tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post119282983882681107..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Law Society ‘warns’ Scottish Parliament : Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 ‘should not be repealed’ by msps or Scottish GovernmentUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-44117750807068695362011-02-05T12:21:29.425+00:002011-02-05T12:21:29.425+00:00Legal theft is what self regulation is.Legal theft is what self regulation is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-79522934833566798642011-02-04T22:11:16.946+00:002011-02-04T22:11:16.946+00:00More medical negligence and the lawyers will be fi...More medical negligence and the lawyers will be fighting to cover it up so no one gets blamed as usual<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12366870<br /><br />Father claims overdose medics 'killed his daughter'<br /><br />The father of a teenager who died after being given overdoses of intravenous paracetamol has called on the medics who missed the error to be prosecuted.<br /><br />John Welsh's daughter, Danielle, 19, died from liver failure after being given the drug at Glasgow's Southern General Hospital in June 2008.<br /><br />A fatal accident inquiry said flawed procedures were to blame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-67397069159397420812011-02-04T10:21:27.586+00:002011-02-04T10:21:27.586+00:00http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-cent...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-12360509<br /><br />If he had been a lawyer we would have heard nothing !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61406668409949983612011-02-03T15:15:16.984+00:002011-02-03T15:15:16.984+00:00When I study the activities of Lords, etc I agree ...When I study the activities of Lords, etc I agree with you, a title is a mark of shame.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-3992017273159452202011-02-03T15:08:20.896+00:002011-02-03T15:08:20.896+00:00Self regulation is institutionalised injustice.Self regulation is institutionalised injustice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65022533608374608652011-02-03T15:04:22.934+00:002011-02-03T15:04:22.934+00:00All Scots have a common enemy, the Law Society of ...All Scots have a common enemy, the Law Society of Scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-33814851818071003082011-02-03T14:45:44.879+00:002011-02-03T14:45:44.879+00:00This is about identity politics where institutiona...This is about identity politics where institutionalised values regard clients as things to be exploited. Self regulation is the mechanism by which this serious, injustice is covered up. The question for MSP's is a simply one. Are lawyers more important to you than the people who elected you? Our so called justice minister has answered this question. Let us hope you do not share his values.<br /><br />Repeal the Act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15356220596119273912011-02-03T14:34:43.544+00:002011-02-03T14:34:43.544+00:00Law Society ‘warns’ Scottish Parliament : Solicito...Law Society ‘warns’ Scottish Parliament : Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 ‘should not be repealed’ by msps or Scottish Government.<br /><br />I dont think they even need to warn the Parliament - they will never topple the Law Society from its perch - only Tunisian style protests will!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-72372004749221335812011-02-03T12:37:24.875+00:002011-02-03T12:37:24.875+00:00Michael Moores film "Sicko" If the Ameri...Michael Moores film "Sicko" If the American doctor had shot or stabbed the patient to death she would have murdered him. She refused him an operation which would have saved his life because her insurers would have to pay half a million dollars. She told Congress no one has held her accountable for this but she is haunted by the number of times she has written condition not treatable when she knows it is.<br /><br />These healthcare doctors are given bonuses and the more they save the insurers the more they make. Watch Sicko and see for yourselves.<br /><br />Doctors, lawyers, are above the law, evil scum that is why they sleep at night.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85281547219795970602011-02-03T12:10:04.597+00:002011-02-03T12:10:04.597+00:00This must have been the shortest debate on a petit...This must have been the shortest debate on a petition at that committee for a long time.<br /><br />Is anyone going to speak up for it next time its heard ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-90543939062023436402011-02-03T10:13:18.365+00:002011-02-03T10:13:18.365+00:00Good comment earlier about the lack of coverage in...Good comment earlier about the lack of coverage in the press but what can you expect from some newspapers where lawyers end up in the newsroom writing thinly disguised advertisements for the legal profession.And yet they wonder why their circulations are at rock bottomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15000734219994416642011-02-03T09:22:48.778+00:002011-02-03T09:22:48.778+00:00can only say I agree with everyone else scrap the ...can only say I agree with everyone else scrap the Law SocietyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-83725550607537789562011-02-03T08:06:59.628+00:002011-02-03T08:06:59.628+00:00If the SLCC have so much to do they are going arou...If the SLCC have so much to do they are going around trying to knock out their critics they certainly need to be scrapped!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-13787468377780329912011-02-03T01:09:46.496+00:002011-02-03T01:09:46.496+00:00I also feel there should be an investigation into ...I also feel there should be an investigation into these parliament passes of the Law Society because I know its hard enough for an ordinary person trying to get a meeting with an msp.If Law Society people can just go through the doors anytime they please and meet whoever they want this is wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-86589163202645536042011-02-03T00:32:58.048+00:002011-02-03T00:32:58.048+00:00Anonymous said...
