What's the name of this lawyer you are so familiar with?
In my experience in Belize, some would considerate extensive over 49 years, I have seen some unscrupulous people. Not always limited to Belizeans. I believe many of the problems people have had with developments in Belize have been with non Belizeans. The problems with the issue of this topic is with someone I would consider more British than Belizean.
There is also some validity to Caveat Emptor and Due Dilgence. Some of the people I have witnessed making business decisions in Belize seem to leave much of their common sense in the country they left when coming to Belize.