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	Bahamasb2b has received numerous complaints, both from within the Bahamas and from foreigners, who have been treated unfairly by Bahamian attorneys and law firms. Unfortunatelly repeated complaints even to the Bahamas Bar Association have fallen on deaf ears. German investor Harald Fuhrmann claims that corruption in the legal profession is so rampant that it destroying the Bahamas. More
Harald Fuhrmann claims instead of publishing questions about readership. The Nassau Guardian should look into the Attorney General's Office, the Bahamas Bar Association and the Supreme Court Registry. Even press releases and commentaries about his dispute with lawyers concerning his holiday property problem in Nassau have been left without any notice.		The mission of the Board of Directors and the Management of the Broadcasting Corporation of The Bahamas is to inform and guarantee all people freedom of expression. The delivery of news should also include informations about activities of lawyers if the efficiency and preparedness to come up to their obligations is often doubted by foreigners.
	German investor Harald Fuhrmann is shocked that even Prime Minister Perry Christie and Attorney General Alfrad Sears have turned deaf ears to his plight. Instead of solving his court case within a certain time his website campain angainst the legal profession was used as a basis for a European television programme with spotlighted disadvantages of investing in the Bahamas. Download (german version):
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	A German television crew has been in Nassau to highlight an investor's eight year wrangle with local lawyers over what he claims is their mishandling of a property dispute.
	Their report could be seen by satellite to an estimated 15 million viewers throughout Europe.
	The man at the centre of the row is German investor Harald Fuhrmann, who claims The Bahamas legal profession and government have turned deaf ears to his plight.
	Now his case is to be used for a programme which will spotlight the advantages and disadvantages of investing in The Bahamas.
	The alleged slackness and incompetence of some Bahamian lawyers is expected to feature in the programme which will be seen from Scandinavia to Southern Spain.
	German television journalist Holger Senft told The Tribune: "The programme will basically be about Bahamas tourism, but we will also feature Mr. Fuhrmann's difficulties as a man who invested in a vacation property in Nassau.
	"In the programme we will tell why Mr. Fuhrmann continues to keep this matter running even though it dates back several years."
	The programme will be broadcast by Munich based RTL2, which reaches 1.5 million people in Germany but 10 to 15 times more than that in other parts of Europe.
	Mr. Fuhrmann's dispute centres on a holiday property in Nassau. He claims he stands to write off a $480,000 loss if he fails to get justice.
	In complaints to the Bahamas Bar Association, he has cited instances of alleged inefficiency and tardiness by certain lawyers.
	He has also been involved in arguments over fees.
	Mr. Fuhrmann claims he has lost many thousands of dollars in telephone calls and airline tickets as a result of the case.
	He told the Tribune that his various appeals to both the government and the legal profession had fallen on deaf ears. He felt that he had been ignored in his efforts to get his problem addressed.
	He said he did not appreciate the "primitive attitude" displayed by Bahamian authorities.
	"It seems to me that some Bahamian lawyers delay action on cases involving foreign investors because they feel they will even-tually get fed up and go away," said Mr. Fuhrmann.
	"But I am not the kind of man who goes away. I will keep going. I don't want to be ignored."
	Mr. Fuhrmann has been carrying on a sustained web site campaign against the Bahamas' legal profession. In a web site titled "The Bahamas - America's Bad Neighbour" he accuses some lawyers of treating foreign investors "like stray dogs."
	He claims the inefficiency of some Bahamian lawyers is having a serious impact on the country's dealings with foreign investment.
	In open letters to both Prime Minister Perry Christie and Attorney General Alfred Sears, Mr. Fuhrmann urges greater concern for public rights and accuses lawyers of "ignorance" in their dea-lings with foreigners.