tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post6805236202767036694..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Seven years on, Lord Gill’s Civil courts reforms head to Parliament as Scots face prospect of little change on access to poor quality, expensive & selective civil justice systemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-69292678767620021502014-02-10T20:52:52.257+00:002014-02-10T20:52:52.257+00:00It has often fascinated me as to why in a Scottish...It has often fascinated me as to why in a Scottish Court the witnesses have to swear on the bible?<br /><br />Why?<br /><br />When the Scottish Judges & Sheriff's can act in an unchristian way without fear of being reported, where their conduct contradicts the witness' obeying of an oath?<br /><br />Or, is the reason that they are not worried about being reported because Lord Gill has their backs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-54395898490836588522014-02-10T18:59:23.721+00:002014-02-10T18:59:23.721+00:00Anonymous said...
I have a case stuck in the court... Anonymous said...<br />I have a case stuck in the court of session and none of this will make a blind bit of difference solely because it is in the lawyers best interests to string me along as much as possible.4 years lord Gill and your colleagues in the judiciary have just sat back and smiled each time we appear knowing all the fees are being charged to me and your court costs and everything else.<br /><br />9 February 2014 18:57<br />------------------------<br /><br />My case has been stuck too since 2010 because it suits them to keep it stuck?<br /><br />Dozens of excuses and passing of the buck later and another £100,000 grand gets added to the bill?<br /><br />It's almost as if when your case starts they turn over a sand glass and each grain of sand that falls through is a £20 note and you have to sit there and watch this while they all sit there silently grinning at you because you have been foolish enough to use THEIR system?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-27594087525164678042014-02-10T17:44:23.620+00:002014-02-10T17:44:23.620+00:00With such effective responses it is clear why the ...With such effective responses it is clear why the Law Society feel you must be kept away from the parliament.Too big a threat to the status quo and the lawyers money making machine in the courts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-63841663973601916132014-02-10T17:21:05.789+00:002014-02-10T17:21:05.789+00:00Judging by how badly claims of £150K or so are cur...Judging by how badly claims of £150K or so are currently treated in the Court of Session I'd say it is even more dangerous to move claims of this size to the Sheriff courts because if anything the Sheriffs are more closely allied to law firms than the judges in the Court of Session (although I am sure you are going to correct me on this point)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6361633730296311562014-02-10T16:41:05.849+00:002014-02-10T16:41:05.849+00:00"However little has been said over the years ..."However little has been said over the years since, unless the good Lord wishes to take a stand when the Courts Reform Bill goes to the Scottish Parliament ... and give msps a true and accurate picture of the obvious difficulties Scots face in our own courts, rather than simply a presentation on behalf of vested legal interests."<br /><br />In answer to what you said I just have to quote the newspaper headline "Good Lord,No!"<br /><br />Anyway you are spot on.Gill has to show up and defend if not go on the offensive for his reforms and tell the msps just why it has taken from 2009 to now to get to this stage and why something that was "Victorian" in 2009 is just flogging a dead horse in 2014!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17411798457169953442014-02-10T15:17:51.731+00:002014-02-10T15:17:51.731+00:00lol
you cant half rip the guts out of these so ca...lol<br /><br />you cant half rip the guts out of these so called legal reforms!All those lawyers involved in that Press release from Scottish Government to make it sound like a giant leap forward and then you come on and give the goods on reality of it all.<br /><br />Also correct about the money angle and it not being in their favor to change things too much so people stop using lawyers and start using their own heads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-82988857583818172462014-02-10T14:38:39.210+00:002014-02-10T14:38:39.210+00:00Very good.Lord Gill should give that speech and so...Very good.Lord Gill should give that speech and some case examples to the msps as you say and also tell them why it has taken the 7 years to do something about it when he said all that stuff at the time about justice failing society.<br /><br />Just imagine how many people have not been able to get justice in the last 7 years because of what the judge said and nothing done about it until now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-74574357484824144432014-02-10T13:56:57.876+00:002014-02-10T13:56:57.876+00:00@ 8 February 2014 13:03
Good points.
It is of im...@ 8 February 2014 13:03<br /><br />Good points.<br /><br />It is of immense benefit Lord Gill was as outspoken as he was at the time in 2009 regarding failures in the Civil Courts system and access to justice. However little has been said over the years since, unless the good Lord wishes to take a stand when the Courts Reform Bill goes to the Scottish Parliament ... and give msps a true and accurate picture of the obvious difficulties Scots face in our own courts, rather than simply a presentation on behalf of vested legal interests.<br /><br />The problem is here we are in 2014 and legislation now being presented to the Scottish Parliament will face the wrath of vested interests such as the Law Society and Faculty of Advocates in terms of just how easy it can be made for ordinary people to plead their own cases in court or access mediation services without having to resort to the inevitable use of costly legal services provided by the legal profession.<br /><br />Who will win in such a contest is in little doubt as the interests of big business and a self sustaining legal industry far outweigh the problems of ordinary people who have little ability to compete with the lobbying power of the Law Society's £1bn plus closed shop legal industry.<br /><br />However there will be a consultation and the public should make their points in representations to the Justice Committee when the opportunity is allowed later this year, if only to demonstrate again the inequalities Scots must face when attempting to access justice in our own country.<br /><br />@ 9 February 2014 21:35<br /><br />Thanks for your comment.If your solicitor wishes to contact DOI please ensure they have your permission to do so and please email more details of your case to scottishlawreporters@gmail.com<br /><br />Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-76042284358288977912014-02-10T12:25:18.406+00:002014-02-10T12:25:18.406+00:00Why so long since he said all this and nothing don...Why so long since he said all this and nothing done?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-54647626352556389912014-02-09T21:35:19.289+00:002014-02-09T21:35:19.289+00:00You have mentioned transcripts and their cost.
