tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post6824750465557311379..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: TOP JUDGE OF PARLIAMENT HOUSE: Lord Carloway appointed as Scotland’s Lord President & Lord Justice General of the Court of SessionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-12117627849461102872016-01-08T20:53:40.915+00:002016-01-08T20:53:40.915+00:00Gutsy write-up a lot better than othersGutsy write-up a lot better than othersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-3910936527170008272016-01-08T11:11:05.905+00:002016-01-08T11:11:05.905+00:00Happy New year Peter and keep up the good work!Happy New year Peter and keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-82022312479849975372016-01-03T18:20:33.173+00:002016-01-03T18:20:33.173+00:00was reading your earlier one about Carloway and hi...was reading your earlier one about Carloway and his air miles journeys to Ireland.Is he going to follow the Gill clamp down on high flying!His trips appear to be very expensive!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-62420554263438161472015-12-31T12:18:37.269+00:002015-12-31T12:18:37.269+00:00No wonder they want all kept secret. It is a very ...No wonder they want all kept secret. It is a very lucrative job with zero punishment for theft of clients assets because lawyers are the law. And they keep on about their robust complaints system, well it is robust at protecting the Penman's and <br />O'Donnell's because there is no complaints system. Only fools believe there is. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-52862880718589344642015-12-31T11:02:10.940+00:002015-12-31T11:02:10.940+00:00Thanks for a year of taking down all these suppose...Thanks for a year of taking down all these supposed pillars of society.Now we finally see the judiciary in their true light - they are no better than scheming politicians!Keep up the good work for 2016!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55941936448158776242015-12-29T11:05:39.904+00:002015-12-29T11:05:39.904+00:00Compare Carloway's performance at justice with...Compare Carloway's performance at justice with Gill's bluster at the petitions committee - quite a difference in styleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-3870925874362718442015-12-28T21:39:38.232+00:002015-12-28T21:39:38.232+00:00Sounds like another of the same club we will see h...Sounds like another of the same club we will see how he does against your petition a big thumbs down if Carloway continues the arrogance displayed by Gill on the judicial interests questionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-187239363044773542015-12-24T22:48:26.067+00:002015-12-24T22:48:26.067+00:00Lord Gill's conduct from threats to the press ...Lord Gill's conduct from threats to the press & journalists access to court documents, to the angry tirade against transparency and his Twilight Zone episode at the Scottish Parliament revealed to people what our top judges actually think of democracy, transparency and public accountability.<br />-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br />Yes indeed they are all for transparency as long as it does not affect them. How can he enforce his threats? No doubt by some perverted one sided legislation drawn up to protect legalized despots who have far too much power for the public's good. What they want is obedient clients and politicians. It really is shocking that these people who are a law unto themselves have such formidable legal protection they make a mockery of democracy, transparency and public accountability. There is such a thing as legalized crime and because these people cannot (and clearly don't think they should be accountable to the public) they cannot prove they are not involved in legalized crime because in a Judges world there are no laws, only Judicial Principles and Oaths, and these are worthy of mockery like those who expect us to accept them by foolishly trusting those who profess to adhere to them. What happened to His Civil Courts Review? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21260257113148869412015-12-24T15:23:57.388+00:002015-12-24T15:23:57.388+00:00Little doubt some political interference in this o...Little doubt some political interference in this one for sureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-54714018971405581332015-12-22T16:55:08.132+00:002015-12-22T16:55:08.132+00:00All true.
However I doubt your accurate assessment...All true.<br />However I doubt your accurate assessment of Lord Gill will be pleasing to his ears!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37235103303580086482015-12-22T14:35:01.889+00:002015-12-22T14:35:01.889+00:00@ 19 December 2015 at 18:36
Damage limitation and...@ 19 December 2015 at 18:36<br /><br />Damage limitation and political manipulation v vested legal interests ...<br /><br />@ 19 December 2015 at 21:42<br /><br />People of such power are their own worst enemies, they have the most to hide and are the worst to deal with.<br /><br />@ 20 December 2015 at 13:11<br /><br />Time will tell ...<br /><br />@ 21 December 2015 at 18:25<br /><br />Could be .. however the debate the petition was always more important along with the generated intel on the judiciary.<br /><br />@ 21 December 2015 at 20:56<br /><br />If the office of Lord President is such a great office of state then why did former LP Gill refuse to attend a Scottish Parliament Committee on at least two occasions and wage war against transparency.<br /><br />In a way Lord Gill could not have been a better LP.<br /><br />Lord Gill's conduct from threats to the press & journalists access to court documents, to the angry tirade against transparency and his Twilight Zone episode at the Scottish Parliament revealed to people what our top judges actually think of democracy, transparency and public accountability.<br /><br />Lord Gill did it all on his own, and the media were there to report it.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61705398043470198122015-12-21T20:56:35.247+00:002015-12-21T20:56:35.247+00:00You picked your points very well.
