tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post1618972253375950581..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Transparency, but not for Scottish Judges: First Minister echoes MacAskill’s claim of no need to review powers, independence of “Window Dressing” Judicial Complaints Reviewer roleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-56408334730873459592014-02-05T20:43:40.775+00:002014-02-05T20:43:40.775+00:00Same here had not heard of this Judicial Complaint...Same here had not heard of this Judicial Complaints Reviewer until I saw a story in the Sunday Mail and came found this blog<br /><br />Reading the post about John Wilson and watching the clip someone in the parliament needs to start putting up for a debate about why we do not have the same rights as England and Wales against judges and complaints.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-733331747793820272014-02-04T22:53:15.777+00:002014-02-04T22:53:15.777+00:00MacAskill and Salmond could be Lord Gill, these tw...MacAskill and Salmond could be Lord Gill, these two men are against the people of Scotland. No need to review powers, protectionism is what is happening. Again we see those against reform know they will never be ruined by crooked lawyers. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78761009367942637042014-02-04T22:49:54.906+00:002014-02-04T22:49:54.906+00:00The First Minister (Alex Salmond): Last year, the ...The First Minister (Alex Salmond): Last year, the Cabinet Secretary for Justice. No no no Mr Salmond you are incorrect The Cabinet front man for the Law Society of Scotland is what he is. The bureaucracy that turns a blind eye to people being robbed by lawyers because the truth is that no complaints system is in place, this is the reality Mr Salmond. MSP's the majority are yes men for Gill and his colleagues, Scotland is a Banana Republic indeed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-11388120002631630392014-02-04T19:29:38.635+00:002014-02-04T19:29:38.635+00:00How ridiculous of Salmond and yes that looked enti...How ridiculous of Salmond and yes that looked entirely rehearsed as everything else he comes out with is rehearsed.<br /><br />Bye to independence under Alex phew am I happy about that!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38915980126322827222014-02-04T18:27:36.712+00:002014-02-04T18:27:36.712+00:00What is your impression of the mindset of a man wh...What is your impression of the mindset of a man who criticises the system and calls it 'Victorian' and needs an urgent overhaul, in order to get the top-job and then when he gets the top-job he then does precisely nothing other than prevent transparency and to restrict all attempts to hold him to account? <br />===================================<br />Well actions speak louder than words and he clearly had no intention of reforming a system that causes delays and augments law firms accounts through Legal Aid and client fees. He got the top job because he had no intention of reforming it after all Legal Aid itself, Scotland has the highest amount spent per head in Europe. Delays and repudiation [once they ruin clients] are the norm in Scotland which makes a lot of money for the save justice or put another way save our Legal Aid motherlode is what they mean. It also allows them to fleece clients accounts and be cleared to do so again because there is no complaints system in place. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-84797284065735622362014-02-04T15:46:45.604+00:002014-02-04T15:46:45.604+00:00Did I hear John Wilson MSP correctly when he said ...Did I hear John Wilson MSP correctly when he said there had been in excess of 20 serious cases brought against Judges in Scotland in the past few years, that some of these complaints were simply wiped away at the insistence of Lord Gill?<br /><br />What does this say about the standards and equitability of the Scottish Courts?<br /><br />What does this say about the measures and systems in place to explain the large number of reports against Scottish Judges?<br /><br />What does this say about Kenny MacAskill & Alex Salmond's attitude towards ensuring that the Scottish Judiciary are fit for purpose?<br /><br />My God.<br /><br />What a mess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-27581609960794630742014-02-04T15:40:05.940+00:002014-02-04T15:40:05.940+00:00Oh dear.
If Scotland was a ship, she would be hol...Oh dear.<br /><br />If Scotland was a ship, she would be holed by a torpedo below the water line.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />'I'm sorry but Kenny and I are not bothered that the Scottish Judiciary are not trusted by the majority of the People and could-not-care-a-jot that our Judges demand that they should operate in a climate of secrecy and insuperability and treat the Scottish Public with such contempt'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-68856061547915899372014-02-04T15:29:29.360+00:002014-02-04T15:29:29.360+00:00Last one out, please switch off the light...Last one out, please switch off the light...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-28061010822497286332014-02-04T15:25:37.968+00:002014-02-04T15:25:37.968+00:00Anonymous said...
