Date:    Sun, 22 Mar 1992 14:10:14 GMT
From:    NEELY_MP@DARWIN.NTU.EDU.AU(Mark P. Neely, Northern Territory
Subject: File 2-- Craigs' legal fees

 Keith Moore <moore@CS.UTK.EDU> writes:

>Also, why are we asked to send money directly to the law firm that
>defended Craig, and not to Craig himself?

I should imagine that this arrangement is set up (a) because it hsis
administratively convenient, and (b) so as to avoid the allegations
that Craig is feathering his own nest.

All monies received from, or on behalf of, clients must be placed into
that client's trust account. This is the account into which a lawyer
must place monies received in advance from his/her client for
safekeeping until a bill is rendered to the client. The purpose of
such an arrangement is so that the lawyer has some form of guarantee
that he will get paid (at least to the extent that he has money on
trust).

Secondly, if the money were to be sent directly to Craig, there would
no doubt be the cynical few who would raise (quite correctly I'd
imagine) the problem of how we can guarantee that _all_ the money
donated will be used for his trial defence.

I hope this clears up some of the mystery.

Mark Neely neely_mp@darwin.ntu.edu.au

PS-- I am in no way connected with Craig or his cause!

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