of Damien Tansey winning his case against John Gill is that he has been given all data from the host of Rate Your Solicitor.com, dotster.com

This of course means that all those who have had nasty comments and lies printed about them on the site can gain access to those records and the anonymous posters true identity and location.

The upshot of having access to this information is that:

1. The anonymous posters will be revealed as what they are: nasty, evil little people spouting lies and hatred from what they thought was the safety of their computer.

And

2. It will probably open the floodgates on defamation cases taken against any formerly anonymous posters who felt free to type lies on Rate Your Solicitor.

I know I for one await this access eagerly.

And once gained, I will post openly here the names of those who lied about me and my husband.


And I will do so with relish.

TELEPHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES UPDATED

Those who read this blog will be aware of my post about a member of "The Victims of the Legal Profession" contacting me by telephone and text numerous times.  Yes, the person did spill a lot of the secrets of this ridiculous little band of people but the person then decided to get nasty.

Of course I reported this to the Gardai (Police) and it seems the pest is exactly the person I thought it was.

Now this person will have to think a little before they decide to abuse anyone by phone again.

I will reveal more at a later date.

In the meantime, anyone who did not see the initial post can catch up HERE.

TANSEY -V- GILL: HIGH COURT ORDER

Further to my post here "DAMIEN TANSEY -V- JOHN GILL: IGNORING THE LAW" where I told how John Gill openly ignored the High Court Order imposed on him by Judge Michael Peart in the High Court, (a fact I only learned thanks to the texts I was receiving from one of their group who is not as loyal to them as they think ~ TELEPHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES explains this), the guestbook on the crookedlawyerss.com site openly gives links to the rateyoursolicitor.com site: 


"access to Rate-Your-Solicitor website http:// d10*****-*.dotsterhost. com/ "

and:

"opps made a mistake Access to Rate-Your-Solicitor website http:// d10*****-*.dotsterhost.com/ "

I have removed the number code for posting here but the above two posts appear with the full link code to rateyoursolicitor.com on the crookedlawyers.com guestbook.

John Gill and his loyal (and some not so loyal) followers display, at the very least, an extremely cavalier attitude to the law in Ireland.

TELEPHONE CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES

FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 2012

I have been receiving a lot of text messages from a core insider of the VLPS group.  Many of the texts gave "insider" information that only a person very closely linked to them could know.

It all started with a phone call in the very early hours of Christmas Day last which as you can imagine caused a bit of a fright to receive a telephone call so early on Christmas morning.  Following that telephone call, I was contacted on numerous occasions thereafter via text messages. 

The texts continued over the course of the last six weeks with various snippets of information on the main people involved in the VLPS.

They culminated, after copious texting yesterday, with abusive and very threatening text messages into the very early hours of this morning.

Incidentally, prior to the texts taking a very serious downturn this morning, I had had no intention to post them here.

All the text from the very first one are currently being transcribed and I will add them here shortly.

UPDATE.  In the interim, a photo of my (very battered) mobile phone showing a recent text from the VLPS insider to me informing me that despite the High Court Order of Justice Michael Peart (Tansey -v- Gill), the site was still online.  NB: Obviously I have blocked out the texters mobile number at the top of the texters post to me.

MARGARET O'KANE

This person, Margaret O'Kane, who posts prolifically on the cesspit sites of VLPS (crookedlawyers.com and rateyoursolicitor.com) and purports to have a bed and breakfast in Dunkineely is, in my opinion, not a real person.  "She" continually castigates me as a holiday home owner and yet this person seems not to exist.

There is NO-ONE in Dunkineely called Margaret O'Kane.

Google for bed and breakfast in Dunkineely and you will come up with nothing.

Margaret O'Kane in one post, defending my saying there was no such bed and breakfast owner, said something like 'oh, I must have been running a dog kennel for the past 20 years'.  Dog kennel, run by a female?  I hesitate to as that that would be a bitch.

But here's the deal. 

If you, Margaret O'Kane, are real then let's meet face to face.

You (clearly) know who I am and where I live.

To you I throw down the challenge. 

Tell me where to meet you and meet you I will.  Face to face.

And if you ignore this, then I can only assume you are just another of the bogus posters, a figment of John Gill's limited imagination.

WATCH HERE FOR UPDATES PEOPLE.

And readers, check the Voters Roll for County Donegal and the name Margaret O'Kane  http://www.donegal.ie/ereg/default.aspx

For MARGARET O'KANE, DUNKINEELY this is the result:

"Your Details could not be found.  There are a few possible reasons :  You are not on the Register of Electors


Fill in form RFA2 (English Version / Irish Version) , and return to Franchise Office, Donegal County Council, County House, Lifford, Co. Donegal


You are on the Register of Electors, but your details are incorrect


If you were previously on the Register Of Electors, but have changed address :


Fill in form RFA3 (English Version / Irish Version) , and return to Franchise Office, Donegal County Council, County House, Lifford, Co. Donegal


If your information is incorrect :


Please call Donegal County Councilon 074 9172238


Alternatively, try changing your search criteria and searching again.


Remember, if your house has a number, you must enter it.

SO, Margaret O'Kane, do step forward.  Or John Gill just stop wearing ladies clothing and disguising yourself as Margaret O'Kane!

THE STUPID LIES

I know their cesspit sites (rateyoursolictor and crookedlawyers/vlps) are packed with lies but some of them are more stupid than others.  Take the following examples:

"Breaking the law seems to run in the McGynn family. I watched the officer of the Court and his accomplice wife down a bottle of alcoholic wine and jump behind the steering wheel of their car and drive into the sunset narrowly escaping the Polestar Roundabout in Letterkenny, Ireland. Clearly they think they are above the drink driving laws of Ireland too."

