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Just to clarify #6 - it was the Petition Hearing to be held December 15th, 2017 that they dropped out of without our instructions/permission to do so.This is the letter I am sending to the Law Society again
Feel free to copy and paste and/or change it ...but regardless SEND SOMETHING...
January 26, 2017
Law Society of British Columbia
Request for Intervention and Investigation
Northmont Resort Properties v. Brian Golbert and Collette Goldberg
No. S159447, Vancouver Registry (the "Goldbert Action")
Decision of Mr. Justice Branch
I have been a client of Geldert Law through the process of Northmont Resort Properties (aka Sunchaser) seeking and being awarded judgements against some 1400 time share contracts. Unfortunately, as this case has been totally skewed and misrepresented on many levels however, we are now coming down to the final days to having to pay the “settlement” that was “negotiated” by Mr. Geldert. Both are in quotations as the “settlement” was supposed to be approved by the clients that retained Mr. Geldert, to which that never happened, and the “negotiation” was considerably higher that the statement Northmont had issued several weeks prior.
Concerns that I have regarding this include, but are not limited to:
1. ALL clients were told not to pay statements we received. Consequently we never did, nor paid the money in trust. The result of this was that Northmont has charged us interest individually on these accounts at 26% interest. This means that the interest on all statements is more than the base amounts owing.
2. Supplied fragmented, incomplete information throughout the process on the auspices of guarding information from Northmont, however prevented a collective forum of over several hundred clients to discuss our options.
3. Did not allow us to see the "negotiated" agreement and vote on it, and accepted it on our behalf, knowing the financial hardship could incur on many people.
4. Imposed an unrealistic time-frame in which to interpret the potential agreement as this was done over Christmas. People were on vacation, travelling, etc and only had a couple of days in which to respond.
5. Agreed to an unrealistic time-frame to complete agreements.
6. Dropped an ongoing appeal without agreement from the group, and in essence eliminated any negotiating opportunity.
7. Complaints from many clients of no response to pertinent questions has been a common theme.
We are now bound by the agreement we are being forced to pay, or accept additional fees in the amount of 162% as also "negotiated" by Mr. Geldert. Consequently, I will be following the settlement instructions as outlined by Geldert Law because I cannot risk further liability in this matter. I am concerned however that when I submit these funds, that I will actually receive a Release and that the money will be allocated as indicated. Consequently, I would submit that an Intervention by the Law Society to ensure the funds are allocated in the correct manner, and appropriate releases are sent to clients would be warranted and in order to prevent further injustice in this case.
I am aware that you should have received other letters of concern from other clients of Geldert Law that are dealing with the same issues and mistrust of the handling of this matter on our (and their) behalf. I would suggest that an investigation by the Law Society should be held as this entire matter has been a travesty of justice on many levels, and I have retained ALL documentation that can substantiate the above claims and comments.
Thank you.