tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post2700963155634570828..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: A NEW HOPE : Scotland’s “Victorian” Justice system makes way for reforming judge as Lord Gill is appointed new Lord President of Scots judiciaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-13592042107298686802012-06-11T11:00:10.616+01:002012-06-11T11:00:10.616+01:00Possibly good, but the caution of your previous co...Possibly good, but the caution of your previous comentators is appropriate and born of prior experience. <br />The big test will be:- having Chaired the Review, and recommended a speaking role for 'McKenzie Friends' AND THE PARLIAMENT HAVING PASSED THE ENABLING LEGISLATION (which Lord President Hamilton has done nothing to implement) - will the new Lord President Gill create and pass the rules which give effect to that enabling legislation in practice? And if so, how soon? Will he do anything to end the closed shop?<br />Well done Peter, keep going. <br />A concerned Scot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-24288088003032948182012-06-07T22:46:41.564+01:002012-06-07T22:46:41.564+01:00Let's hope Lord Gill's postbag fills up wi...Let's hope Lord Gill's postbag fills up with those demanding to know when he is going to make good the eurgently needed reforms his committee identified some 2 years ago - and were recognized and complained of for many years before that by the Public.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25920527956386985422012-06-07T13:19:56.397+01:002012-06-07T13:19:56.397+01:00Hope is the feeling that the situation you are in ...Hope is the feeling that the situation you are in is not premanent. Are you giving clients hope New Lord President. I hope so.<br /><br />Lord Hamilton Beethoven was a genuis but so was Chopin and he was the greater virtuoso. I am glad you have gone but as far as the reforms are concerned I will not count my chickens before they are hatched. In this legal debate the politicians and self regulators hold all of the cards which up till now they have used in their favour. Fortunately Peter and his colleagues will keep us informed. I hope the new man will overhaul the anachronism that is the Scottish justice system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-39160119662089868892012-06-06T19:17:06.674+01:002012-06-06T19:17:06.674+01:00Instead of playing piano he should have been doing...Instead of playing piano he should have been doing something about his Glasgow judge who specialises in taking bungs from gangsters and well known drug dealers.Anyway where the hell are the newspapers because everyone knows this knob has been knocking back the brown envelopes for years!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15231706766876197922012-06-06T14:06:57.824+01:002012-06-06T14:06:57.824+01:00Informative interview with Hamilton in the hootsmo...Informative interview with Hamilton in the hootsmon on Monday,you will laugh at how it ends..<br />http://www.scotsman.com/the-scotsman/scotland/lord-hamilton-faces-up-to-life-beyond-court-1-2336532<br /><br />And when he gives up the key to the newly refurbished Lord President’s office on Friday, what long-postponed ambitions will he have a chance to pursue?<br /><br />“I am on the supplementary bench for the UK Supreme Court so may be called there from time to time. But I will be taking a holiday. And I have been taking piano lessons recently so there will be time to practise. The faster pieces are still rather slow when I play them,” he said.<br /><br />Lord Hamilton confesses that his practice preferences have been Beethoven sonatas. Sonata Number 26 is nicknamed Les Adieux. Farewells, but not goodbye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-77617009452588468912012-06-05T09:02:31.481+01:002012-06-05T09:02:31.481+01:00Colin Boyd's appointment to the bench is clear...Colin Boyd's appointment to the bench is clearly Lord Hamilton's parting 'gift' to the people of Scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-5724452941207781922012-06-04T22:09:52.556+01:002012-06-04T22:09:52.556+01:00Is Lord Gill the listening type?Are we ever going ...Is Lord Gill the listening type?Are we ever going to get some real reforms of the justice system in Scotland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-42060578134035751622012-06-04T17:36:58.762+01:002012-06-04T17:36:58.762+01:00Well it's good to see some good news coming fr...Well it's good to see some good news coming from Scotland's courts considering all the things this blogger's investigations have revealed.<br /><br />Perhaps now Lord Gill will clean up the judiciary too and get rid of those who cow tow to the Crown Office and help to fit people up on the weakest of evidence (a good portion of it created to fit people up for headline grabbing convictions)<br /><br />Scots justice - the shame of the worldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-29086410132663465502012-06-04T09:55:55.590+01:002012-06-04T09:55:55.590+01:00What a joke?