This post is wrong on so many levels, most importantly the idea that the poster, supposedly a waiter in a local restaurant, would watch customers "down a bottle of alcoholic wine and jump behind the steering wheel of their car" and instead of suggesting a taxi before they did so, or had they failed to, called the gardai to report it, thought: "first thing tomorrow I must post this on a cesspit website?"  It doesn't say much about the morals of this poster (were he genuine). 

Incidentally, at the date of that post and with a meal over the course of 2 hours such a driver would not have been over the legal limit.But the truth of the matter is that we NEVER take the car if we are having drinks with a meal.  A taxi in Letterkenny is only €5 to the restaurant and €5 home.  Would anyone really risk an accident or losing their licence for the sake of TEN EURO?  Hardly! 

And further, at the date of that post we had been out in Letterkenny restaurants on only three occasions in the previous year so I know which restaurants they were and I know the owners and staff who would not have posted such a thing as they ALL know we ALWAYS take taxis.

But ALL that apart, the one thing that shows that this poster is not genuine and has absolutely NO idea of the layout of Letterkenny let alone work here is this:

"and drive into the sunset narrowly escaping the Polestar Roundabout in Letterkenny, Ireland."

Letterkenny town, where the restaurants are located is the the EAST of the Polestar Roundabout.

As everyone (except this poster) knows, the sun sets in the west.

It would therefore be IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to drive into the sunset driving from Letterkenny town to the Polestar Roundabout.

And another ridiculous poster:

"cathrine Mcglynn yet again reversed onto the public road this morning almost killing me and my children! This is a contravention of the Highway code and in breech of the law! Once again she disregards the laws of Ireland. Al other UK drivers adhere to the laws of this country why shouldn't she."

Leaving aside the lack of punctuation and misspellings, clearly this poster is lying.  And how do I (and every single person who knows me) know this for a 100% fact?

I DO NOT DRIVE.  I can drive but haven't driven in many, many years and I have never driven the car we have now (and have had for a number of years) EVER.  And I never drove any of at least the last three cars we have owned.

These people who own and write posts on the sites really need to get at least simple facts right.  I know they know nothing about the law but simple things like the sun rises in the east and sets in the west is surely something very basic and not above even their, albeit limited, intelligence

Their limited intelligence is a problem for those people they are advising (payment in cash, tax free don't forget) would be unfortunate enough (especially for those who took their advice and landed in  jail) but it also allows the readers of their cesspit sites who know they are lying a laugh at the irony of their (stolen from the Joe Duffy show according to their site) "You Can Never Improve On The Truth". 

The quote by Noam Chomsky explains why they lie: "It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the Truth and expose lies." 

Using lack of intelligence as a mitigating factor, perhaps they are excused their lies, because, let's face it, between them they scarcely have enough brain power to power a small torch. 

A SERIOUS WARNING TO VISITORS TO THE VLPS SITE

I just noticed something on the VLPS/crookedlawyers.com website that I think anyone considering entering their "chat room" should seriously consider the following prior to entering there.

Do you trust these people?

Do you mind if they can, by your using their chat room ~ even just to look at it ~ enter YOUR computer?  Maybe collect information from your computer?  Perhaps install software on your computer without your consent?

If the answer to any of these is 'no', as it should be given that you may have private information such as bank details, passwords, and so on stored there, then do not enter there.

How do I know this?

Simple really.  If, on their homepage, you scroll down the list of option (Contents) to click on, you will see near the bottom this:

"Chat with other users of this site" (Inviting you to join in chat or read things written there).

If you click on this, this alone comes up:

"This chat application requires Java support."

Absolutely NO warning about their using Active-X, which should be there to let YOU decide if you trust these people.  Hardly surprising they don't bother to warn you I suppose.

By the way, you will know they use Active-X if you have adequate protection on your computer as a pop-up blocker will appear which gives you the following information:


"What is an ActiveX control?



ActiveX controls and web browser add-ons

These programs can malfunction, however, or give you content you don't want.

In some cases, these programs can be used to collect information from your computer in ways you might not approve of, possibly damage information on your computer, install software on your computer without your consent, or allow someone else to control your computer remotely.

Given these risks, you should only install ActiveX controls or add-ons if you completely trust the publisher and the website offering it."

Once again we see just how underhand and sneaky these people truly are.  And the scary thing is, just how much information have they harvested from people who have entered their chat room?

You have been warned.

"A NASTY, SCRUFFY, HORRIBLE, LITTLE BULLY"

From the VLPS/crookedlawers guestbook:

"Date: 21/10/2011, 19:56:16 ~ Name: Truth ~ Number: 3,091

Have Victims of The Legal Profession become Victims of John Gill.


The VLPS has been taken control of by a Nasty Scruffy Horrible Little Bully.


The dysfunctionality of The VLPS a victims support group is extrordinary. This guestbook controlled with messages regularly removed, The Rate Your Solicitor Site closed to new postings, public meetings for victims prohibited, no membership registration, no democratically elected management structure, not a single AGM in 10 years and not one genuine victim assisted through the courts to a successful outcome.


Who is John Gill and why is he controlling The VLPS ? ? ?."

Dear Truth

Of course they are all victims of John Gill.  But the site has not been taken control of by him, the site is owned, run and more importantly, controlled by him. 

John Gill (aka St. John, The Lone Ranger, Dick Turpin), with his friend and close companion, Elva Gallagher, only really want to bang, albeit impotently, their own drums.  They care not a jot about other members there other than to take a few quid off them (tax free of course). 

Sadly, there are people out there who are innocent enough to actually think this little man can do anything for them.  Well, other than land a few of them in jail ~ himself included ~ that is. 

John Gill has got exactly nowhere in his own quest to right what he perceives as wrongs against him and now he has the added bother of someone pursuing him for his slanderous rantings.  His cup positively overflows.