I thought all of the laws of a c... Anonymous said...<br />I thought all of the laws of a country were supposed to be founded upon the core belief that the Judiciary is sacrosanct?<br /><br />Since, we have absolutely no way of knowing if our Judiciary are even fit for purpose, other than one man's say so, notwithstanding that he cannot and refuses to show any evidence for his assertion, when will the Scottish Parliament be shut?<br /><br />If our Judiciary cannot show that they are trustworthy then it may be incumbent on the People to escort the politicians out of the Scottish Parliament building and lock the door behind them for they would be incapable of representing the People of Scotland and to fulfil their statutory obligations?<br /><br />4 February 2014 11:54<br />^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br />***********************<br /><br />It is almost as if Salmond & Gill (sounds fishy) already know that the Scottish Judicial System is irrevocably corrupt and broken but they are saying to the Scottish Public, look, we are going to insist that you believe that the Judges are sacrosanct because that is the way they are supposed to be, so you will just have to pretend that this is the case because it would be too messy for us to sort this unholy mess out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-13181080364430007612014-02-04T15:19:58.421+00:002014-02-04T15:19:58.421+00:00Anonymous said...
As always Salmond is so predicta... Anonymous said...<br />As always Salmond is so predictable. Just like Gill's bullshit when he spoke of the Victorian civil courts system, [his intention to reform it was bull]. They clearly have a lot to hide and Salmond wants to keep them protected, he is doing what the Law Society have always done. Odious creature indeed.<br /><br />4 February 2014 11:16<br />dohdohdohdohdohdoh<br /><br />What is your impression of the mindset of a man who criticises the system and calls it 'Victorian' and needs an urgent overhaul, in order to get the top-job and then when he gets the top-job he then does precisely nothing other than prevent transparency and to restrict all attempts to hold him to account?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65317418864249911062014-02-04T15:15:01.444+00:002014-02-04T15:15:01.444+00:00I am a longstanding and loyal SNP voter as are all...I am a longstanding and loyal SNP voter as are all of my family, however, I have seen Salmond's Public Face Mask slip for the first time to reveal the real power brokers in Scotland and I have decided never to vote for the SNP again?<br /><br />I expected my Party to stamp this sort of cronyism and self-interest out, not to cosy up with them to be part of their inner sect?<br /><br />No More Mr Salmond?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-69591187096010319022014-02-04T15:09:20.511+00:002014-02-04T15:09:20.511+00:00Anonymous said...
Salmond and MacAskill are beneat... Anonymous said...<br />Salmond and MacAskill are beneath contempt. I watch them occasionally on the news when I am at my relatives houses as I am TV free and I don't trust either of them. Lord Gill is the real First Minister and Lord President of Scotland. I wonder how many complaints were made against those who became Judges during their climb up the Judicial ladder?<br /><br />4 February 2014 10:31<br />schschschschschschsch<br /><br />Should it be Lord & President Brian Gill then?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38482989012192307552014-02-04T15:07:04.017+00:002014-02-04T15:07:04.017+00:00Anonymous said...
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sep... Anonymous said...<br />Anonymous Anonymous said...<br /><br />Separated at birth - Brian Gill and Alex Salmond.....Brothers Grim they are "in it together"<br /><br />4 February 2014 09:47<br />(((()((()((()(((()(((()(((()((()((<br /><br />More like twisted Vessen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-23040850670273258832014-02-04T15:05:21.463+00:002014-02-04T15:05:21.463+00:00Anonymous said...
First Minister: your attitude st... Anonymous said...<br />First Minister: your attitude stinks and is the reason I am voting no. You are an elected front man for Mr Gill and his cronies, we cannot remove them by voting but they have awesome unelected power. So fill a parliament with Law Society and Judiciary puppets and this is what happens. No need to review powers Mr Salmond, I see no need to give you all more power so I will vote no on my mothers birthday 18th September, she would vote no if she were here.<br /><br />Fortunately for us DOI tell us how things really are in Scotland but like Mr Cherbi's family I know from personal experience what lawyers are. Keep up the good work DOI you are a credit to Scotland.<br /><br />4 February 2014 09:46<br />xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br /><br />The DOI Team are the Sons of Scotland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-86558229771326732392014-02-04T14:56:07.367+00:002014-02-04T14:56:07.367+00:00Anonymous said...
