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According to the Bar Association report published on Tuesday, such decision was made in response to “public doubts about the relations of the Glimstedt law firm with the member of the Seimas V. Gapšis”.
“The Lithuanian Bar Association always strives to ensure the highest ethical standards of lawyers and impeccable conduct, and if the activities of the lawyer raise any doubts, the Lithuanian Bar Association always seeks to investigate and dispel any related doubts. with the professional activities of the lawyer, “the report said.
Last week, the LRT Investigation Division announced that V. Gapšys, an “employee”, had appealed to the court to the Ministry of the Environment regarding the methodology for calculating damage to nature. The complaint came at a time when environmentalists were preparing a million-dollar lawsuit against Grigeo Klaipėda for damage to the Curonian lagoon.
According to the data of the Research Department, before becoming a member of the Seimas, V. Gapšys gave consultations to Glimstedt, for which he was paid more than 31 thousand. euros. Glimstedt’s lawyers also represented the Labor Party. The law firm also provides legal services to Grigeo Klaipeda.
According to the LRT Investigation Division, V. Gapšys’s complaint to the court regarding the damage calculation methodology is based on the same arguments that Grigeo Klaipėda and his lawyers have been actively communicating in the last six months, and some words from V. Gapšys posted comments. .
For its part, the Glimstedt law firm announced on Tuesday that it rejects the links raised in the public space between the firm’s activities and V. Gapšis’ initiatives in environmental matters.
The firm claims that it had entered into a service contract with V. Gapšis, according to which the firms were consulted at the time that he was not a member of the Seimas, but these consultations, according to Glimstedt, “have nothing to do with current initiatives in environmental matters “.
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