But he is not totally alone.  He always has constant companion and close friend Elva (wife of Daniel Gallagher) but he also has a few "birds of a feather" around him. 

People, some of whom are almost illiterate (as evidenced by their writings on his guestbook), and people too who will jump on any bandwagon going to tear others apart ~ as long, of course, as they have the anonymity of the internet and a screen in front of them.

These people, his little band of followers, worship the ground he prances around on as he continues his quest for victory, old, saggy, wrinkly thing by his side (I refer here not to his close friend and constant companion Elva, but rather, his large satchel) over every person and every organisation that ever slighted him in any way.  The fact that some of these slights may be figments of his florid imagination is neither here nor there to John Gill. 

He is a little man with many big chips scattered between and on both shoulders and a little man who will not give up, driven as he is by his own demons, and cheered on by said band of followers.  Some of whom are starting to wonder exactly what they got into when they first believed his diatribes.

But "a nasty, scruffy, horrible little bully"?  Well, people can make up their own minds on whether that is a close despcription of him or not.

I tend to think of him as a sad, little man to whom both life and mother nature have dealt some hard blows and because of these he can no longer think, speak nor work with any semblence of rationality.

GIVE THEM ENOUGH ROPE ...

Give them enough rope, as the saying goes.

I haven't been on their cesspit sites for sometime but spent a while recently reading posts and I am glad I did spend a while there.

Now I have both Elva Gallagher and her close friend and companion, John Gill (aka St. John, The Lone Ranger and Dick Turpin) on open forum setting leaving themselves open to defamation action on many counts.

How strange, yet perfect, that these two very close friends, whilst basking in their own self importance and tied up in their mutual admiration, should be so blinded by the glow of their friendship that they completely lost the run of themselves and their fingers and forgot for a moment that there are other people in the world. 

Others who might just have the intelligence to pick up their massive errors.

Yes, enough rope is now given.

WHO'S A NAUGHTY BOY?

My husband, that's who.

Unlike me, my husband is normally very even tempered and well mannered.  However, recently he was a very naughty boy and I just LOVE him to bits for being so naughty.

After years of ridiculous court appearances in relation to the flogging of a dead horse by Elva Gallagher, and her constant companion and close friend, John Gill (aka St. John, The Lone Ranger, and Dick Turpin), oh and her husband, the much jailed, Daniel, he finally got frustrated with their carry on and he flicked a V at Daniel (he's the husband, not the close companion and friend).

HURRAH!  GO SEAN!

I would have done it long ago, but then I am not at all as nice as he.

So, what happened?

In Letterkenny court (High Court on Circuit) recently, and after the Judge had given his decision, Daniel Gallagher (the husband, not the close companion and friend) kept talking at Sean.  Sean got annoyed at Daniel's ridiculous behaviour and his loss of the run of himself, and gave him the V.

This threw Daniel into a total tail-spin and he started spluttering and yelling at the Judge whilst pointing to Sean "HE MADE A RUDE GESTURE TO ME!!!".  (Not half rude enough in my opion).  It was straight from some comedy sketch.

Daniel, the man shocked by a rude gesture, who not more than a number of months ago came to our office with his wife and threatened physical violence, only leaving when the threat of the gardai being called was told to him. 

The man too who has refused for the last five years to vacate lands to which he is clearly not entitled, despite several court orders. 

And this man and his wife (Elva, the close companion and friend of John Gill) have the cheek to say my husband has no respect for the law?

My husband has every respect for the law but none whatsover for the likes of Daniel and Elva Gallagher who totally ignore it and abuse it.

A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS INDEED A DANGEROUS THING

... and a total lack of knowledge in the hands of the deluded, even more dangerous.

Elva Gallagher, close friend of John Gill (aka St. John, The Lone Ranger and Dick Turpin) and the “legal representative” of Daniel Gallagher as she calls herself should really not be listened to by anyone seeking any kind of legal advice. Yes, there is the matter of the legal advice dispensed from a trailer in their garden ~ in cash, tax free like John Gill ~ but even with an “office” this woman knows zilch about the law.

Why? Well, apart from the fact that her lack of legal knowledge has landed her husband in jail a number of times, and apart from the fact that her lack of legal knowledge has clocked up and continues to clock up one massive amount of money in costs, court fines, etc. on her husband, one of the things John Gill’s close friend, Elva, is very fond of doing is delivering self penned summonses. And even something as simple of that manages to make a pig’s ear of.

I was sitting in our car recently, in our own private parking area outside our house, waiting for Sean to come to the car as we were going out when all of a sudden the driver’s door opened and two envelopes were thrown into the car by a small, dark haired (heavily dyed dark hair I might add) woman in an old raincoat coat with the words “I am serving these summonses on you”. I was rather taken aback and as this is the first time I have ever seen her I didn't recognise her but the word "summons" let me know who she was.
So, apart from having the cheek to trespass on our property, with who I assumed to be her husband sitting revving their car our gate presumably for a hasty get-away, she once again proved her total inability to understand even the basics of law.

So, Elva, close friend of John Gill, for your future information when serving summons (because sadly I feel all too sure that her obsession with us will continue despite her futile quest to prove herself right in her persistent battle to get her hands on the land of the late Madge Friel, and no matter how many times her husband lands in jail because of her, she will continue) here’s what you did wrong.

ORDER 9 OF THE SUPERIOR COURT RULES requires PERSONAL service on each defendant which requires that each defendant be handed a true copy of the summons personally AND each defendant MUST be shown the original summons with the original stamp of the High Court.

Therefore the service is ineffective.

So, Elva, close friend of John Gill, sort it out you silly woman!