Did you see how...You picked your points very well.<br /><br />Did you see how Sturgeon was struggling to give office of Lord Prez some spin in her news release?<br /><br />"The Lord President, who has an annual salary of £220,655, is one of the Great Offices of State in Scotland."<br /><br />One of the great offices of state.What a joke and Gill was mentioned in two paras.Telling of how much damage he did to his post while in office and the lingering effect of his nibs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37938659858397872352015-12-21T18:25:44.116+00:002015-12-21T18:25:44.116+00:00'Nikkla' has got the job for her boy - no ...'Nikkla' has got the job for her boy - no doubt Mr MacAskill was 'advising' in the background - and will expect the favour to be returned.<br /><br />In other words, she now has a powerful voice on her side supporting her stated resolve to block any Register of Judicial Interests.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21988799139782514292015-12-21T11:07:30.464+00:002015-12-21T11:07:30.464+00:00Christine McLintock, President of the Law Society ...Christine McLintock, President of the Law Society of Scotland who spent much of the week condemning legal aid cuts, I am glad there are legal aid cuts as this will hurt lawyers more then the public certainly in the area of civil law. They were outside the courts shouting save justice and what they really meant was save our legal aid payments. Keep chopping the legal aid, wonderful. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17368332698127661602015-12-21T09:25:02.081+00:002015-12-21T09:25:02.081+00:00As I am sure you are well aware those in the know ...As I am sure you are well aware those in the know see this as a political appointment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-19874670524686075152015-12-20T13:11:41.424+00:002015-12-20T13:11:41.424+00:00The Lord President's job is to protect the ric...The Lord President's job is to protect the rich from the poor.Until Carloway demonstrates he is not a member of the same club we should all treat this appointment with skepticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30687626079213114522015-12-19T21:42:12.964+00:002015-12-19T21:42:12.964+00:00Carloway should be thanking you for the leg up sin...Carloway should be thanking you for the leg up since you got rid of his boss.<br /><br />I have to say though - most likely the office of Lord President is now tarnished to the point no one with any standing wanted the job this time around.<br /><br />Personally,I put it down to damage caused by one man holding out against your petition and the register.Throwing all those threats around in writing and the daft secret meetings sealed his fate.Sturgeon's intervention against your petition just made it worse and made everyone with a clear head realise there is something to hide.<br /><br />Thanks to you people have rumbled the judiciary and their links - courtesy of your digging and the decent papers who are now taking on this not-so-gentleman club.<br /><br />Next!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55891353150310986582015-12-19T20:49:17.369+00:002015-12-19T20:49:17.369+00:00"The behind-closed-doors panel, comprising Si..."The behind-closed-doors panel, comprising Sir Muir Russell & Mrs Deirdre Fulton from the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland, Lord Reed of the UK Supreme Court and Court of Session judge Lady Dorrian - began a search in July for a new top judge - with orders to recommend a name to the First Minister by 30 October 2015."<br /><br />So why did it take until 18 December to come up with Carloway as the successor to Gill?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-84435952440982022572015-12-19T19:16:42.124+00:002015-12-19T19:16:42.124+00:00Very interesting all this info about the Scottish ...Very interesting all this info about the Scottish Sentencing Council.Smacks of political meddling by Sturgeon and her crew notice it only came about after Gill was out the way and Hamilton before him who both knew exactly the nats intentions all along.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-43959314297592105762015-12-19T18:36:46.023+00:002015-12-19T18:36:46.023+00:00They didn't have to go far to find a candidate...They didn't have to go far to find a candidate if all they did was promote the number two to number one - so why the six month delay?Fishy..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-72605174181952596102015-12-19T18:00:54.665+00:002015-12-19T18:00:54.665+00:00Alarm bells will be ringing in some quarters..Alarm bells will be ringing in some quarters..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-48078127740463241112015-12-19T17:32:51.668+00:002015-12-19T17:32:51.668+00:00So Carloway has been passed the chalice poisoned b...So Carloway has been passed the chalice poisoned by Lord Gill's three year antics on the petition and all other kinds of judicial mayhem.Will he make a difference or is this going to be just more of the same?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-82826966236341068542015-12-19T17:23:30.433+00:002015-12-19T17:23:30.433+00:00Interesting take on the Carloway appointment.
As y...Interesting take on the Carloway appointment.<br />As you say more of an elevation than what some expected of the recruitment process.<br />I doubt you could add more detail to your thorough report!<br />Keep up the good work Peter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com