It is very strange a petiti...Anonymous said...<br /><br /> It is very strange a petition calling for such a major piece of legislation to be scrapped has not featured in any of your Scottish newspapers.<br /><br /> Are they all too afraid of the Law Society or just easily bought off ?<br /><br /> 2 February 2011 19:21<br /><br />Both!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-44230520936246661552011-02-03T00:15:29.335+00:002011-02-03T00:15:29.335+00:00I think we could all do with less lawyers and less...I think we could all do with less lawyers and less "Law Society" ruling over usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87483182480628713382011-02-02T23:35:41.103+00:002011-02-02T23:35:41.103+00:00"It has also been brought to my attention fro..."It has also been brought to my attention from a supporter that some individuals either connected to the Law Society of Scotland or Scottish Legal Complaints Commission have been posting comments which the SLCC in turn have attempted to use to justify withholding information from FOI requests. I will be reporting on this issue in a forthcoming article ..."<br /><br />Sounds like the Law Society or SLCC's dirty tricks department have been out in force again?<br />I'm looking forward to your expose of it.<br /><br />Keep up the good work Peter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-44835785562656010072011-02-02T22:58:07.521+00:002011-02-02T22:58:07.521+00:00Thanks for your comments & emails on this arti...Thanks for your comments & emails on this article.<br /><br />Some comments have not been published due to their 'strength' ... however I'm sure many clients who have been ruined by their solicitors may sympathise with the content ...<br /><br />It has also been brought to my attention from a supporter that some individuals either connected to the Law Society of Scotland or Scottish Legal Complaints Commission have been posting comments which the SLCC in turn have attempted to use to justify withholding information from FOI requests. I will be reporting on this issue in a forthcoming article ...<br /><br />In the meanwhile I would urge readers to support the aims of the petition to repeal the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980 by writing into their MSPs and the Scottish Parliament's Petitions Committee directly.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-72530288230637047332011-02-02T22:53:06.563+00:002011-02-02T22:53:06.563+00:00If the law society are so switched on and so tough...If the law society are so switched on and so tough, what have they got to fear by giving up their self regulation rights? I will tell you quite simply they are all cowardly bullies all hudeled together working their highly illegal cartel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-59573770175525450622011-02-02T22:27:22.149+00:002011-02-02T22:27:22.149+00:00so its now time for Consumer Focus Scotland and Ci...so its now time for Consumer Focus Scotland and Citizens Advice to speak up and see we get rid of this monster Law SocietyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-12850321258984685892011-02-02T21:45:22.428+00:002011-02-02T21:45:22.428+00:00I can just imagine the Law Society will be calling...I can just imagine the Law Society will be calling up all their friends at Holyrood to make sure this goes nowhere.Fat brown envelopes at the ready for any willing politician!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-34124166552311020782011-02-02T20:31:56.227+00:002011-02-02T20:31:56.227+00:00Sounds like a good idea to get rid of the Law Soci...Sounds like a good idea to get rid of the Law Society although you'll have to come up with a replacement as we all now know the SLCC is as biased against the public as the Law SocietyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-62517335805933847622011-02-02T19:26:59.705+00:002011-02-02T19:26:59.705+00:00If Clancy & colleagues are wandering round the...If Clancy & colleagues are wandering round the parliaments purveying their goods,wares & directions to elected representatives on how to vote I think there should be an investigation into this.<br /><br />YES THE LAW SOCIETY RUNS THE COUNTRY. THE EXPLOITATION OF THE MANY BY A CRIMINAL MINORITY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-10943660431888070742011-02-02T19:26:58.963+00:002011-02-02T19:26:58.963+00:00If Clancy & colleagues are wandering round the...If Clancy & colleagues are wandering round the parliaments purveying their goods,wares & directions to elected representatives on how to vote I think there should be an investigation into this.<br /><br />YES THE LAW SOCIETY RUNS THE COUNTRY. THE EXPLOITATION OF THE MANY BY A CRIMINAL MINORITY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-36158289383973463642011-02-02T19:21:30.771+00:002011-02-02T19:21:30.771+00:00It is very strange a petition calling for such a m...It is very strange a petition calling for such a major piece of legislation to be scrapped has not featured in any of your Scottish newspapers.<br /><br />Are they all too afraid of the Law Society or just easily bought off ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com