JUDGE JOHN O'HAGAN

From the Rate Your Solicitor site under the section about Judge O'Hagan:

"9th Oct 2009 Mrs. O'Connor
O'Hagan should stick to acting.  The bench isn't the place for double standards or personalities.  Let fairness and equality come to play before Sean McGlynn stains his robes forever.  It suggests something is terribly wrong when a judge would bear the sins of a solicitor.  What must he be afraid of, what does Mr. McGlynn have on the judge, it must be big."

Drama and intrigue!  "stains his robes".  "bear the sins of a solicitor".  Shakespear must be turning in his grave! 

But seriously, given the fact that another judge, Judge Edwards of the High Court, has upheld the decision of Judge John O'Hagan, and that another judge of the High Court held against Daniel and Elva Gallagher AGAINST Sean and Catherine McGlynn, is it even remotely possible that Mr. McGlynn as suggested has something on every single judge in Ireland?

This alone shows how ludicrous their entire site actually is.

SANCTIMONIOUS OLD CURMUDGEONS

I was googling 'the Bog Hotel' the other day prior to our intended visit to it and came across this by "Joe Ferris" which is more than likely just another nom de plume of St. John, The Lone Ranger:

"Would VLPS members, perhaps agree that ‘Patsy Brogan’s 60sq m garden-shed bar in a bog in the Bluestack Mountains in Donegal’ would appear to be ‘Defacto A Bar’ and equivalent to ‘if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it’s a duck’?


Are VLPS members, perhaps puzzled as to the contradiction ‘Mr. Brogan said they might marry in Donegal, instead of Poland, because a hotelier told him he can have it for free’ and not in the ‘Bog Hotel’ ‘Patsy Brogan’s 60sq m garden-shed bar in a bog in the Bluestack Mountains in Donegal’?

PS Given the requirements as stated below:-

(they then go on to print parts of the Intoxicating Liquor Act).

Are VLPS members sceptical that the ‘Bog Hotel’ is completely free and Mr. Brogan is the Donegal Santa Claus and is not in breach of ‘7.—(1) From and after the passing of this Act no person shall sell, expose for sale, or keep for sale, by retail, any intoxicating liquor without being duly licensed so to sell the same, or at any place where he is not authorised by his licence to sell the same.’?

Are VLPS members also asking, “Where is the money coming from that Mr. Brogan can provide alcohol free to the public in his ‘Bog Hotel’’?

Would VLPS members, further agree that whilst RTE has Podge and Rodge in Donegal we have ‘Paudge and Friends’ ‘tangled web of deceit’ in the Administration of Law and Justice, in keeping with the quotation below? J.F.

O what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive.
—Sir Walter Scott, 1808

Did you ever read such a heap of sanctimonious drivel?  What is wrong with these old curmudgeons, sitting on their tinfoil thrones trying to tear others apart?  They don't appear to have one pleasant thought in their vacuous heads.  Where do they get off tearing people they don't even know apart?  What business is it of theirs what Patsy Brogan does or does not do?  He won the case fairly and squarely.  Mind you, the fact he used an actual solicitor probably doesn't sit well with them.

Perhaps they should get out more, live a little, speak to people who have a life and have happy thoughts.  Maybe even take a trip to the Bog Hotel themselves.  The difference between them and the lovely visitors I was chatting to on our visit to the bog hotel, all laughing and having fun, is so huge it is sad. 

And another thing, WHAT is with all the legalese used?  Are they all, perchance, wannabe lawyers at heart swinging brick?

Finally, I laughed at the choice of quote used by this bunch of blatant liars and scandalmongers.  Oh, the irony.

(If you want to read my blog post on our visit to the Bog Hotel, click HERE.)

PERSONAL ATTACKS

On crooked lawyers and rate your solicitor, I notice that I (Catherine McGlynn) feature extensively.  The posters (aka John Gill and his tiny band of decrepid sychophantic followers) feel the need to make the most ridiculous personal comments about me.

Surely if these people are supposed to be working for people who have genuine concerns or complaints about the legal profession they should be concentrating their efforts on trying to resolve those concerns and complaints rather concentrating their time on personal attacks?  But a lot of us know that helping people is not their main concern, their main concern is to grind their own particular axe.

They post things about me such 'as her glistening dentures', something that actually made me smile.  Why?  The word 'glistening'.  I have all my own teeth, not a denture in sight (or in mouth for that matter) and to think one of these people noticed I have glistening teeth is very nice.  Thank you.

They also say things like 'in her mid to late 50's'.  What can I say ~ they should have gone to Specsavers.

Oh, and the ones that make me laugh most of all?  Comments about my ability as a photographer.  First, I am of course not a professional photographer ~ it is my passion.  Someone (John, his companion, or one of their sychophants) said 'blurry' photos.  I have discarded more excellent photos as not been good enough than any of The Lone Ranger's Little Folk will ever manage to take in their combined lifetimes.  They even said the credits people have posted about my photos were posted by me under various names.  My photos on flickr have been viewed by (currently) 19,407 people and commented on by many of those.  In reality who on earth (or at least who with a modicom of intelligence) could imagine even I could manage all that!  Oh, and let me show my selection of Donegal photos just to show they are fairly good http://www.flickr.com/photos/donegalireland/sets/

Ut est verum.

THE LONE RANGER HAS BEEN CANONISED!

I took a little visit to the crooked laywers site recently and I can honestly say I haven't laughed so much in a long time.

It turns out that 'The Lone Ranger' has been canonised.  I kid you not, posters on their guest book refer to him as 'St. John' and give him acolades such as "If John can't get it done, no-one can".  Well, clearly no-one can get whatever "it" is done, since The Lone Ranger is a bit of a disaster himself ~ a registered bankrupt and a jailbird, having spent time behind bars recently as a guest of the State.