In...You have mentioned transcripts and their cost.<br /><br />In an action for damages before the Court of Session I have asked my solicitor several times to obtain transcripts of a hearing where the lady judge was openly hostile towards our expert witnesses while allowing the defenders to drone on as my own QC put it for hours answering meaningless questions.Each remark my solicitor wrote down from the judge including one under her breath expletive was not mentioned in two full copies of transcripts of hearings costing me around £2,500.Remember the notes of what the judge said were also taken by my own solicitor who has no cause to make it up.Anyway to cut a long story short I told my solicitor to complain and the Law Society ordered him to withdraw from acting for me.He refused the defenders approached us and we worked out an out of court settlement with the defenders wanting to keep me quiet.I did not sign their non disclosure statement.Did receive a settlement with defenders paying about 90% of my legal costs.I am trying to scan some of the papers and will contact you when ready also my solicitor is keen to speak to you and it was he who pointed me in the direction of your blog.He will probably note this comment and contact me so please publish what I have written.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-18084070531864025382014-02-09T19:53:47.949+00:002014-02-09T19:53:47.949+00:00Best thing for people to do is stay away from cour...Best thing for people to do is stay away from courts or lawyers and enjoy their lives instead.................I agree stay away from the as far as possible, they are life destroyers, the vilest profession in Scotland. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-66853657239645765272014-02-09T18:57:06.214+00:002014-02-09T18:57:06.214+00:00I have a case stuck in the court of session and no...I have a case stuck in the court of session and none of this will make a blind bit of difference solely because it is in the lawyers best interests to string me along as much as possible.4 years lord Gill and your colleagues in the judiciary have just sat back and smiled each time we appear knowing all the fees are being charged to me and your court costs and everything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-1376842062824706322014-02-09T14:35:00.330+00:002014-02-09T14:35:00.330+00:00If the Scottish Judicial System is Victorian, then...If the Scottish Judicial System is Victorian, then it is not going to be fixed by replacing a few light bulbs and door knobs?<br /><br />I am afraid the Scottish Judicial System serves only Scottish lawyers and has become a cash-cow for Scottish lawyers who greedily squabble over who gets to suck on the teet first to drain the supply?<br /><br />This was expertly exposed by the BBC in their programme of corruption with regard to the Scottish Legal Aid Fund, which is seen by Scottish crooked lawyers as their yearly brand new Mercedes Fund?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21619559245646513042014-02-09T06:25:48.289+00:002014-02-09T06:25:48.289+00:00“The civil justice system in Scotland is a Victori...“The civil justice system in Scotland is a Victorian model that had survived by means of periodic piecemeal reforms. But in substance its structure and procedures are those of a century and a half ago. It is failing the litigant and it is failing society.<br /><br />“It is essential that we should have a system that has disputes resolved at a judicial level that is appropriate to their degree of importance and that disputes should be dealt with expeditiously and efficiently and without unnecessary or unreasonable cost. That means that the judicial structure should be based on a proper hierarchy of courts and that the procedures should be appropriate to the nature and the importance of the case, in terms of time and cost. Scottish civil justice fails on all of these counts. Its delays are notorious. It costs deter litigants whose claims may be well-founded. Its procedures cause frustration and obstruct rather than facilitate the achievement of justice."<br />----------------------------------<br />Lord of the spin doctors. What has he done about it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-84106496292626240132014-02-08T22:01:59.724+00:002014-02-08T22:01:59.724+00:00Anonymous said...
