tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post2571282329849541938..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Lawyers argue over ‘delaying tactic’ review calls to MacAskill as Dean of Faculty condemns Law Society’s failure of regulationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-49801365259944752612009-03-15T17:30:00.000+00:002009-03-15T17:30:00.000+00:00"I doubt there will be much change in the way soli..."I doubt there will be much change in the way solicitor-advocates are regulated with any study which comes from Kenny MacAskill's Justice Department, simply because it appears the Law Society has a 'free hand' to do as it pleases under MacAskill, who is far too cosy with his 'former' colleagues in the legal profession, to the point his own Ministerial negligence has allowed the newly created 'independent' Scottish Legal Complaints Commission to be co-opted by the legal profession in a most brutal way against consumer interests."<BR/><BR/>MacAskill "far too cosy with his 'former' colleagues in the legal profession"?! Shock, horror! I think we all know that by now Peter ... and much more besides about our lawyer-protecting scumbag INjustice Secretary.<BR/><BR/>Wonder what he thinks about the wife-beating, prostitute-loving, alcoholic ex-Sheriff who was protected for years by the Scottish establishment!<BR/><BR/>Did MacAskill and Salmond know about all this too?!<BR/>__________<BR/><BR/>"Sick sheriff's obsession with vice girls and booze"...<BR/><BR/>"EX-WIFE TELLS OF SUFFERING AT HANDS OF LAW CHIEF" : <BR/><BR/>http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/scottish/scottish_news/218628/Sick-sheriffs-obsession-with-vice-girls-and-booze.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-39040191229344565212009-03-15T15:09:00.000+00:002009-03-15T15:09:00.000+00:00I'd go with everyone else and say Keen is protecti...I'd go with everyone else and say Keen is protecting his business but at the same time the Law Society cant be trusted with regulation on anythingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-70665405060108473072009-03-14T21:37:00.000+00:002009-03-14T21:37:00.000+00:00I see the LSS are quick to mention their rubber st...I see the LSS are quick to mention their rubber stamp stooges at the SLCC to deflect Keen's argument.Still its good to see them have a go at each other even if its not entirely believable !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-33997860292009982642009-03-14T19:31:00.000+00:002009-03-14T19:31:00.000+00:00So Hamilton is effectively siding with the Law Soc...So Hamilton is effectively siding with the Law Society against the advocates which means they will get their review and a fistful of delays.<BR/><BR/>Just goes to show nothing ever changes - lawyers will always be crooked no matter what !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71406946495099117252009-03-14T17:10:00.000+00:002009-03-14T17:10:00.000+00:00Sounds as if Mr. Keen is simply protecting his pat...Sounds as if Mr. Keen is simply protecting his patch, he's hardly a first to identify the fact that the Law Society is not fit for purpose....the SCC began singing that song in the 1980's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37898269403046032632009-03-14T16:00:00.000+00:002009-03-14T16:00:00.000+00:00“To date the Society has never had to prosecute a ...“To date the Society has never had to prosecute a member for professional misconduct arising from them acting as a solicitor advocate."<BR/><BR/>A joke ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38723469274399635142009-03-14T14:56:00.000+00:002009-03-14T14:56:00.000+00:00This is about money right ?Advocates want the lot ...This is about money right ?<BR/><BR/>Advocates want the lot for themselves and poo poo anyone else who dare enter their sacred little sanctum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com