The site is bursting with a) John Gill posting under various names; b) his little handful of faithful followers posting under various names; and c) a combination of a and b here  posting sychophantic slurry, tickling the feathers of their hero ~ St. John, The Lone Ranger of County Clare.  (And don't forget folks, this bankrupt wants YOUR money "so any donations will be very welcome indeed.  Please send to Mr John Gill, Drumline, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare.").

WOULD YOU LET YOUR ELDERLY HUSBAND GO TO JAIL?

22nd February 2010

Think about it.  Would you want an elderly relative to go to jail?  Would you stand back and see your elderly husband go to jail?  Would you stand back and allow your grandfather or father to go to jail?  I think not.

But today in Carrick on Shannon Elva Gallagher let her elderly husband go to jail.  AGAIN.  And for the THIRD time.  And why?  Well to futher her inflated self importance.

Although Elva and her pensioner supporters arrived on time, her elderly (and according to them, sickly) husband was not there.  No, she knew he had to be there by order of the Court in Letterkenny last week but rather than travelling together she chose to engage the services and expense of the State yet again to bring Daniel to Court.  But then SHE wasn't expecting to go to jail.

Daniel did arrive eventually, having been escorted by the Gardai from his home in Donegal and guess what? he was committed to prison for two weeks.  I'm sure his wife wasn't surprised.  She never has been. 

It was notable today that the self appointed 'Lone Ranger' (for those who don't know, that is John Gill who swore an Affidavit saying he believed he was the Lone Ranger) was not present today as he was indisposed.  No, not Swine flu, rather he chose the wrong words or attitude in the High Court in Dublin last week as a result of which he was found himself in contempt of court (what's new?) and was sent to jail.

So today Elva walks around like the old queen bee amongst her followers whilst her elderly huband is taken away to jail and her very best and closest friend John Gill too is in jail.  Femme fatal or what?

So who do you feel sorry for?

THE HALL OF SHAME

rateyoursolicitor.com and their sister site crookedlawyers.com came up with the idea of a Hall of Shame. Clearly the idea was for them to use it as a batton to beat anyone who crossed them.

Basically The Hall of Shame lists:
- Solicitors
- Barristers
- Judges
- And ANYONE else who John Gill of the VLPS and his friends decide to deride and award with an AVOID rating ~ repeatedly. And under various names.

It is a great place for these obsessed people to vent their spleen. And oh boy do they do vent with a vengence! Truth and facts are immaterial, all that is need is an axe to grind, actively encouraged by rateyoursolicitor.com.

Indeed the front page of rateyoursolicitor.com (25th of November 2008) says:

"A rating should be based on your own experience, or that of your company.There are four possible ratings:: Poor: Average: Good

Here are some guidelines to help you decide if an AVOID rating is justified:
* Did your solicitor wrongfully hold onto your files or papers?
* Did your solicitor wrongfully misappropriate money or property belonging to you?
* Is your solicitor untruthful and guilty of dishonest and dishonourable conduct?
* Do you believe that your solicitor does not carry on his/her practice in a professional and competent manner?
* Has your solicitor altered, distorted or suppressed legal documents?
* Did your solicitor commit or attempt to commit fraud or probate a fraudulent Will?
* Did your solicitor commit or attempt to commit an act which would attract a prison sentence if perpetrated by a lay person?"
They obviously prefer to encourage negativity and AVOID ratings.

Now let's take our (Sean McGlynn & Co.) entry into the Hall of Shame to prove the way they work.

First, a posting by John Gill, trumpeting about our being in their Hall of Shame, dated the 15th of November 2008:

"I see those lowest of lowlife trying to defend their conspiracy to defraud, perjury, theft of property, abuse of the system, low moral and ethical standards. How can these Liars and Thieves sleep at night? How low can a human being crawl? What kind of upbringing did they have, have they any sense of shame or decency at all? When are they going to wake up to the fact that they are in the Hall of Shame, do they not realise that the whole world is watching and waiting for the demise of the last bastion of the Black-n-Tans, the lowest of low life."

Of course, true to form, John Gill slips in and out of rateyoursolicitor.com (as he does on their sister site, crookedlawyers.com) to change his posts at will, as evidenced here with the above post originally reading:

"I see those lowest of lowlife trying to defend their conspiracy to defraud, perjury, theft of property, abuse of the system, low moral and ethical standards. How can these Liars and Thieves sleep at night? How low can a human being crawl? What kind of upbringing did they have? Did they not have enough to eat. Have they any sense of shame or decency at all? When are they going to wake up to the fact that they are in the scumbag Hall of Shame, do they not realise that the whole world is watching and waiting for the demise of the last bastion of the Black-n-Tans, the lowest of low life."

Strange, is it not, the way a man, John Gill, PRO of the VLPS, who claims to have no influence with rateyoursolicitor.com has carte blanche to change posts on rateyoursolicitor.com at will?

Now to our AVOID LISTINGS

The listings on Sean McGlynn & Co., Letterkenny, County Donegal, has 187 postings (it runs to 32 pages of hard copy).

The AVOID postings (which these people actively encourage) total 154

- AVOID postings by various 'branches' of the VLPS = 38

- AVOID postings by John Gill, using his own name = 24

- AVOID postings by Daniel Gallagher = 2

- AVOID postings are by people who claim to have been clients = 8
NOT ONE of these HAVE EVER BEEN clients of Sean McGlynn & Co.

- And the balance of the AVOID postings are made up of people posting under such names as

'AIB corner, Ploughing Championships' (7th October 2007) who said:

"Tis a long way from Killarney to Dublin Four Courts, you will have our support on the 8th of Oct, God willing. Tis past time someone took a stand against our new Black n Tans, the Cromwellian forces of the new century, fair play to you."

