tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post4263836711275198861..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: TO CATCH A BRIEF: It takes Eleven years for Law Society’s self regulation client ‘safety net’ to catch up with banned solicitor who left trail of destruction, dishonesty & negligenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-24234970067656740892015-03-15T17:48:30.007+00:002015-03-15T17:48:30.007+00:00This case highlights the reality with the Law Soci...This case highlights the reality with the Law Society of Scotland who are allowed to prosecute their own lawyer (read to let him off with a slap on the back) instead of being prosecuted by the State Authorities like everyone else?<br /><br />What does this message give out to the rest of the Scottish Public, where Scottish lawyers can commit any crime of their choosing knowing that they have a 95% chance of getting off Scot Free?<br /><br />It just confirms that the Law Society of Scotland acts as though it is a criminal organisation, actively involved in protecting criminals within their club, so that they can continue to cause as much damage and harm to as many people as possible, whilst stealing cash from unsuspecting members of the Scottish Public?<br /><br />So much for the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, which the Law Society of Scotland continue to breach but nothing ever seems to get done about it?<br /><br />It's as if the Scottish Crown Office have decided that the Law Society of Scotland are above the law and that they allow them to continually commit these crimes against the Scottish Public with impunity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-7560705074327672482015-03-12T16:46:22.982+00:002015-03-12T16:46:22.982+00:00That was a right result by my old mukka Elaine Mot...That was a right result by my old mukka Elaine Motion. Means I get to evade justice yet again and can be assured that the Law Society will have a new job lined-up for me when I get out of the Health Resort, so that I can continue to fill my very deep Scottish lawyers pockets when I continue where I left off.<br /><br />Afteral, it is only fair as I am a Scottish lawyerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-92043318000461434782015-03-09T03:07:40.580+00:002015-03-09T03:07:40.580+00:00I wonder what O'Donnell's lawyer whispered...I wonder what O'Donnell's lawyer whispered into the Law Society of Scotland's lawyer Elaine Motion this time?<br /><br />'Goney cut a sweet deal wee the Crown Office to no let ma client be prosacutit in a criminal court, coz he wull get sent tae the Bar-L fur 10 Year'<br /><br />'Ma client as a crookit lawyer deserves instead to be treated differently to everyone els, to be given a wee pat on the bum by the Law Society's lawyer so as fur them to try to cover it up and to minimise any bad publicity and minimise claims against them for aiding and abetting criminals'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-42690885210147040582015-03-06T13:27:49.021+00:002015-03-06T13:27:49.021+00:00We apparently have two types of law in Scotland?
...We apparently have two types of law in Scotland?<br /><br />One law is for Scottish lawyers?<br /><br />And the other law is for everyone else?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61009227165937267632015-03-06T13:21:06.950+00:002015-03-06T13:21:06.950+00:00I wonder how many years O'Donnell would have b...I wonder how many years O'Donnell would have been sent down for if he was prosecuted in a Criminal Court for his career of crime?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-34493636739146469362015-03-05T15:25:29.023+00:002015-03-05T15:25:29.023+00:00Bit concerned to hear the money hungry lawyers inv...Bit concerned to hear the money hungry lawyers inveigled their way into Citizens Advice.<br />How did this happen and who is responsible for this being allowed to go on?<br />We need answers and an investigation of these abuses of public trust.<br /><br />The elderly widow who was directed to O'Donnell by Hamilton Cab did not expect to be sent to a corrupt solicitor after pleading for help at a CAB office hence need for proper investigation and not the usual putting everything to bed Scottish idea of an investigation we usually get from their friends in high places including the Scottish Government and useless Scottish Legal Aid Board who are giving public money to these scam artists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-66901896631463423412015-03-05T14:18:42.715+00:002015-03-05T14:18:42.715+00:00How many O'Donnells left in the legal professi...How many O'Donnells left in the legal profession now?Hundreds!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-62918346290468313652015-03-05T14:01:02.254+00:002015-03-05T14:01:02.254+00:00This case reveals the shocking levers of power tha...This case reveals the shocking levers of power that the Law Society of Scotland wield in Scotland, where they can cut deals with the Crown Office so that the Law Society of Scotland cab completely usurp the justice system by being allowed to privately prosecute their crooked Scottish lawyer member, when of course they should have been exposed to the full force of the law?