tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post223431907855666437..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Access to Justice : Holyrood Justice Convener praises Law Chief who threatened, lied to Parliament, while SNP dither on reformsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-84134662633448587252007-12-05T12:18:00.000+00:002007-12-05T12:18:00.000+00:00John Swinney comes out of this very badly.What abo...John Swinney comes out of this very badly.<BR/>What about his performance with Mill at the Justice Committee you mentioned and now silence.<BR/>Bung received ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-18696086329017352912007-12-03T17:38:00.000+00:002007-12-03T17:38:00.000+00:00I just saw this today.Excellent account of the goi...I just saw this today.Excellent account of the goings on in parliament Mr Cherbi.<BR/>You are spot on all the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-20967818223428564802007-12-01T20:29:00.000+00:002007-12-01T20:29:00.000+00:00You shouldn't be so hard on the SNP getting in to ...You shouldn't be so hard on the SNP getting in to bed with the Tories, Peter.<BR/><BR/>SNP are only in government anyway because of spoiled brat Nicol Stephen and the libdems not agreeing a coalition with Labour unless the wee mortgage switcher was made FM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-36909723505599952612007-12-01T15:59:00.000+00:002007-12-01T15:59:00.000+00:00I think you are too valuable to waste in a legal f...I think you are too valuable to waste in a legal firm Peter.Head for the newspapers and keep the public informed.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work lad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6348850558033791552007-11-30T18:48:00.000+00:002007-11-30T18:48:00.000+00:00MSPS dont speak out on bent lawyers because there ...MSPS dont speak out on bent lawyers because there are plenty MSPS in parliament who were bent lawyers and now getting kickbacks from their esteemed colleagues for protecting their monopoly or making sure they have a monopoly to go back to when their political career goes down the toilet !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-22143407473845111282007-11-30T15:05:00.000+00:002007-11-30T15:05:00.000+00:00#Anonymous @ 6.37pmWell if there are a few solicit...#Anonymous @ 6.37pm<BR/><BR/>Well if there are a few solicitors who welcome the opening of the legal services market, but are being leant on by the Law Society to alter their views, they need to get together and do something about it. I am always open to ideas ...<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 10.02pm<BR/><BR/>Really ? How interesting ... so who are these legal firms who would be brave enough to take me on ? Answers by email !<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 4.38am<BR/><BR/>An interesting idea.However, no one can enter the legal profession without the consent of the Law Society of Scotland and approval from the Lord President, who himself, is a member of the Law Society of Scotland.That is a tough wall to break through, and as you can see from the Legal Services Debate in the Parliament, there are key people who wish to protect the Law Society's monopoly over access to legal services & access to justice.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there are better people than me with legal qualifications who have started or tried to start legal firms and had the Law Society kill them off because their face didn't fit with the legal profession or its policy towards legislation, business structure, etc ...<BR/><BR/>#vAnonymous @ 2.12pm<BR/><BR/>Yes I know that, but why don't more MSPs speak out on the issue if that is the case ?Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-3847090116144601422007-11-30T14:12:00.000+00:002007-11-30T14:12:00.000+00:00Remember Bill Aitken does not speak for the whole ...Remember Bill Aitken does not speak for the whole parliament when he congratulates Douglas Mill as he did in the debate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-18575678892173193762007-11-30T04:38:00.000+00:002007-11-30T04:38:00.000+00:00Ha ! I think Peter would be ill advised to work wi...Ha ! I think Peter would be ill advised to work with any legal firm after we have found out what the bloody legal profession is like !<BR/><BR/>Is there a single clean firm of lawyers in Scotland? I DONT THINK SO AFTER READING SOME OF THE STUFF ON THIS BLOG.<BR/><BR/>Peter you don't need to join a legal firm YOU NEED TO START YOUR OWN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-43860759290631661152007-11-29T22:02:00.000+00:002007-11-29T22:02:00.000+00:00Dear "Leader of the revolt against the Law Society...Dear "Leader of the revolt against the Law Society of Scotland",<BR/><BR/> I spent the better part of this evening reading your blog at the insitence of a colleague.