tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post4071341036566068442..comments2024-03-29T12:58:06.213+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Transparency is not rocket science, Lord President : Disclosure should not be held in contempt of court by Scotland’s top judge over proposal to create a register of judicial interestsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87538954827921741692014-01-14T11:21:27.149+00:002014-01-14T11:21:27.149+00:00What a tawdry affair.
Mr Gill's bizarre behav...What a tawdry affair.<br /><br />Mr Gill's bizarre behaviour continues to attract deserved criticism but with each passing day brings the Office of Lord President into terminal disrepute?<br /><br />It's like watching a car crash in slow motion?<br /><br />Cringeworthy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-43785385083759514062014-01-12T19:11:25.015+00:002014-01-12T19:11:25.015+00:00Maybe he is scared some of the msps will ask him w...Maybe he is scared some of the msps will ask him why there are a few judges sheriffs civil servants and Police on photos & videos taken in recently raided Edinburgh saunas.<br />Anyone like to take a guess as to why these pictures have not been published yet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-11333422610268641242014-01-10T16:28:25.654+00:002014-01-10T16:28:25.654+00:00Anonymous said...
Gill will want to land you ...Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Gill will want to land you on the moon after reading this<br /><br /> 6 January 2014 22:50<br /><br />The way Gill is acting he sounds like he landed himself on the moonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-46115638124806228932014-01-10T13:51:53.807+00:002014-01-10T13:51:53.807+00:00Put Ms Moi Ali in charge of a team of people to de...Put Ms Moi Ali in charge of a team of people to determine all complaints against Scottish Judges and Sheriffs. That way, genuine complaints won't be summarily dismissed so that we can find out once and for all the number of crooks passing themselves off as Scottish Judges and Sheriffs so that they can take responsibility for their actions?<br /><br />This is the first step towards repairing the damage done to the Judicial System which is universally regarded as institutionally corrupt, even by some eminent Advocates?<br /><br />'I have no problem at all defending my Client and getting them off when I know they were guilty of the offence because I balance that with the miscarriages of Justice that are routinely perpetrated by the Crown against the innocent'<br /><br />By an Eminent Scottish Senior CounselAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-76663658910170622922014-01-10T13:39:19.977+00:002014-01-10T13:39:19.977+00:00Yet again we are shown where the real power in Sco...Yet again we are shown where the real power in Scotland lies, with the politician's being treated like naughty school boys being summoned to the Headmaster's room for a good seeing to with the cane?<br /><br />How demeaning it must be for these conscientious politicians to be treated in such an insulting way?<br /><br />This is no-way for a Lord President to behave where he demands respect instead of commanding respect and says all we need to know about what is wrong with this ongoing self serving cabal?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-86715728409103328642014-01-10T12:58:58.905+00:002014-01-10T12:58:58.905+00:00Anonymous said...
Power, clearly Scotland is gover... Anonymous said...<br />Power, clearly Scotland is governed by it's Legal Dictatorship with the MSP's bending over for their bosses like Gill. Will your vote diminish Gill's power in all matters legal? Power is not in the hands of the electorate. He wants Independence but does nothing about the Legal Dictatorship disguised as democracy. Salmond will give you free prescriptions but will deny you legal rights by protecting the judiciary. To be rightless means you become a thing not a person to be abused as they see fit.<br /><br />9 January 2014 13:09<br />///////////////////////////////////<br /><br />What is the point of anyone in Scotland voting in an election or Referendum when the Scottish Politicians are not in power and it is the hidden masters of secrecy who are manipulating the puppet's strings behind the hidden screen ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-76549798881000352022014-01-10T12:31:43.307+00:002014-01-10T12:31:43.307+00:00"Grim reading considering one of the Law Soci..."Grim reading considering one of the Law Society of Scotland's representatives in their Brussels office attempted to persuade one of my colleagues this petition "is just a little local story".<br /><br /><br />Ah, so the employees of the Law Society of Scotland in Brussels are just as adept at being as economical with the truth as their paymasters in Edinburgh.<br /><br />Why I wonder is no-one surprised?