<br /><br />This amounts to a two-tiered-justice-system in Scotland, where crooked Scottish lawyers can effectively 'opt-out' of the prosecutorial system?<br /><br />This scandal also means that the Law Society of Scotland are a private organisation who are allowed to get preferential treatment for their members?<br /><br />And finally, it defiantly draws the Scottish Public's attention to the fact that there is no real justice being operated and there is zero deterrent to prevent more crooked Scottisg lawyers behaving in a similar unlawful manner?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-36499760908937603812015-03-05T11:52:01.484+00:002015-03-05T11:52:01.484+00:00Notice that the Law Society's personal lawyer ...Notice that the Law Society's personal lawyer Elaine Motion was happy to cut an out of court deal with O'Donnell's lawyer in order that he should cheat justice?<br /><br />O'Donnell's lawyer stated that this out of court, tawdry deal would be 'advantageous to everyone involved', everyone that is except the Scottish Public?<br /><br />Given that the Law Society's lawyer was involved in facilitating this man's continuing rampant campaign of crookedry against the Scottish Public, then most people would think that it was a clear conflict of interest to have the same person continuing to representing Law Society's interests in trying to get O'Donnell off with the lightest of sentences?<br /><br />Why was the Law Society's lawyer even allowed to tale a Private In-House prosecution of O'Donnell at the Court of Session (Civil Court), when it is clear that O'Donnell should have been prosecuted by the Crown Office and jailed for many years?<br /><br />Is this not defeating the ends of justice?<br /><br />Once again, another example of one rule for Scottish lawyers and another for everyone else?<br /><br />Wholly corrupt!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-88600315263905801272015-03-05T11:35:14.054+00:002015-03-05T11:35:14.054+00:00How some Office holders of the Law Society of Scot...How some Office holders of the Law Society of Scotland avoided jail over this scandal beggars belief?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37261593077069195822015-03-05T00:05:25.647+00:002015-03-05T00:05:25.647+00:00Anonymous said...
Let me begin by saying I work fo... Anonymous said...<br />Let me begin by saying I work for a Citizens Advice Bureau based in Scotland.<br /><br />I accept the need for you to report on Gilbert Anderson's part in the O'Donnell case.<br />However I would like to make it clear to your readers there are many of us in CAB who do not have relationships with lawyers or the legal profession at large.<br />Mr Anderson's position at Hamilton CAB is part of a scheme funded by the Scottish Legal Aid Board as you are well aware.<br />However there are some of us within CAB who were of the opinion accepting funds from Scottish Legal Aid would always lead to trouble and the wrong people behind a desk.As you can see it has.<br />Unfortunately there are those with responsibility for funding who are quite happy with this arrangement despite the interference it has brought to CAB offices and CAS (Citizens Advice Scotland).<br />The Legal Aid funding has also been used to politicise Citizens Advice.I am sure you will be aware of this.Some have raised this point only to be silenced.<br />The Legal Aid funding has also allowed local law firms and bar associations to treat our offices as an extension of their law firm's branding.<br />Some CAB offices on the East cost are now little more than secretarial outpost for local law firms and their partners who breeze in and out of CAB with lists of clients to go after.<br />You are probably going to ask me if referral fees are being paid by solicitors to individuals in CAS/CAB. <br />The answer is Yes.<br />Just last week an elderly couple visited our office and asked why they received an invitation from a local law firm to attend their office after being given the impression Citizens Advice were assisting with their case.<br />I did not speak to the couple personally.<br />After the couple left with a reassurance' which was in fact a lie our manager took us aside one by one and warned us not to admit our office has a connection with a certain law firm and any inquiries of a similar nature must be handled by the manager directly.<br />I am sure you will know what to do with this information.You may publish this comment.<br /><br />4 March 2015 at 14:51<br />*******************************************<br />*******************************************<br /><br />Look what happens when the courageous public service DOI journalists pull the loose thread of the Law Society of Scotland's conceited woven corrupt practices to fill the wallets of Scottish lawyers, whilst at the same time allowing them to harass, steal and cheat trusting members of the Scottish Public?<br /><br />At the time this case was exposed by the DOI, the suspicion was that the Law Society of Scotland had secretly infected and coerced the CAB into joining their corrupt plan in pursuit of power and cash where they would deceive and cheat the Scottish Public and sell their soul for bundles of cash?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85364521503251304792015-03-04T23:34:22.309+00:002015-03-04T23:34:22.309+00:00 Anonymous said...