Does that post remind us of the posts of John Gill who constantly brings up the Black and Tans, no doubt a rather puerile and very unsubtle dig at their idea that I am English and Sean is Irish. (See John Gill's post above dated 15th of November 2008).
So, 100% ~ ONE HUNDRED PERCENT ~ of our AVOID postings are generated by the VLPS, John Gill, Daniel Gallagher, non-existent 'clients' and people not connected at all with the case and unknown to us.
What does that tell the readers of rateyoursolicitor.com?
Simply, it tells us that the whole thing is an absolute farce and riddled with lies.
AND FOR THE INFORMATION OF rateyoursolicitor.com ~ Try to at least get SOME of your basic facts right (the lies we have come to expect):

1. I am not English. Posters under various names keep repeating this non-fact as if it were an insult to me. Is being English a bad thing? Because you are clearly throwing this at me as if you think it is an insult to be English. And in so doing you insult all English people. Racism? I think so. Not exactly good PR. But then they do have John Gill as their PRO.

2. Brendan McGlynn, Auctioneer, is not Sean McGlynn's brother.

All of the above proves that these people are not above lies in the postings ~ if indeed proof was needed. And if I have been able, with little effort, to prove it in our case then it has the knock on effect of indicating that others with many AVOID postings may, and indeed probably, have been subject to the same lies.

There are other posters who have drawn the same conclusions:

"Mrs McGlynn, I read your blog and it certainly casts things in a different light. I am sorry to say that for a while it seemed Mr Gill and his crew were fighting the good fight but not (sic) its clear to see that they are the ones who are up to no good."
Posted by George Kirk (who is totally unknown to us) 20th of November 2008

"Anyone interested in these allegations should read the recent High Court judgement on these matters. It is available on the Courts site. In my opinion it completely vindicates the McGlynns."
Posted by John Finnegan (who is unknown to us) 17th of January 2008

"You should all stop ranting and read the High Court judgement where all of these accusations were considered and found to be without any foundation. I am an independent reader who looked at this website out of interest, and has become totally disillusioned with the pointless nature of the baseless mudslinging that goes on."
Posted by John Finnegan (who is unknown to us) 10th of April 2008

I'd like to thank John Finnegan and George Kirk, neither of whom we know, for at least trying to bring some rationality to the site.

rateyoursolicitor is not the place for sane, rational people to associate themselves with, and nor is their sister site crookedlawyers.com. And all because John Gill and his friends, through their total lack of intelligence and decency, have ruined their own sites.

NB. From the front page of rateyoursolicitor.com
"THIS WEBSITE IS HOSTED IN THE USA AND IS GOVERNED BY U.S. LAW ONLY!"
If rateyoursolicitor.com and crookedlawyers.com were set up with good intentions, why then are they both now, and always have been since inception, registered with a host site outside of Ireland? Think about it.
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NOTE: I have posted all above on rateyoursolicitor.com tonight 25th November 2008. Will they post it? I think they will.
THREE DAYS LATER:
I was wrong. They have been posting things I posted on their sites since I opened this blog on the 11th of November 2008, and only because I informed John Gill by email about this blog. So they are aware of it and as indicated by postings on their sites since. are reading my blog.
But clearly, as proven by my exposing their lies here, they do not want the proof I exposed to appear on the rateyoursolicitor.com Hall of Shame.
Because if this proof of their lies did it would knock all the other threads on rateyoursolicitor (and indeed the waffle on their siter site crookedlawyers.com) into a cocked hat.
So exposing their lies on the Sean McGlynn & Co. thread on rateyoursolicitor.com to be an absolute farce and riddled with lies exposes at the VERY least the possibility that the rest of rateyoursolicitor.com is too a farce.
YOU REALLY CAN'T IMPROVE ON THE TRUTH.

MADGE FRIEL, DECEASED

11th November 2008 ~ Updated below on the 18th November 2008

Mrs. Madge Friel was a delightful lady who lived alone in her family home in Termon, County Donegal, a small rural community. Her husband had predeceased her and her late brother Anton lived with her until his death in 1985.

My husband was first contacted by the Garda (police) sergeant in her area and asked to call with Mrs. Friel in her home as she needed some advice. He subsequently visited Mrs. Friel and as a result Mrs. Friel became a client of our office.

Following an injury at her home, she was admitted to the 'Lagan Valley' nursing home in Ballindrait, County Donegal, as a long time resident due to the fact that her nephews, nieces and closest next of kin were all resident in the U.S.A. We became acquainted with her niece, Mrs. Helen McCoy and her husband Thomas McCoy who we understand travelled to Ireland on a regular basis to visit Mrs. Friel and during one of their visits to Ireland, Mrs. Friel indicated through Mr. and Mrs. McCoy that she wanted to make her Will.My husband, Sean, attended with Mrs. Friel and took her instructions. At Mrs. Friel's request, myself and my husband were named as Executors of her Will simply because she had no-one in Ireland she could entrust with this obligation. NOTE: You can read the Will at the end of this post.

As we understood that this was important to Mrs. Friel, we took the time out to visit her at the nursing home on the 28th of December 1994 during our Christmas closed period. We had prepared the Will in accordance with Mrs. Friel's instructions and arrived at the nursing home for her signature.

On arrival, we were met by Mrs. Violet Ayton, owner of the Lagan Valley nursing home, who was aware of our intended visit and the nature of it. Mrs. Ayton handed me a piece of paper, telling us that Mrs. Friel wished to add the people named on the piece of paper to her Will. Hence a hand written Codicil had to be written on the day to annex her Will to include the persons on the list, one of whom was Violet Ayton herself. Hence, a handwritten Codicil was prepared on the day in order to deal with these additional beneficiaries and it was signed and witnessed at the same time, and in conjunction with, the Will prepared on the previous instructions, which Will and Codicil were clearly and slowly read over to Mrs. Friel before she signed these. Her signature was then witnessed by myself and my husband, both present at the same time and in her presence.