Been reading through some of you... Anonymous said...<br />Been reading through some of your previous on this so from what I understand now we are not getting any reforms lawyers and these judges dont want us to have.<br /><br />Best thing for people to do is stay away from courts or lawyers and enjoy their lives instead.These people are misery merchants and live off sucking the blood out of people.<br /><br />Thanks for the read!<br /><br />7 February 2014 23:32<br />()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(()(<br /><br />Funny how after 7 years of NOTHING and then only now, when there is massive scandal of their own making, they come out with this old chestnut?<br /><br />The Scottish Judicial System cannot be repaired, altered, renewed or spruced-up?<br /><br />The reason being, it is the people within ithe Scottish Judicial System that are the problem?<br /><br />Opposing a Register Of Scottish Judges Interests is simply not consistent with being a Scottish Judge?<br /><br />In fact, Lord Gill has put his foot in it because he should never have been allowed to appear as though he was anti Transparency and anti Accountability?<br /><br />He should have referred the matter to the Justice Minister, so that he made the decision, after all, that is why MacAskill is being paid by the Scottish Public?<br /><br />Mind you, maybe the ball was passed perfectly into MacAskill's stride, only for him to boot it out of the stadium in a blind panic?<br /><br />Scotland's rotten Judicial System has become a self-interested industry to serve its own workers with the Scottish Public being the unfortunate incumbrance to them, evidenced by the naked contempt shown to them at every part of the process?<br /><br />Mr MacAskill & Lord Gill, when the patient has cancer riddling all of it's organs, you cannot expect to provide them with a cure by telling the patient to take an alka seltzer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-26919351747783732542014-02-08T21:55:33.675+00:002014-02-08T21:55:33.675+00:00MacAskill is a Trojan Horse for the Law Society of...MacAskill is a Trojan Horse for the Law Society of Scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-29245302514167590042014-02-08T16:56:14.740+00:002014-02-08T16:56:14.740+00:00He continued: “London’s courts, internationally re...He continued: “London’s courts, internationally respected and much less problematic than Scotland will continue to have clear advantages over the Scots model which is after all based upon a small jurisdiction widely associated with excessive legal fees, inferior legal services, and mounting problems with its judiciary.”<br /><br />Sums up the situation perfectly.<br /><br />I for one would not recommend anyone litigate in Scotland's courts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-18137554207124181532014-02-08T13:03:13.771+00:002014-02-08T13:03:13.771+00:00From what you say about the Scottish courts it may...From what you say about the Scottish courts it may well be easier,less expensive and afford Scots a fairer hearing if their cases were transferred to England rather than spend what is certain to be a lot of money on reforms that will not deliver on justice.<br /><br />You also have a good point about the time wait on implementing these reforms.Seven years on is too long a wait for something which seems to be heralded at the time as a major speech and here we are seven years later with nothing to show for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-16067308295135281292014-02-08T12:24:39.174+00:002014-02-08T12:24:39.174+00:00Sheikh Maher al-Tajir has a good 'alleged'...Sheikh Maher al-Tajir has a good 'alleged' take on these Scottish judges and the justice system!Bravo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-10609071938418187302014-02-07T23:32:10.834+00:002014-02-07T23:32:10.834+00:00Been reading through some of your previous on this...Been reading through some of your previous on this so from what I understand now we are not getting any reforms lawyers and these judges dont want us to have.<br /><br />Best thing for people to do is stay away from courts or lawyers and enjoy their lives instead.These people are misery merchants and live off sucking the blood out of people.<br /><br />Thanks for the read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-76619230277144959712014-02-07T22:36:44.290+00:002014-02-07T22:36:44.290+00:00Yes Lord Gill you jam the courts because long draw...Yes Lord Gill you jam the courts because long drawn out cases are in you and your colleagues interest. Lawyers make money for nothing and are always cleared of wrecking clients lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30228214222589908912014-02-07T21:14:48.713+00:002014-02-07T21:14:48.713+00:00"Seven years on, Lord Gill’s Civil courts ref..."Seven years on, Lord Gill’s Civil courts reforms head to Parliament as Scots face prospect of little change on access to poor quality, expensive & selective civil justice system"<br />==================================<br />Poor quality because there are no checks and balances, expensive because it is a lawyers monopoly, and selective because it is political. Lord Gill the lawyer is looking after lawyers. There is a surprise. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14216252375697109622014-02-07T20:47:03.227+00:002014-02-07T20:47:03.227+00:00Just watch and wait to see how the lawyers lobby f...Just watch and wait to see how the lawyers lobby for their own version of this so called reform when it goes into the parliament.<br /><br />Lawyers always have the final say and they are not going to mess up their chance to take as much money from us as possible!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-64112364292841386112014-02-07T20:19:21.191+00:002014-02-07T20:19:21.191+00:00“London’s courts, internationally respected and mu...“London’s courts, internationally respected and much less problematic than Scotland will continue to have clear advantages over the Scots model which is after all based upon a small jurisdiction widely associated with excessive legal fees, inferior legal services, and mounting problems with its judiciary.”<br /><br />Everyone knows this except those in Scotland who have to listen to all that garbage from MacAskill about Scots law being world envied etc<br /><br />I can assure you the days of Scots law being envied have long past as countries found out for themselves it is a failure as the judge himself seems to admit.<br /><br />Not much of a model for anyone to follow or admire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25873111567637205012014-02-07T19:51:42.866+00:002014-02-07T19:51:42.866+00:00Courts will never be reformed just like the NHS it...Courts will never be reformed just like the NHS its always dying on its feet because someone is making money out of itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com