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14127980909230603492014-01-09T21:12:17.445+00:002014-01-09T21:12:17.445+00:00I suppose at the end of the day no one actually wa...I suppose at the end of the day no one actually was brave enough to start asking questions of these judges interests before now and this is why you are finding out just how hostile and arrogant these supposedly top people really are.No surprise really those who claim to be the most honourable are willing to get down in the mud and throw threats around even threaten your elected house with non attendance and attacking the press even before someone has actually accused a judge of impropriety over their interests..<br /><br />There is a lot of mileage in this story so keep up the good work and get digging!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-47766745285433746632014-01-09T17:34:55.374+00:002014-01-09T17:34:55.374+00:00What a relief to see someone from inside the syste...What a relief to see someone from inside the system like Moi Ali come out fighting and tell the msps how it really is.Cant praise her enough really and hope your petition benefits a lot from her support.Good work all round and to the Sunday Mail for going with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-63914868007236073662014-01-09T13:49:42.606+00:002014-01-09T13:49:42.606+00:00Good headline - I like the way you compared the tr...Good headline - I like the way you compared the transparency idea in your petition to Gill trying to complicate things to the extreme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61729258191151920142014-01-09T13:09:36.432+00:002014-01-09T13:09:36.432+00:00Power, clearly Scotland is governed by it's Le...Power, clearly Scotland is governed by it's Legal Dictatorship with the MSP's bending over for their bosses like Gill. Will your vote diminish Gill's power in all matters legal? Power is not in the hands of the electorate. He wants Independence but does nothing about the Legal Dictatorship disguised as democracy. Salmond will give you free prescriptions but will deny you legal rights by protecting the judiciary. To be rightless means you become a thing not a person to be abused as they see fit. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-294727347111444292014-01-09T11:36:47.846+00:002014-01-09T11:36:47.846+00:00In view of the circumstances whatever happens at t...In view of the circumstances whatever happens at this meeting should be fully reported at the parliament and Gill left in no doubt transparency must prevail over his demand for secrecyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-79896647839118744962014-01-09T09:59:23.804+00:002014-01-09T09:59:23.804+00:00Public servants obsessed with keeping their activi...Public servants obsessed with keeping their activities secret. Transparency is not rocket science, but it is clearly intimidating for those who want to avoid it at all costs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-1742342404630679742014-01-09T00:43:50.774+00:002014-01-09T00:43:50.774+00:00Anonymous said...
The English are starting to real...Anonymous said...<br />The English are starting to realise their own justice system is as much a mess as our Scottish justice disaster<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25647046<br /><br /><br />Sir Keir Starmer: Legal system 'not fit for purpose'<br /><br />Sir Keir Starmer said the legal system was failing victims<br /><br />The justice system in England and Wales "is not fit for purpose for victims", the former chief prosecutor has said.<br /><br />Sir Keir Starmer said: "The more vulnerable you are as a victim, the less able the criminal justice system is to protect you."<br /><br />8 January 2014 15:43<br />%%%%%%%%%%%%<br /><br />And when you consider that the English Regime is infinitely better than the Scottish lot you can see just how punished we Scots are?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-31563424895684200972014-01-08T23:29:00.829+00:002014-01-08T23:29:00.829+00:00Lord Gill is appearing as if he is desperately gra...Lord Gill is appearing as if he is desperately grabbing onto the rotten vestiges of a corrupt old boys private club by his fingernails and is panicky over any investigation into how the Scottish Judges have been allowed to 'get away with it for so long'?<br /><br />You would think that the head of the Judges would be leading the way in championing the cause for transparency and accountability to the Scottish Public?<br /><br />Why does Scotland have to keep putting up with people who are not serving Scotland but instead are protecting partial self interest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-29058071542401999542014-01-08T21:32:42.476+00:002014-01-08T21:32:42.476+00:00Grim reading considering one of the Law Society of...Grim reading considering one of the Law Society of Scotland's representatives in their Brussels office attempted to persuade one of my colleagues this petition "is just a little local story".<br /><br />I think someone needs to call for an EU wide investigation of judges interests and that no judge be involved in such an investigation.