Quite a lot of detail here how ... Anonymous said...<br />Quite a lot of detail here how did he manage to get away with it for so long?<br /><br />2 March 2015 at 20:08<br />££££££££££££££££££££££<br /><br />Consider the circumstances:-<br /><br />1) You have the Law Society of Scotland who have demonstrated over many years that they have a sadistic hatred of the Scottish Public<br /><br />2) You have the Law Society of Scotland who love to keep crooked lawyers continuing to cause harm and to continue filling their boots with £50 Notes<br /><br />1) + 2) = The Law Society of Scotland are above the law and too powerful to be answerable for their actionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-57072389966562197082015-03-04T23:27:49.179+00:002015-03-04T23:27:49.179+00:00Anonymous said...
3 months is a sick joke - and ef... Anonymous said...<br />3 months is a sick joke - and effectively translates into 6 weeks if 'good behaviour' is taken into account. <br /><br />This for 11 years of misery, untold stress and financial hardship caused to countless trusting members of the Public.<br /><br />As for Elaine Motion QC she should never have allowed herself to be party to a discussion with O'Donnell's solicitor at an informal occasion - that alone merits a disciplinary investigation.<br /><br />All this just proves what DOI and others have long said of the Scottish justice system....it is rotten to the core.<br /><br />2 March 2015 at 15:03<br />::::::::::::£££££::::::::::::::<br /><br />Surely that would mean the Law Society of Scotland taking action against their own lawyer who the Law Society of Scotland Instructed in the first place?<br /><br />It would be Comedy Gold if it wasn't so unlawful?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-91426357923391767662015-03-04T23:23:57.571+00:002015-03-04T23:23:57.571+00:00 Anonymous said...
Lawyers pretending to be dead l... Anonymous said...<br />Lawyers pretending to be dead lawyers - whatever next!<br /><br />Is that Gilbert Anderson still working for Citizens Advice? and was anything done about him?<br /><br />2 March 2015 at 11:23<br />----------------------------------<br />Maybe something to do with the Law Society of Scotland sending in their own lawyer Elaine Motion to try to sweep this whole sorry scandal under the carpet, so that all of the participants in the crime get the softest of touches?<br /><br />Only in Scotland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-16537908196177422832015-03-04T22:45:22.895+00:002015-03-04T22:45:22.895+00:00The only way to avoid these crooks is not to use l...The only way to avoid these crooks is not to use lawyers>I havent bothered using a lawyer once and I am still alive to tell the tale so follow my example and do same!Why throw money at a thief in an office when you can put it to better use yourself!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-51165562878562975112015-03-04T18:35:24.886+00:002015-03-04T18:35:24.886+00:00What a relief to see someone from Citizens Advice ...What a relief to see someone from Citizens Advice speaking up at last!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-5417644853808008812015-03-04T15:47:10.704+00:002015-03-04T15:47:10.704+00:00@ 4 March 2015 at 14:51
Thanks for the feedback.
