tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post8964496981844044897..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Legal Ombudsman criticises legal profession for persistent failure to deal with complaints as clients call for independent reviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-90254267246327261982013-08-28T15:43:40.994+01:002013-08-28T15:43:40.994+01:00The Legal Ombudsman is a complete waste of time.
...The Legal Ombudsman is a complete waste of time. <br /><br />Let's get real, if your complaints is successful you might get a measly hundred quid. <br /><br />Secondly, the LO will only try to enforce your complaint if it is for a lot of money....to bring themselves good publicity not because they care. <br /><br />If the amount is small what will you get? A Recommendation Report and then it will be up to you to take it and make a small claim at court. Nice work!<br /><br />Also if the firm is shut down, then their insurers have no obligation to return unpaid fees, so if the recommendation was to pay back fees, you can kiss your money goodbye. <br /><br />Coupled with the fact it is a lay organisation (which is a joke as the most senior members of staff and many within the organisation are ex-QC's, lawyers so it contradicts its own claim that a lay person can investigate complaints) many of the Investigators have no legal background. You will be told "sorry I can look at legalities, I can only look at service."<br /><br />Then if you accept any Recommendation you cannot take negligence action against the lawyer. All in all, how is this a simple service for people to use? It is a winding matrix of complex pathways that essentially lead nowhere! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-72060138445141486592008-11-28T21:30:00.000+00:002008-11-28T21:30:00.000+00:00you don't miss much do you Peter !keep up the good...you don't miss much do you Peter !<BR/><BR/>keep up the good work laddie !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-88621568676946909142007-06-29T01:40:00.000+01:002007-06-29T01:40:00.000+01:00Thanks for your comments everyone and now that the...Thanks for your comments everyone and now that the SCCRC have made the conclusions of their Lockerbie Trial report public, those of us who fight injustice in Scotland have something more to add to our arsenal, in a sense.<BR/><BR/>The test of clearing injustice of course, falls to Kenny MacAskill, Alex Salmond, and others in the SNP who know full well of the suffering of their constituents, & others. That suffering cannot & should not be ignored - time to act, and if you do, you will do Scotland a favour.<BR/><BR/>For those of you who wish to send me your complaints reports from the Law Society of Scotland & the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman, go ahead. I'm sure the public will benefit from seeing these reports published on the internet in their entirety .. and it may bring an increased understanding of the injustice people go through when taking issue with the legal profession itself.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-52585143234334585812007-06-28T20:44:00.000+01:002007-06-28T20:44:00.000+01:00If the Ombudsman is going who will keep an eye on ...If the Ombudsman is going who will keep an eye on the SLCC ? and will it have enough power to deal with the Law Society ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-39213663056218417732007-06-28T19:24:00.000+01:002007-06-28T19:24:00.000+01:00I had as many problems with the Scottish Legal Ser...I had as many problems with the Scottish Legal Services Ombudsman as I had with the Law Society of Scotland when I complained against my lawyer.<BR/><BR/>Law Society messed us about for 3 YEARS then said there was no case to answer.The Ombudsman said we were given a raw deal and asked the Law Society to reopen the case WHICH THEY DIDN"T.<BR/><BR/>Now that I've read this blog I'm going to scan the Law Society complaints report and the Ombudsmans report, all the letters and put them on the web too just to show people all the hoops these bastards put us through.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a brilliant read today Peter and keep it up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-63761135971366566172007-06-28T18:25:00.000+01:002007-06-28T18:25:00.000+01:00Obviously the legal ombudsman is useless because t...Obviously the legal ombudsman is useless because that's the way it was created.<BR/>The Law Society would have seen to that back in 1990 when the Act was passed under the Tories !<BR/>Doesn't say why none of the ombudsmen since then didn't ask for more powers or were they all too pally pally with the lawyers for that ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-24849744240228958732007-06-27T20:26:00.000+01:002007-06-27T20:26:00.000+01:00The Legal Ombudsman's office is absolutely useless...The Legal Ombudsman's office is absolutely useless.Took nearly a year to investigate my complaint and the Law Society threw out the recommendation to reopen the case.<BR/>I want that review you are asking for in your Petition to Parliament so keep up the exposing of these crooks !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-89027519438469555612007-06-27T15:04:00.000+01:002007-06-27T15:04:00.000+01:00agree with everyone here, end self regulation of a...agree with everyone here, end self regulation of any public service<BR/><BR/>keep up the good work Mr CherbiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-70636544084954916712007-06-27T05:42:00.000+01:002007-06-27T05:42:00.000+01:00Good to know Jennnifer Veitch is taking her LLB.I'...Good to know Jennnifer Veitch is taking her LLB.<BR/>I'll be sure to avoid her if I ever need a lawyer after reading her writing on how she feels against the public !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-3388181142895997372007-06-26T20:09:00.000+01:002007-06-26T20:09:00.000+01:00END SELF REGULATION AND FORCE THEM TO ACCEPT INDEP...END SELF REGULATION AND FORCE THEM TO ACCEPT INDEPENDENT REGULATION WITH INDEPENDENT PEOPLE ON COMMITTEES NOT THEIR FRIENDS WIVES OR PET DOGS.<BR/><BR/>IF LAWYERS POLICE DOCTORS ACCOUNTANTS CIVIL SERVANTS DONT WANT INDEPENDENT REGULATION THEY CAN GO OFF AND BECOME PAINTERS OR PLUMBERS INSTEAD OF COLLAR AND TIE ROBBERSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17687867668473945672007-06-26T19:47:00.000+01:002007-06-26T19:47:00.000+01:00For some reason I didn't see this article as your ...For some reason I didn't see this article as your latest post. Anyway what I said on the Lockerbie thing goes for this post too.<BR/>No matter who is in charge in Scotland you will never get a clean justice system. Talking about accountability and transparency in the same breath as the Scottish legal system just isn't on. The country is corrupt face it Peter and if people want to do something about it I suggest they take to the street and do whatever they feel like to get closure on their cases rather than waiting 20 odd years to get somewhere.<BR/><BR/>Maybe Irvine in her report should have said just that rather than the usual wording carefully phrased not to upset the powers that be but what can you expect after reading your own posting on this today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14421824731461374792007-06-26T18:29:00.000+01:002007-06-26T18:29:00.000+01:00With the Lockerbie case and the crooked lawyers th...With the Lockerbie case and the crooked lawyers thing Scotland looks a nasty wee crooked country on the world stage these days.Whatever makes you think Alex Salmond will change that I don't know !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-35360452879509706422007-06-26T16:18:00.000+01:002007-06-26T16:18:00.000+01:00Veitch's scribbling gets worse by the week.MacKinn...Veitch's scribbling gets worse by the week.<BR/>MacKinnon = full of bullsh*t.<BR/>Douglas Mill won't allow any changes as everyone who who is a qualified solicitor knows.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com