It is a STRICT rule of law in Ireland that NO witness to a Will can benefit from that Will.
Mrs. Friel had also executed a Power of Attorney in favour of my husband, Sean McGlynn, in order that he could make the necessary arrangements with the Ulster Bank, Letterkenny, for payment of the fees which had to be paid for her upkeep in the Lagan Valley nursing home in addition to the pension she was receiving, which pension was paid directly to the Lagan Valley nursing home. No monies, other than those paid to the Lagan Valley nursing home were withdrawn from Mrs. Friel's bank accounts.

Mrs. Friel, although fully lucid and capable at the time of the making of her Will, a fact verified by a letter from her attending Doctor, eventually began to suffer from dementia. Payments were still being made on foot of a standing order from her current account but these funds eventually became depleted. She did have another account which was not accessible on demand and required notice and documentation to be executed by, or on behalf of Mrs. Friel. Because of the fact that she was now incapable of managing her own affairs, the Power of Attorney which she had executed was now of no legal effect and therefore the bank would not accept either the signature of Mrs. Friel or Sean McGlynn to release these funds. Payments to the Lagan Valley nursing home therefore ceased but on the basis of an assurance from Helen McCoy (niece of Mrs. Friel) that any fees due would be paid, Mrs. Ayton, to her credit, agreed to await payment.

In her Will Mrs. Friel had sought to benefit, among others, her first cousin Mr. Anton Gallagher, who resided at Ballindrait (in the vicinity of the Lagan Valley nursing home), by leaving him one of her farms in Termon and had left her other farms in Termon to various other relatives and her good and helpful friend, Dan O'Donnell a long standing neighbour of hers.

Her cousin, Mr. Anton Gallagher, died on the 4th of March 2001 approximately 3 weeks before Mrs. Friel. Under the terms of the law of succession in Ireland, a person named as a beneficiary who predeceases the person making the Will does not benefit as a result and that gift or benefit must then be distributed among the persons entitled to the residue of the estate. The executors of the Will MUST follow this rule and are obliged to so do in their role as executors.

On the death of Mrs. Friel my husband contacted the nieces and nephews of Mrs. Friel, all of whom were beneficiaries of the residue of her estate, furnishing them with a copy of her Will and also (although he was not obliged to do so) wrote to the widow of Mr. Anton Gallagher out of respect and courtesy to inform her that Mrs. Friel had intended to benefit her late husband but that due to the fact that he predeceased Mrs. Friel, the gift was void.

Correspondence was received from the solicitor for Mrs. Anton Gallagher asking if there was any way in which she could take her husbands intended benefit. But as there were several nephews and nieces entitled to the residue of the estate, this would only be possible if they were all agreeable to surrender their interests in favour of Mrs. Gallagher. It immediately became apparent to my husband, Sean McGlynn, that a number of the said nephews and nieces were not prepared to do this and so he had to proceed on the basis that this farm, or land, would have to be sold and the proceeds divided among all of the nephews and nieces.

After a short period of correspondence with the solicitors for Mrs. Anton Gallagher nothing further occured and the matters proceeded in the normal way on the basis that the residue would be divided among the nephews and nieces.

It was not until some 2 or 3 years later when the administration of the estate was being finalised, involving the proposed sale of that land that we first informed that a claim was being made by Daniel Gallagher and his wife Elva Gallagher of Craigadoes, St. Johnston, County Donegal, that they had some entitlement to this land. It was not clear as to how they purported to have an entitlement to the land, was it simply on the basis that Mrs. Friel had intended to benefit Mr. Gallagher's father? Or was there some other basis on which they thought they were entitled to this land?

At any rate, a solicitor from Donegal wrote on behalf of Daniel Gallagher and his brother objecting to the sale of the land and was invited to support their objections on a legal basis. Which they did not. But because of the objection, our office informed the said solicitor that if his clients did not withdraw the objections that Court proceedings would have to issue to determine whether or not these objections were valid. No response was received. As a consequence, my husband and I issued the necessary proceedings in order to have the question determined.

It was then that correspondence was received from a third firm of solicitors, this time in County Mayo, representing Daniel Gallagher and his brother.

The case was eventually brought to court before Judge John O'Hagan on the 9th of May 2006 when Daniel Gallagher, his wife Elva Gallagher, and his brother were all present and were entitled to, and allowed to address the court. Mr. Daniel Gallagher's brother, who had already indicated at an early stage that he was not contesting the matter, was released from all proceedings and all liability for costs. However, Mr. Daniel Gallagher, but more particularly his wife, Mrs. Elva Gallagher (who is not related to Mrs. Friel) prevaricated at length, but no avail, on behalf of her husband and herself (although she was not named as a party to the proceedings).

His Honour Judge O'Hagan, having read and understanding the facts of the matter, made his judgement in accordance with the law as he is bound to do, dismissed the unfounded and unsubstantiated claims of the defendant, Mr. Daniel Gallagher, and granted and order in favour of the plaintiffs (myself and my husband), allowing them to proceed to administer the estate of the late Mrs. Friel in accordance with her Will and the law.

As was indicated by Mrs. Elva Gallagher on behalf of her husband Daniel Gallagher, an appeal was lodged with the High Court in Dublin. Without going into fine detail, the appeal was eventually listed before His Honour Justice Edwards in the High Court when Mrs. Elva Gallagher appearing for her husband but without her husband, and accompanied by Mr. John Gill and the Victims of the Legal Profession (about a dozen in number) handed in to His Honour Justice Edwards a plethora of paperwork which His Honour Justice Edwards agreed to receive and read and give his judgement in the month of October 2007. This was in July 2007.