On the day Lord Gill is announced to...What a joke?<br /><br />On the day Lord Gill is announced to be taking over as Lord Preident, Colin Boyd, the former Lord Advocate before Elish Angiolini who had to resign in disgrace has been appointed a Judge?<br /><br />Colin Boyd was at the centre of the despicable bogus prosecution of Magrahi?<br /><br />You can see this appointment as a Bold Step by those in control of Scotland that there is to be NO investigation by Police & No Public Enquiry into this Injustice, otherwise Mr Boyd (now as a Judge) would be at risk of being jailed for defeating the ends of Justice?<br /><br />One step forward and ten steps back?<br /><br />On the face of it, is the appointment of Lord Gill just smoke and mirrors, so that the perception of the Scottish Public is changed to think that things are going to change.....when in reality the opposite is the truth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-81442279954586282232012-06-03T21:35:35.767+01:002012-06-03T21:35:35.767+01:00I wonder what words were exchanged when you first ...I wonder what words were exchanged when you first published the judges expenses claims?<br />They must have been furious with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-79390236279050883372012-06-03T19:17:05.867+01:002012-06-03T19:17:05.867+01:00The new Lord President has a lot of work to do if ...The new Lord President has a lot of work to do if we are to get out of the banana republic style justice system since Lockerbie cover upAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-84453659990529718672012-06-03T09:36:22.179+01:002012-06-03T09:36:22.179+01:00Lord Gill has shown himself to be honest, courageo...Lord Gill has shown himself to be honest, courageous and with a sincere desire to uphold and improve the reputation of his subject - but will the glove puppets of the Law Society in the Scottish Parliament listen to any recommendations he makes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-57966800063735898322012-06-03T09:34:04.504+01:002012-06-03T09:34:04.504+01:00Good riddance to Lord Hamilton who spent much of h...Good riddance to Lord Hamilton who spent much of his time treading water and shoring up the unaccountability of the legal profession in Scotland including the judiciary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-868320421059985572012-06-02T20:16:36.614+01:002012-06-02T20:16:36.614+01:00Yes Peter its good of you to remind us just what a...Yes Peter its good of you to remind us just what an appalling period we have just went through in Scots Law.Will the next few years be any different?Alas only if someone with a pro consumer and less lawyer loving personality takes the reigns.<br /><br />Also,must agree it was nice of you to get that one in about Hamilton chastising Angiolini!<br /><br />Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-75435439524282160052012-06-02T16:12:22.622+01:002012-06-02T16:12:22.622+01:00Poor wee Eck,he sounds so desperate in the press r...Poor wee Eck,he sounds so desperate in the press release for some attention but we all know it's the judges who appoint their own and fm is just a overweight puppet.at least the right one got the job though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-66246271772073614162012-06-02T14:42:20.541+01:002012-06-02T14:42:20.541+01:00Victorian, a time when the privilidged were exoner...Victorian, a time when the privilidged were exonerated for their crimes because they controlled everything. They still do, it is called self regulation a doctrine that is a crime against their clients. Will the new man be able to nail the Penman's, Mill's, Lockharts, O'Donnells? <br /><br />These four should be expunged from the legal profession for their criminallity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-68493497893153774062012-06-02T12:25:53.520+01:002012-06-02T12:25:53.520+01:00Congrats to Lord Gill.Now comes the hard part..bei...Congrats to Lord Gill.Now comes the hard part..being the boss and being responsible for the rest of the gang's actions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-49819016374814288022012-06-02T00:35:03.837+01:002012-06-02T00:35:03.837+01:00Look on the bright side - if he does nothing and s...Look on the bright side - if he does nothing and simply plays the same broken record of what he himself calls a "Victorian" justice system you can write about it show just how badly all the judges let us down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-69348597792836284612012-06-01T21:41:27.996+01:002012-06-01T21:41:27.996+01:00Will he do anything about those judges you exposed...Will he do anything about those judges you exposed who all have criminal records and benefits cheating?<br /><br />About time someone did something!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78846841051625345962012-06-01T19:36:49.988+01:002012-06-01T19:36:49.988+01:00He may well be a reforming judge but he will only ...He may well be a reforming judge but he will only be allowed to go so far before the legal establishment clamp down.Why do you think we have a victorian justice system?because the lawyers and courts want to keep it unaccountable remote exclusive and expensive.<br /><br />It's not a justice system we have in Scotland more of a joke system both civil and criminal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-10588764053990279852012-06-01T19:17:43.593+01:002012-06-01T19:17:43.593+01:00Forgot all about that spat between Hamilton & ...Forgot all about that spat between Hamilton & Angiolini so thanks for remindingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-66639838912972638862012-06-01T15:44:46.282+01:002012-06-01T15:44:46.282+01:00A step in the right direction.However I'll hol...A step in the right direction.However I'll hold off rejoicing until we see some action on the Civil Courts Review and his criticisms of the justice system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-75131063772109017642012-06-01T13:39:53.580+01:002012-06-01T13:39:53.580+01:00“Victorian model that had survived by means of per...“Victorian model that had survived by means of periodic piecemeal reforms” You said it Lord Gill, now you can carry out your reforms as old Arthur is moving on. We will watch this space.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-33445478723353833462012-06-01T12:52:26.373+01:002012-06-01T12:52:26.373+01:00Yes,hopefully there will now be some changes for t...Yes,hopefully there will now be some changes for the better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com