...@ 4 March 2015 at 14:51<br /><br />Thanks for the feedback.<br /><br />DOI is aware of and has been looking into certain links between local CAB offices and law firms along the lines you describe.<br /><br />Please contact DOI or colleagues in the media with more information on your concerns ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14188559387811359422015-03-04T14:51:06.254+00:002015-03-04T14:51:06.254+00:00Let me begin by saying I work for a Citizens Advic...Let me begin by saying I work for a Citizens Advice Bureau based in Scotland.<br /><br />I accept the need for you to report on Gilbert Anderson's part in the O'Donnell case.<br />However I would like to make it clear to your readers there are many of us in CAB who do not have relationships with lawyers or the legal profession at large.<br />Mr Anderson's position at Hamilton CAB is part of a scheme funded by the Scottish Legal Aid Board as you are well aware.<br />However there are some of us within CAB who were of the opinion accepting funds from Scottish Legal Aid would always lead to trouble and the wrong people behind a desk.As you can see it has.<br />Unfortunately there are those with responsibility for funding who are quite happy with this arrangement despite the interference it has brought to CAB offices and CAS (Citizens Advice Scotland).<br />The Legal Aid funding has also been used to politicise Citizens Advice.I am sure you will be aware of this.Some have raised this point only to be silenced.<br />The Legal Aid funding has also allowed local law firms and bar associations to treat our offices as an extension of their law firm's branding.<br />Some CAB offices on the East cost are now little more than secretarial outpost for local law firms and their partners who breeze in and out of CAB with lists of clients to go after.<br />You are probably going to ask me if referral fees are being paid by solicitors to individuals in CAS/CAB. <br />The answer is Yes.<br />Just last week an elderly couple visited our office and asked why they received an invitation from a local law firm to attend their office after being given the impression Citizens Advice were assisting with their case.<br />I did not speak to the couple personally.<br />After the couple left with a reassurance' which was in fact a lie our manager took us aside one by one and warned us not to admit our office has a connection with a certain law firm and any inquiries of a similar nature must be handled by the manager directly.<br />I am sure you will know what to do with this information.You may publish this comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-75836080607379626642015-03-04T12:21:42.732+00:002015-03-04T12:21:42.732+00:00Anyone who has ever been to a hearing of the Scott...Anyone who has ever been to a hearing of the Scottish Solicitors Discipline Tribunal will know the entire process is false.It is just a performance for the legal profession who use it as an excuse to say they have a regulation process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-56540839365638922652015-03-04T03:03:41.970+00:002015-03-04T03:03:41.970+00:00wonder how the judge felt about having to read out...wonder how the judge felt about having to read out she found it on your blog haha .. good one Peter you are now part of court history (again!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25532638735977276232015-03-03T23:45:06.520+00:002015-03-03T23:45:06.520+00:00Another Law Society of Scotland 'keep it in-ho...Another Law Society of Scotland 'keep it in-house' prosecution to end up in a soft sanction for their colleague, instead of prosecution by the police and criminal court like an ordinary class member of the public?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-35763464084258596772015-03-03T19:29:31.907+00:002015-03-03T19:29:31.907+00:00You are correct- much better to tell the newspaper...You are correct- much better to tell the newspapers about a rogue lawyer then make a complaint to the Law SocietyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6649147720724248202015-03-03T15:22:11.563+00:002015-03-03T15:22:11.563+00:00He was jailed and then freed to give him time to d...He was jailed and then freed to give him time to decide on an appeal???<br />What a crap justice system in Scotland!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-35492735400784827792015-03-03T01:11:52.408+00:002015-03-03T01:11:52.408+00:00Who would have thought it?
If you happen to live ...Who would have thought it?<br /><br />If you happen to live in Scotland and forced into hiring a Scottish lawyer, you are treated like a Second-Class-Citizen by the Law Society of Scotland, their cronies at the SLCC & SSDT as well as the Scottish State Regime as compared to the the rest of the UK Regulators?<br /><br />What have the People of Scotland done to deserve such a biased and self-serving coven of crooks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-23571923815488654972015-03-02T23:49:05.269+00:002015-03-02T23:49:05.269+00:00Representing O’Donnell at the hearing, defence adv...Representing O’Donnell at the hearing, defence advocate Richard Murphy told Lord Stewart that O'Donnell had suffered in the past from mental illness. He added: "He never intended to return to practice but he ended up doing more than what he intended to do." Mr Murphy also told the court that O'Donnell would never return to practising law, and offered to pay a fine as an alternative to a prison sentence.<br />====================================<br />A lawyer's mental illness always augments his bank balance. They all have mental illness when the S**t hits the fan. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com