Anyone considering the use of Hamoody Hassan’s law firm should be very cautious. Hassan mostly represents the custodial parent and he may consider advising the custodial parent to violate court orders. One of the tactics is to set a court time late in the day, agree to let all other cases p... access page ...

Anyone considering the use of Hamoody Hassan’s law firm should be very cautious. Hassan mostly represents the custodial parent and he may consider advising the custodial parent to violate court orders. One of the tactics is to set a court time late in the day, agree to let all other cases proceed, and take the last available time. Then it is a matter of blah, blah, blah, check time, blah, blah, blah, check the time, blah, blah, your honor, the time is running late, I would suggest that the case be put over to another date, I would suggest that it is in the best interest of my pocketbook that all existing orders remain status quo. Looks like I am available the late afternoon 6 months from now. And by the way, I’d like costs for standing up here wasting time.

Carry this on for several years, nothing gets settled, but he lines his pockets with money that would be better spent on your children. But in the end, he suggests that the non custodial parent hasn’t see the kids in 3 years, has never participated in the lives of the kids, no interest in their health or education, never sent them a birthday card or a Christmas present, things should remain as they are and the non custodial parent should never see their children. HOWEVER, they must continue to pay support and maintain health benefits through their employer, pay spousal support and let’s not forget the pension I need most of that too to pay off my outrageous bill. And by the way, I still want more costs.

Hassan’s claim to fame is tying up the court system in London to a point where they had to send other cases to other jurisdictions. Of course, if you need a bought and paid for report, he has all the expert witnesses on payroll, just tell him what you want the report to say and he will have it created. Want you X labeled a sexual predator, no problem that will be a thousand bucks, want the kids to say they were abused, here is a report from a licensed physiologist, all we have to do is fill in the names and the X will never see the kids again.

With Hassan, you may win, or you may lose, but no one will win like Hassan. And when you are down to that last dollar,,,,, sorry I can no longer represent you.

Check lawyer rating websites, pretty easy to see which reviews were written by his clients and which were written by his staff.

So if you want to drag you case out for years and lose every cent you have, maybe Hassan would be right for you.

Here's the landmark London, Ontario case against CAS. The Judge slapped a 1.4 million dollar bill of costs on the CAS. The father in this case was granted full custody of his children.

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Here's the landmark London, Ontario case against CAS. The Judge slapped a 1.4 million dollar bill of costs on the CAS. The father in this case was granted full custody of his children.

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If you are experiencing problems with CAS the firm who was involved in this landmark decision was Hassan Law began operations in 1992, founded by Hamoody Hassan, the guiding leader of the London law firm, and a longtime supporter of numerous pro bono and charitable causes in Southwestern Ontario.

LONDON, Ont. -- Ontario's highest court has upheld a local judge's decision and quashed an appeal by a child-welfare agency wanting to revive a protection order for three boys caught in a vicious divorce case.

But the Ontario Court of Appeal left it open for the cash-strapped Children's A... access page ...

LONDON, Ont. -- Ontario's highest court has upheld a local judge's decision and quashed an appeal by a child-welfare agency wanting to revive a protection order for three boys caught in a vicious divorce case.

But the Ontario Court of Appeal left it open for the cash-strapped Children's Aid Society of London and Middlesex to ask to appeal the $1.4-million legal tab slapped against it -- believed to be the largest ever levied against a child-welfare agency in Ontario -- after a mammoth trial that ran for 154 days.

The agency had made other headlines two years ago when it couldn't balance its books.

The trial lasted so long, ifrom October 2011 to May 2013, it caused major backlogs in family law cases in London, forcing the courts to prioritize child protection cases over divorce cases for months.

It was a nasty, mud-slinging affair that involved a mother found by the court to be manipulative and cunning, convincing child-welfare services her husband was an abusive monster.

The father, who was awarded custody of the sons, was able to show his wife was an alcoholic full of rage, and carried on two extra-marital affairs -- one with a co-worker, the other with a sports coach.

The child-welfare agency sided with the mother and her warped version of the truth, even when the three boys -- 15, 12 and 5 at the time of the trial -- tried to tell it about their mother's violence and lies.

The mother took the case into the criminal courts when she accused the oldest son of attempted murder, only to have it reduced to an assault conviction for "excessive self-defence" from his mother.

The lower court decision took aim at the mother, child welfare, the police, women's groups, a school board and the woman's employers who bought her story.

The Children's Aid Society submitted 146 grounds in support of its appeal on the merits of Superior Court Justice John Harper's decision, but the appeals court saw "no basis for declaring any of the children of the marriage ... to be children in need of protection," now or when the case began in September 2010.

The court said the merits of the appeal were "tenuous at best."

Harper said the kids didn't need protection from their father, but would if placed with their mother.

There was no evidence of any current protection concerns since the kids were placed with the father, the appeals court said. "This court is left with the Society's bald assertion of unspecified, current concerns about the children..."

Still outstanding is the CAS appeal on costs and the mother's appeal of the divorce judgment. She's on the hook for 30% of the $2 million in court costs, or $604,478.36.
The appeals court decision could accelerate the settlement of those issues.

The father's lawyer, Hamoody Hassan, said the boys are "living happily at home with their dad" and
"we're happy that the decision of Justice Harper was appreciated and understood."

The decision "basically means that (the father) and his children are not being investigated by the Children's Aid," he said.

The CAS was ordered to pay $7,500 in court costs for the appeal.


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