lawyer hired and paid 50,000 pesos upfront

emushu 12 said. . . .

the lawyer we hired to represent us in court has not done anything?

  Are we entitled to get a refund of what we paid him (totally or partially)?

now demanding that we paid him 300,000 ( for what)  pesos which we of course refused to even consider that is the reason why we hired this lawyer to expedite his eviction.

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Sounds like you met your lawyer on Filipina Cupid.

@emushu12 maybe talk to another lawyer?

Welcome to the forum emushu, Can I ask? Are you yourself squatters or do you hold a legal title over the lot in question?

Have you had meetings with the local Barangay as they are the first port of call with matters like this and usually resolved amicably with no attorney's involved.

The mouth piece you paid P50K to, what has he done and where is your case now? We don't know the fine details and whether if it does get to court it will stand up,,,,,,, there are many variable here especially if you are a foreigner.

I wish you luck.

Cheers, Steve.

Hi, we got these cases here in Boracay. This is not handled by a lawyer but the local police. Those who got removed stayed on the street in front of their former lot, the owner made a fence and a security company guarded the lot until all the people have left.