What was the Bar Association’s insistence on dealing with legal startups / what did the Bar Association complain about a legal platform?

Fars News Agency Legal and Judicial Department – Last month, Fars News Agency reported that the Central Bar Association had complained about a legal startup. This platform, as a virtual platform by connecting licensed attorneys to potential clients, in addition to facilitating access to lawyers, also provides the possibility of post-evaluation of lawyers. However, the Bar Association believes that the activity of this platform is “interference in the matter of advocacy”. (Read here)

We fight against smugglers

While some interpreted this action of the Bar Association as a continuation of the efforts of the Bar Association to maintain their monopoly on the advocacy market, however, the Bar Association stated its action to prevent non-lawyers from interfering in the advocacy and maintaining the dignity of lawyers. Criticizing Jalil Maliki, the head of the Bar Association, he said: “The Bar Association definitely supports startups that operate within the framework of the law, but also with institutions and startups that operate outside the framework of the law and pretend to be lawyers.” And interferes in the matter of representing the judiciary.

Accusing this legal platform of smuggling and bail, he said: “The Bar Association closely monitors legal institutions and startups to maintain the health of the country’s legal and judicial system. These institutions and startups are central to mediation activities and guaranteed advocacy.” (Read here)

The Bar Association promised to cooperate, then complained!

However, Fardin Aghaei, CEO of the startup complained about by the Bar Association, said in a conversation about the Bar Association’s complaint: “At first, we did not have a problem with the Bar Association. we did; We held several meetings and even our work was welcomed by the directors of the center and they asked us for documents and sample contracts, etc., and we provided the required documents. They promised cooperation and support in the meetings, but we do not know what happened at once when they decided to file a complaint to close this application!

The Bar Association must comply with the rules of competition

In an interview with Fars News Agency, Seyed Amir Sayyah, head of the office of the National Center for Monitoring and Improving Business Environment, said about the association’s complaint against this legal platform: The Bar Association’s complaint against this platform has no merit, and in my opinion, the Bar Association should comply with the rules of competition and accept the opening of the doors to the legal business. (Read here)

Legal platforms are not criminally prosecutable

Mohammad Radpour, a lawyer, emphasized in a conversation that the Bar Association’s complaint against this legal startup was pointless. The legal affairs of a genuine person should refer to a lawyer, which is certainly within the framework of legal regulations, or even if it is desirable for this possibility to be available to individuals so that they can easily choose the expert lawyer they want, and We know that just as people often ask for a lawyer, a doctor or a psychologist at the beginning and then go to a specialist, and such counselors cannot be prosecuted, so we face a similar case in Manhanfieh.

The Bar Association insists on confronting startups

However, the Bar Association reaffirmed its position on the destructive nature of the activities of legal startups in the field of advocacy, and Abdullah Samami, Vice President of the Bar Association, said a few days ago in a conversation about the position of the Bar Association on the expansion of legal applications. : The harms of legal startups to the legal community can not be ignored, but the most important issue is the harm of these startups to the rights of the people, which is very important. These systems hit people more than they hurt lawyers!

He added: “Certainly, we will file a lawsuit against any person or persons who intends to interfere in the matter of advocacy.” Word for word, Article 55 of the Law on Advocacy is about these people, and the Bar Associations will stand against these people; Not because of the interests of the bar and the lawyers, but because the people are not seriously harmed and their rights are not lost as a result of using these unauthorized legal institutions as well as applications that intend to interfere and pretend to be lawyers. Legal startups are not created by bar associations and this oversight is not done directly by bar associations and they are not accountable for these issues and may cause problems for the people.

The Bar Association insists on complaining and confronting legal startups, while law enforcement officials have described unemployment as one of the most important challenges for the legal profession in recent years. And market participants will provide legal services. This has reinforced the notion that bar associations seek to maintain their monopoly on the legal services market more than anything else.

According to Fars News Agency, the complaint against this startup is currently being processed in the Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office of District 3 of Tehran, and we must wait and see whether the Bar Associations will be able to protect the continuation of their monopoly with their legislative tools.

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