Isn't it amazing who is comi... Anonymous said...<br />Isn't it amazing who is coming forward to stick their necks out to save these judges?<br /><br />Now we have the First Minister himself along with MacAskill laying down Lord Gill's line there will be no reform no transparency no register no thing.<br /><br />So when are they going to make it a criminal offence to criticise the judges because the way things are going we are heading that way now.<br /><br />3 February 2014 18:26<br />::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br />Thought-Crime will be the next thing they'll go for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-27244889366889765072014-02-04T14:49:00.431+00:002014-02-04T14:49:00.431+00:00No ThankYou Mr Wilson and No ThankYou Ms Ali, we (...No ThankYou Mr Wilson and No ThankYou Ms Ali, we (on behalf of the People of Scotland) would rather stay living in the bygone days of yore, where there are no rules and where the elite can do as they please safe in the knowledge that they are 'The Untouchables'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-9861159697854328172014-02-04T13:29:17.488+00:002014-02-04T13:29:17.488+00:00The truth is these legal eagles individually make ...The truth is these legal eagles individually make substantial donations to whatever political party they need to manipulate and it was clearly demonstrated by Alex Salmond in HolyroodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-24559097866708781282014-02-04T12:06:03.503+00:002014-02-04T12:06:03.503+00:00For all those dont knows on the indy ref just reme...For all those dont knows on the indy ref just remember this-<br /><br />The justice system of a country is a microcosm of what is actually going on in the fabric of that country's leadership, political structure and how public life functions and what the population can expect in terms of their rights how they live and how life goes on.<br /><br />Here you have the First Minister unashamedly covering up for a discredited, unaccountable judiciary who must apparently have the independence not to declare their interests, not to declare their recusals and not to declare anything which could harm their self fostered image of purity in the extreme.<br /><br />You have all now seen how the term "independence" is put into practice by a man who demands it for Scotland.Can you really trust the country to function any better under independence when the First Minister is so easily caught out like this? <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15229861797104958722014-02-04T11:54:45.850+00:002014-02-04T11:54:45.850+00:00I thought all of the laws of a country were suppos...I thought all of the laws of a country were supposed to be founded upon the core belief that the Judiciary is sacrosanct?<br /><br />Since, we have absolutely no way of knowing if our Judiciary are even fit for purpose, other than one man's say so, notwithstanding that he cannot and refuses to show any evidence for his assertion, when will the Scottish Parliament be shut?<br /><br />If our Judiciary cannot show that they are trustworthy then it may be incumbent on the People to escort the politicians out of the Scottish Parliament building and lock the door behind them for they would be incapable of representing the People of Scotland and to fulfil their statutory obligations? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-39954165694912870462014-02-04T11:29:50.718+00:002014-02-04T11:29:50.718+00:00MacAskill & Salmond's decision to stick up...MacAskill & Salmond's decision to stick up for Lord Gill's secrecy agenda, abandoning all sense and reason and against the interests of Justice of the Scottish People, could this lead to their impeachment resulting in a vote of no confidence in the pair of them?<br /><br />After all, no other Banana Republic would risk supporting the total secrecy of the Judiciary against the People?<br /><br />It is simply impossibly to defend a system which has shown to be incapable of showing that it is fit for purpose and is unable to prove in its current form that there is any system in place for accountability and preservation of standards?<br /><br />Moi Ali did everything but shout out to these two men that the biggest problem to change and accountability was the complete unwillingness of Gill to accept change for the good and his resistance to require transparency as a basic tenet of law and justice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-82005156455955267642014-02-04T11:16:56.364+00:002014-02-04T11:16:56.364+00:00As always Salmond is so predictable. Just like Gil...As always Salmond is so predictable. Just like Gill's bullshit when he spoke of the Victorian civil courts system, [his intention to reform it was bull]. They clearly have a lot to hide and Salmond wants to keep them protected, he is doing what the Law Society have always done. Odious creature indeed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71811639594294566002014-02-04T11:12:46.787+00:002014-02-04T11:12:46.787+00:00Anonymous said...
Why is salmond sticking up for ...Anonymous said...<br /><br />Why is salmond sticking up for the judges????<br /> <br />3 February 2014 21:19 <br />==================================<br />Because he chooses to be controlled by them. Yes indeed it is out of order, his attitude is bad and he thinks the voters should have no rights against the unelected Judiciary so how can it be a democratic country when power resides with the unelected few? Voting for Salmond and his so called Justice Minister is pointless, Law Society and Judges have them in their control. The justice system in Scotland is corrupt and this is a direct consequence of the omnipotent being allowed to operate in secrecy. Shame on you Mr Salmond and any MSP who agrees with your stance on this issue of national importance because it can affect any of us at any time. Disgusting you are not fit to be in Parliament never mind First Minister. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-7224406536509945542014-02-04T10:56:58.345+00:002014-02-04T10:56:58.345+00:00The body language indicated to me that this had be...The body language indicated to me that this had been rehearsed, and showed an uneasy posture, MR Salmond had to read it all from script and not once made eye contact with Mr Wilson, and everybody was happy with the outcome, not a whimper from the opposite side, yes Mr Meldrew would have said unbelievable, of course they are really all in it together. Regardless of which party if you contact a politician about a legal dispute you have they all have the same pathetic response. This performance has swung me to a no vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-70068935389963245912014-02-04T10:33:50.341+00:002014-02-04T10:33:50.341+00:00They've lost the plotThey've lost the plotAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87971825328223263872014-02-04T10:32:53.216+00:002014-02-04T10:32:53.216+00:00It's not only about need, they don't want ...It's not only about need, they don't want more powers that is what Alex means. I detest the man and all he stands for. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com