<BR/><BR/> If you are ever looking for employment in the legal profession there are those who will take you on in an instant Mr Cherbi.<BR/><BR/> Good luck with your efforts.You will do all of us a favour if you win the day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-16225717678114720722007-11-29T18:37:00.000+00:002007-11-29T18:37:00.000+00:00You said :A solicitor I know who is in favour of o...You said :A solicitor I know who is in favour of opening the legal services market reports to me he has endured "strong words" from the Law Society with a veiled threat over his business & practising certificate if he doesn't shut up or alter his views.<BR/><BR/>I know of a few more solicitors who fit this description and have been warned by the Law SocietyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87597224931754773112007-11-29T13:36:00.000+00:002007-11-29T13:36:00.000+00:00Peter - I'm sure Holyrood will manage another whit...Peter - I'm sure Holyrood will manage another whitewash !<BR/><BR/>You should go after MacAskill's job.I think you have a hell of a lot more understanding of justice and injustice than he every will have or wants to have.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65029726997246012232007-11-29T03:56:00.000+00:002007-11-29T03:56:00.000+00:00all a bit complicated but i managed to understand ...all a bit complicated but i managed to understand it.<BR/><BR/>I suppose these things are complicated because the people involved make them that way so the rest of us miss it or dont pick up on whats going on.Not Cherbi.Always on the ball it seems.I think you made Aitken and MacAskill look like lawyer lovers which i agree they are.<BR/><BR/>keep up the good work mr cherbi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-40469488021321255622007-11-28T18:21:00.000+00:002007-11-28T18:21:00.000+00:00#Anonymous @ 4.49pmYes that seems to fit in with i...#Anonymous @ 4.49pm<BR/><BR/>Yes that seems to fit in with information from solicitors on the issue.<BR/><BR/>A solicitor I know who is in favour of opening the legal services market reports to me he has endured "strong words" from the Law Society with a veiled threat over his business & practising certificate if he doesn't shut up or alter his views.<BR/><BR/>I don't think that would qualify as a democratic order from Drumsheugh Gardens ... but it is certainly consistent with the views of Mr Mill & the Law Society leadership who want no debate on the access to justice issue other than their own.<BR/><BR/>While we have the likes of Bill Aitken and co in charge of Justice at the Parliament, who are clearly too aligned to the Law Society's own monopolistic views, I doubt there can be a substantive and free debate as should be the case, and that is why I will ask the Presiding Officer (whom I note is also a Conservative MSP) to look into the matter.<BR/><BR/>I wonder whether the Parliament will manage another whitewash or do the decent thing this time.Whatever they do, it will reflect on the Scottish Government, which was supposed to be a 'new broom' - but which I think has lost its bristles on justice.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-33864554478818308992007-11-28T16:49:00.000+00:002007-11-28T16:49:00.000+00:00Mr Aitken's attempt to rehabilitate Douglas Mill w...Mr Aitken's attempt to rehabilitate Douglas Mill will not work.The entire profession knows him for what he is Mr Cherbi and rest assured it is not only clients who wish to see him out of the Law Society for good.<BR/><BR/>Be thankful you are not a solicitor.If you were,and were writing this blog you would have been sent to the dungeons long ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-69070852791186432802007-11-28T04:06:00.000+00:002007-11-28T04:06:00.000+00:00very interesting experience on your blog Mr Cherbi...very interesting experience on your blog Mr Cherbi.I don't think I will ever use a lawyer again if I can help it and hope others do the same.I know we end up having to use these bastards at some stage in our lives but lets all limit it to nothing.They can feed off each other instead of us for a change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25020764748760778172007-11-27T19:07:00.000+00:002007-11-27T19:07:00.000+00:00No one [even solicitors] praise Douglas Mill unles...No one [even solicitors] praise Douglas Mill unless there is something in it for themselves or they are being paid to say it.<BR/><BR/>Which category applies to Bill Aitken and Kenny MacAskillAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-18755838066627439112007-11-27T17:20:00.000+00:002007-11-27T17:20:00.000+00:00Mr Aitken must be getting a big hand or something ...Mr Aitken must be getting a big hand or something else from Douglas Mill for those compliments.<BR/>Worth a few YBs ??