His Honour Justice Edwards delivered his considered and lengthy judgement (which was also committed to writing) on the 8th of October 2007. His Honour Justice Edwards not only furnished each party with a copy of the said judgement but also took the time read his judgement in it's entirety to the Court, which is not only attend by the parties to the action but all other persons who are involved in any matters on that day. His Honour Justice Edwards provided both parties (Sean McGlynn and Elva Gallagher) with his judgement and the formal order was issued thereafter to both parties.

Daniel Gallagher and his wife Elva Gallagher (his representative) refused to accept that His Honour Judge Edwards actually made an order, espousing since that he merely gave an opinion.

The fact is, we have an order of Mr. Justice Edwards dated the 8th of October 2007 which says otherwise, and to quote:

"IT IS ORDERED that:

1. The said appeal herein be and is hereby refused.

2. The said Order of the Circuit Court be and is hereby affirmed.

3. The Plaintiffs do recover as against the Defendants the costs of this Appeal when taxed and ascertained.

Mr. Justice Edwards accepted and read all of the documentation both of the Plaintiffs, Sean and Catherine McGlynn, and the plethora of documentation presented to him by Mrs. Elva Gallagher (assisted by Mr. John Gill) on behalf of her husband Daniel Gallagher and made his decision on a totally informed basis.

Yet. Mrs. Elva Gallagher on behalf of her husband does not accept that an Order was made by High Court.

Despite the Orders of Judge O'Hagan and Mr. Justice Edwards Mr/s Gallagher continue to occupy the land by having cattle on the land and having a lock and chain on the gate.

Tuesday 11th November 2008

Mr. Daniel Gallagher was brought before His Honour Judge O'Hagan on foot of an Order made by Judge O'Hagan in the Circuit Court sitting at Cavan town on the 14th of October 2008 (when Mr. Gallagher did not appear) to give an account of himself as to why he would not obey an Order of this Honourable Court made on the 9th of May 2006 and affirmed by the High Court of the 8th of October 2007.

Mr. Gallagher chose not to come to the court voluntarily although his wife, Mrs. Elva Gallagher, was there at an early hour. Mr. Gallagher waited for the Gardai acting on foot of the Order of His Honour Judge O'Hagan to bring him to the court and was duly brought to the court by the Gardai.

When the case was called Mrs. Elva Gallagher as usual espoused her mantra of "fraud", "deception" and so on but with no logical explanation or argument to back her mantra up. Mr. Gallagher when asked a question by His Honour Judge O'Hagan had this to say: "My wife represents me.". Even though he was the one going to jail. His Honour Judge O'Hagan alluded to a certain website on which his name had been placed in conjuction with this case and his name mentioned in the most insidious manner and although he did not put the blame on Mr. and Mrs. Gallagher he was acutely aware of the fact of the association of Mr/s Gallagher with the persons responsible for this website.

Judge O'Hagan found Mr. Gallagher to be in contempt of his Order and ordered that Mr. Gallagher be committed to prison and remain there until Tuesday next 18th November unless he "purge his contempt" (complies with the Order by removing his cattle and vacating the lands). He is to be brought before the Court in Carrick on Shannon on Tuesday next 18th November when if he does not purge his contempt Judge O'Hagan may sentence him to a further term in prison or impose a daily fine which will continue until the Order is complied with.

While all of this is going on the beneficiaries in the U.S.A. are being deprived of the balance of their entitlement and inheritance. They have received their respective shares of the monies left by Mrs. Friel a considerable time ago but they have had an extracted wait for their share of the proceeds of the sale of the land concerned the sale of which has been agreed but cannot complete due to the actions of Mr/s Gallagher.

THE WILL OF MRS. MADGE FRIEL

Here is the Will of the late Mrs. Friel. This Will is no longer a confidential document as the maker is deceased and the Will has been probabated and therefore is a document of public record.

Click on the photographs to enlarge if you wish to read the details.



NOTE: Since adding the photographs of the Will of the late Madge Friel here on my blog I see a (badly) typed copy of her Will has now appeared on crookedlawyers.com.

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TUESDAY 18th NOVEMBER 2008

Circuit Court sitting in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim

As per the Order of Judge O'Hagan on the 11th of this month, Daniel Gallagher was brought before Judge O'Hagan sitting at Carrick-on-Shannon this morning, having spent the previous seven days in prison. Niall O'Neill, Barrister for Sean and Catherine McGlynn indicated that the lands were still not vacated as per the Order of the Court and that there still remained a chain and lock on the gate as put there by Mr. Gallagher. This was not disputed by Mr. Gallagher or his wife Elva Gallagher nor their companion John Gill of the VPLS.

Nothing having been put forward by or on behalf of Mr. Gallagher, Judge O'Hagan after indicating that he had considered the matter for the past week, decided to release Mr. Gallagher from custody but imposed a fine of €50 PER DAY for as long as he continues to be in contempt of the Order made by Judge O'Hagan on the 9th of May 2006. These fines will accumulate day by day. Judge O'Hagan indicated that he would review the matter in 3 months if Mr. Gallagher has still failed to comply and that Sean and Catherine McGlynn be at liberty to bring a further Motion for Attachment and Committal if necessary.

The daily fine of €50 is a fine payable to the State and does not in any way benefit the beneficiaries of the late Madge Friel. If the fines are not paid, it will be a matter for the Court to arrange for collection of same. By our calculations, at the end of 3 months the fine will total approximately €4,500.

On a further Application by Sean and Catherine McGlynn for Attachment and Committal, Judge O'Hagan has the power to commit Mr. Gallagher to prison again or to continue this fine, or such other fine as he decides, for a further period, and indeed, indefinately.

However, my husband and I are considering alternative or other options in order to complete the sale of the lands and the administration of the estate.

We will keep you posted.