tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post1958526920386437613..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Law Society of Scotland's mismanagement of the legal profession has destroyed public confidence in lawyersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21665744673421743232008-06-12T21:10:00.000+01:002008-06-12T21:10:00.000+01:00yup will never ever trust a lawyer after reading y...yup will never ever trust a lawyer after reading your blog<BR/><BR/>maybe lawyers should be banned altogether !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-50372168720245484862008-06-11T21:12:00.000+01:002008-06-11T21:12:00.000+01:00How many negligence claims against crooked lawyers...How many negligence claims against crooked lawyers has McCluskey been engaged to pursue ?<BR/>Success rates ? 0 ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37737982057534522722008-06-11T19:28:00.000+01:002008-06-11T19:28:00.000+01:00I agree with what you say too.Lawyers don't need t...I agree with what you say too.Lawyers don't need to wonder why they have a bad name.Covering up for their chums certainly does it for me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65730295558037584972008-06-11T16:46:00.000+01:002008-06-11T16:46:00.000+01:00A good reply Peter and I'm sure you are in the rig...A good reply Peter and I'm sure you are in the right on this one.Maybe its time as you say for lawyers to eat some humble pie! a lot of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17038327193638225102008-06-11T16:17:00.000+01:002008-06-11T16:17:00.000+01:00#Anonymous @ 5.41pmI agree, but "taking the despot...#Anonymous @ 5.41pm<BR/><BR/>I agree, but "taking the despots out of the equation" requires a helping hand from the membership at large .. so far not too many willing to go against those who hold the reigns of their practising certificates ...<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 8.23pm<BR/><BR/>A fair point.<BR/><BR/>#G.Mason @ 9.43pm<BR/><BR/>I agree with you entirely.<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 11.04pm<BR/><BR/>I agree with you, but as I have said, getting the membership to do something about it and take on ideas to heal the solicitor - client relationship is not the easiest thing to achieve these days ...<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 12.58am<BR/><BR/>Yes, I agree with you and I feel the Scotsman should perhaps balance out their law coverage with a view from the client's perspective - after all ... its the clients who keep the legal profession in business.<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 8.05am<BR/><BR/>I agree with your comments and I hope Mr McCluskey takes some of your ideas up ...<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 3.04pm<BR/><BR/>A newspaper editor said basically the same to me yesterday .. but the point is writing about it is one thing .. actually getting some action and change is quite another ... an uphill battle to be sure, so any help from elements of the legal profession who really do care about the clients and the good name of the profession itself, would be gratefully appreciated ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-74893864650152234272008-06-11T15:04:00.000+01:002008-06-11T15:04:00.000+01:00Having read all the comments so far I see not much...Having read all the comments so far I see not much by way of compliments to lawyers.<BR/><BR/>If that is truly the case, as seems to be confirmed by McCluskey's Scotsman view, the legal profession must change itself for its own good.<BR/><BR/>You should be quite proud Mr Cherbi because I can assure you we would not be seeing the likes of a fairly well respected Advocate such as Niall McCluskey writing as he has in the Scotsman if it weren't for the likes of you and your dogged campaign to change the way complaints are handled against members of the legal profession.<BR/><BR/>Good luck and keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-47182468157369394892008-06-11T08:05:00.000+01:002008-06-11T08:05:00.000+01:00"Why don't people like me.I do so much good for th..."Why don't people like me.I do so much good for the world and no one can live without us.People should like me and my mates because we are really a nice bunch of people if you get to know us and only those who don't know us don't like us." !!<BR/><BR/>Mr McCluskey.Your attempt to pass off the profession's woes sounds like a wee bairn crying after they broke their toys.For gods sake, admit your mistakes.You have plenty to admit.Listen to people like Cherbi who are telling you the best ideas I've seen for a long time to do something about your bad name instead of writing all this rubbish dressed up as as a news story in a 'newspaper'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-52043635789597486242008-06-11T00:58:00.000+01:002008-06-11T00:58:00.000+01:00It is a sad on the 'independence' of the the media...It is a sad on the 'independence' of the the media to see a national paper such as the Scotsman reduced to fulfilling the role of public mouthpiece for the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates.<BR/><BR/>I do not doubt that there are solcitiors and advocates in Scotland who care deeply about the intergity, standing and proper application of the subject they are priveldged to represent. <BR/><BR/>The question is - why are the same people not shouting at the top of their collective voices when circumstances conspicuously conspire to prevent others achieving any meaningful or proper access to the law?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71092911794584764212008-06-10T23:04:00.000+01:002008-06-10T23:04:00.000+01:00I pity those who serve their clients well enough n...I pity those who serve their clients well enough not to be complained against but as you say the profession must make the first move to clean up its imageAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-59169744088064795532008-06-10T22:51:00.000+01:002008-06-10T22:51:00.000+01:00Did Hitler ever wonder why so many people hated hi...Did Hitler ever wonder why so many people hated him?Looks about the same for these crooked lawyers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-27537830614899649632008-06-10T22:19:00.000+01:002008-06-10T22:19:00.000+01:00I totally agree with the 3rd comment ! Lawyers hav...I totally agree with the 3rd comment ! Lawyers have done plenty bad to people so they don't need to wonder why they have such a bad reputationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25725498573561121922008-06-10T21:43:00.000+01:002008-06-10T21:43:00.000+01:00I think the lawyer who wrote that in the Scotsman ...I think the lawyer who wrote that in the Scotsman is just looking for a flame war.<BR/>Anyway we all know why lawyers have a bad name and they dont need to look any further than their mirror or their pitiful work for their clients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-45635718179438396252008-06-10T20:47:00.000+01:002008-06-10T20:47:00.000+01:00A lawyer asks why are they hated then goes on to c...A lawyer asks why are they hated then goes on to claim they are angels.Total crap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-10968643630807324712008-06-10T20:23:00.000+01:002008-06-10T20:23:00.000+01:00What a bloody cheek !What next ? Child abusers wil...What a bloody cheek !<BR/>What next ? Child abusers will be asking why the public hate them and we will have one writing in the hootsmon about what shit they do that no one else would?<BR/><BR/>Get real Mccluskey you know the score just like the rest of your mobAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-52137836109495489732008-06-10T19:16:00.000+01:002008-06-10T19:16:00.000+01:00Lawyers (and Advocates) have a bad name because th...Lawyers (and Advocates) have a bad name because they deserve it.McCluskey doesn't need to look too far in the Faculty to see that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38674487715620764872008-06-10T17:41:00.000+01:002008-06-10T17:41:00.000+01:00Of course it is.The business is bad because its be...Of course it is.<BR/><BR/>The business is bad because its being run by a bunch of despots intent on keeping control for themselves.<BR/><BR/>Take the despots out of the equation and your plan might get somewhere?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com