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6858932992326658722007-11-27T16:18:00.000+00:002007-11-27T16:18:00.000+00:00Difficult to tell from the whole thing if Kenny Ma...Difficult to tell from the whole thing if Kenny MacAskill or Bill Aitken is the Justice Minister or maybe Aitken is shafting MacAskill from behind ?<BR/><BR/>Good work on the expose :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78974470839436564662007-11-27T15:00:00.000+00:002007-11-27T15:00:00.000+00:00http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/news/display.v...http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/news/display.var.1858252.0.0.php<BR/>Are these your comments ? Well done and I completely agree with you Mr Cherbi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-20865634048050037922007-11-27T12:18:00.000+00:002007-11-27T12:18:00.000+00:00I don't know why anyone should think the SNP would...I don't know why anyone should think the SNP would be a party to clean up 'injustice' any more than the rest of them.<BR/><BR/>Traditionally governing political parties with "national" in their title have not been bothered about a 'justice' system in the slightest.Take the Nazi party for example.They said it was fine to gas their opponents or anyone who did not fit into their mould'.People outside Germany criticised them and what did it change? nothing.The people in Germany who did criticise them were tortured & gassed too.It might be a dramatic comparison but I think that is the stage Scotland is now at with the SNP and it will slide into a very dangerous introverted hate filled country controlled by a few at the top who disguise their motives in "national" values and there will be no justice.Fights like yours with the justice system and many more are a good example of that.Watch they don't gas you in the guise of "national" values too and don't laugh about what I write because the same type of beer-hall louts which moved the Nazis into power in the 1930s now seem to be in control of Scottish political life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-89135640202521831582007-11-26T20:26:00.000+00:002007-11-26T20:26:00.000+00:00I read what you said in the Herald today.Very good...I read what you said in the Herald today.<BR/>Very good argument and I happen to agree with you on all counts.<BR/>The Law Society itself is now the issue and reform it must have for as you know yourself,there is little democracy from the autocrat at the top (DM).<BR/>Keep punting along Peter.You are doing a good service even through all you've been through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-42380212139894395972007-11-26T17:24:00.000+00:002007-11-26T17:24:00.000+00:00"There is a considerable attempt under way to reha..."There is a considerable attempt under way to rehabilitate the Tories in Scottish politics, and it seems the SNP are actually playing a part in that"<BR/><BR/>I agree.Now we have Tartan Tories as well as bent Tories.Not what I voted for and not what I will be voting for.Bye Bye Tartan Tory SNP.You were good while you lasted now you are just like the rest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38707218923354877922007-11-26T15:48:00.000+00:002007-11-26T15:48:00.000+00:00I think this is one of your best reports Mr Cherbi...I think this is one of your best reports Mr Cherbi.Very powerful in its content and very well argued.I wish we could see some of this more pro public attitude from the SNP but they have obviously fallen under the spell of the legal establishment for now.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work as everyone says.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87867401025863115432007-11-25T19:44:00.000+00:002007-11-25T19:44:00.000+00:00Quite interesting what you said about Phil Gallie....Quite interesting what you said about Phil Gallie.Of course he's a different type of Tory - probably why he left the bunch of expenses grabbing Tories still in the Scottish Parliament who do nothing but help themselves.<BR/><BR/>Oh didn't you know Mr Cherbi? there is another high ranking Tory in the Parliament fiddling their expenses just now.Why don't you find out some more and feed them to the dogs.I'm sure you will get them easily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-80787418958892338782007-11-25T17:07:00.000+00:002007-11-25T17:07:00.000+00:00You never give up !Good thing you are around to in...You never give up !<BR/><BR/>Good thing you are around to inform us of all this.I tried to make a complaint against my lawyer last year and the Law Society secretary who handled it did her worst to hinder me.I think I will take it up again now that I've read your blog and email you the details.Thanks for giving me a kick to do soemthing about it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com