<br /><br />Meanwhile continue with your coverage as I am told some meps are now taking an interest in this matter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-44200487897732974352014-01-08T19:13:48.461+00:002014-01-08T19:13:48.461+00:00The lack of transparency continues, with the two C...The lack of transparency continues, with the two Committee members being summoned to Lord Gill's private Chambers?<br /><br />Lord Gill seems not to give-a-jot about transparency and accountability and is completely uninterested in doing the right thing and acting in the Public Interest?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-18011800331277732014-01-08T17:46:08.507+00:002014-01-08T17:46:08.507+00:00When the top man in the justice system is as arrog...When the top man in the justice system is as arrogant towards transparency as he is and even defying the parliament you can tell the whole justice system is completely useless and cannot be trusted.No wonder the Law Society and their gang get away with murder every day and all the thieving lawyers do and they can always look forward to a position on the bench after all their client robbing and take millions off taxpayers and keep lobbying for their pals lower down the line.Disgusting!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-91220039287321496252014-01-08T15:43:26.427+00:002014-01-08T15:43:26.427+00:00The English are starting to realise their own just...The English are starting to realise their own justice system is as much a mess as our Scottish justice disaster<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25647046<br /><br /><br />Sir Keir Starmer: Legal system 'not fit for purpose'<br /><br />Sir Keir Starmer said the legal system was failing victims<br /><br />The justice system in England and Wales "is not fit for purpose for victims", the former chief prosecutor has said.<br /><br />Sir Keir Starmer said: "The more vulnerable you are as a victim, the less able the criminal justice system is to protect you."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-74184403087693685652014-01-08T14:30:53.944+00:002014-01-08T14:30:53.944+00:00Surely the evidence given by Moi Ali is enough to ...Surely the evidence given by Moi Ali is enough to convince msps they need to act on this register now?<br /><br />8 January 2014 12:35<br /><br />You would think so given her comprehensive testimony and the fact just about everyone understands the need for transparencyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78893586584510982722014-01-08T12:35:30.645+00:002014-01-08T12:35:30.645+00:00Surely the evidence given by Moi Ali is enough to ...Surely the evidence given by Moi Ali is enough to convince msps they need to act on this register now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-91505374597808203232014-01-08T02:05:30.028+00:002014-01-08T02:05:30.028+00:00Very good.Your 'top judge' (he is anything...Very good.Your 'top judge' (he is anything but) has spent the last year ruining what little integrity was left in the Scottish judiciary.It is obvious from your post this Lord Gill is attempting to overcomplicate the argument for a register of judicial interests.<br />I trust everyone else can see through the excessively hostile accusations of the judge over what may happen if a register is actually published.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-11832136318193199292014-01-07T22:30:28.986+00:002014-01-07T22:30:28.986+00:00I live in England but I have been reading your blo...I live in England but I have been reading your blog all day!I think most of what you write equally applies to here and not just Scotland. It is nice to know someone cares about the law so much to inform us of its many down sides especially of those who are supposed to be trustworthy but they are not!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-86692464292526187862014-01-07T20:02:11.964+00:002014-01-07T20:02:11.964+00:00dont fancy independence in a country with such a t...dont fancy independence in a country with such a troubled justice systemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-67043667122516522872014-01-07T19:22:59.921+00:002014-01-07T19:22:59.921+00:00Makes sense if you think about it Peter because th...Makes sense if you think about it Peter because the whole rotten courts set up is bent from start to finish and nothing is ever done about it.<br /><br />Why is that now?<br /><br />Well it is because the judges are also sitting there with plenty to hide themselves and just look at the reaction when for a change you asked about what they have to declare.<br /><br />If the top man in charge of the courts system is busy threatening the Scottish Parliament against showing up to answer q's on his/his colleague's interests then just think of what other forms of corruption are lurking in the lower ranks - we don't need to imagine because I also found your story about the courts staff fiddling business out of the system and gorging on hospitality!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com