The Justice Diaries

Independent Law journalists report on legal news for consumers, litigants & Scotland's legal community including features on justice, access to justice, law reform, the judiciary, politics & in-depth investigations, analysis and commentaries on legal related issues.

Monday, January 28, 2019

THE UNRECUSED: Mystery as 450 Justices of the Peace fail to register one single recusal in a full year after conflict of interest rules change for Scotland’s secretive army of lay magistrates

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Justices of the Peace listed no recusals in court. CONCERNS are being expressed that Justices of the Peace are unwilling to declare confli...
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Thursday, October 04, 2018

PARTISAN JUDGE: Accused of sexual misconduct, rage unbefitting a judge - Trump’s SCOTUS nomination Brett Kavanaugh still looks likely to succeed amid partisan Republican efforts to load the judicial dice

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Partisan politics will probably ensure Kavanaugh nomination succeeds. SCOTLAND’S former top judge once said: “I do not know that we would...
Monday, September 24, 2018

JUDICIAL REGISTER: ‘Judges should register their interests’ says former Judicial Investigator – as Holyrood Justice Committee set to consider SIX YEARS of work, evidence and backing from MSPs & Public Petitions Committee

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Scottish Parliament probe judicial interests & register proposal. A SIX YEAR Scottish Parliament probe into Petition PE1458: Register ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

JUDGE SCANDAL: Dark side of Scotland’s judiciary reveals how judges & courts covered up scandal hit judges - from fraud, tax avoidance, alcohol related violence to the wife-beating Sheriff - who all avoided action from Crown Office & Police

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Judiciary, Police & prosecutors failed to act on retired scandal Sheriff . THE WAY in which the Judiciary of Scotland deal with allega...
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