tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post1959354969788924331..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: McKenzie Friend Petition hears Lord President is ‘too protective’ of courts as Scots party litigants face more delays on court assistance reformsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30848738600414921192010-04-26T11:52:53.413+01:002010-04-26T11:52:53.413+01:00Beware of those with titles, they got them for the...Beware of those with titles, they got them for their corrupt ways.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-1587362855850159102010-04-26T11:52:53.414+01:002010-04-26T11:52:53.414+01:00SNP Protectors of Scotland's crooked lawyers. ...SNP Protectors of Scotland's crooked lawyers. Think about this my fellow Scots. Mr Salmond cannot be trusted to run this country as he is oppressing Scots everywhere with his backscratching legal dictatorship.<br /><br />The Scottish people owe the legal profession nothing Mr MacAskill. You are all beneath contempt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25186556321631080362010-04-26T09:44:11.615+01:002010-04-26T09:44:11.615+01:00http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8642722.stm
s...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8642722.stm<br /><br />so McKenzie Friends are not alone,Peter - just look at what happened to the Farepak victims - after all the promises from politicians and a certain lawyer who likes to appear on tv collecting cases for his mantle they only get 15p in the £ each !<br /><br />Robbery !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-19350951563052095432010-04-25T19:55:55.739+01:002010-04-25T19:55:55.739+01:00How inconvenient for Hamilton and the Parliament t...How inconvenient for Hamilton and the Parliament this is being written about all over the place making them look idiots.One year later and they have achieved nothing between them for a McKenzie Friend what a useless bunch !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-48864303716756077602010-04-25T13:09:22.218+01:002010-04-25T13:09:22.218+01:00More amateur dramatics from Salmond http://news.bb...More amateur dramatics from Salmond http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8642550.stm<br /><br />I'm sure he wont need to raise the 50K as some slug from the legal profession will come along and help them for all their favours they get from MacAskill & friends!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-81505367803312987152010-04-24T23:44:19.064+01:002010-04-24T23:44:19.064+01:00A big hello to the land of politicians fraudulent ...A big hello to the land of politicians fraudulent expenses and duck huts !<br /><br />Are any of those talking in this video clip you posted getting their end over on the expenses freebies ?Roger Rabbithttp://www.yahoo.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-18585631060586213422010-04-24T22:00:27.657+01:002010-04-24T22:00:27.657+01:00I think Hamilton hates clients.I think Hamilton hates clients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-70393814012772139812010-04-24T18:15:51.766+01:002010-04-24T18:15:51.766+01:00"Were those who spoke reading from a script o..."Were those who spoke reading from a script or is that just my imagination ?"<br /><br />After 1 year of them yapping on about this ? <br /><br />scripted definitely !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21794882997863995812010-04-24T17:16:20.856+01:002010-04-24T17:16:20.856+01:00A spineless parliament. There is no point in votin...A spineless parliament. There is no point in voting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-59360072835268341962010-04-24T15:22:17.822+01:002010-04-24T15:22:17.822+01:00So whatever the Lord President says. goes?
Whatev...So whatever the Lord President says. goes?<br /><br />Whatever happeneded to democratic accountability?<br /><br />Still I for one refuse to believe that all is yet lost where our banana republic's 'justice' system is concerned. <br /><br />Perhaps we could sell it to the Italians?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-63895136307960017132010-04-24T14:18:54.094+01:002010-04-24T14:18:54.094+01:00Margo MacDonald – Lord President is being too prot...Margo MacDonald – Lord President is being too protective and ignoring English experience on McKenzie Friends (click to view video) :<br />=====================================<br />Yes Peter Margo is correct. Protecting colleagues is a disease that affects all self regulators, they only see what they want to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-35821311341654935202010-04-24T10:57:36.678+01:002010-04-24T10:57:36.678+01:00Seems a very complicated process for as you say so...Seems a very complicated process for as you say something which came about in England all those years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78277699174300712832010-04-23T22:12:00.991+01:002010-04-23T22:12:00.991+01:00Yes Peter what is the hang up about making some mo...Yes Peter what is the hang up about making some money ? <br /><br />After all lawyers do it all the time so why shouldn't someone else be able to charge for doing court work ?<br /><br />Crooks simply protecting their monopoly is what this is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-34736399307695789632010-04-23T21:27:36.857+01:002010-04-23T21:27:36.857+01:00Just watched the video (regrettably)
Were those w...Just watched the video (regrettably)<br /><br />Were those who spoke reading from a script or is that just my imagination ?<br /><br />Very poor show really.I think your Parliament is just a bloody waste of time if this is the level of debate they achieve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-81939302489433264852010-04-23T20:36:04.381+01:002010-04-23T20:36:04.381+01:00Yet again Scotland disappoints and begins to resem...Yet again Scotland disappoints and begins to resemble one of those little fly specks in the Caribbean where you get a decent holiday while knowing the locals are subdued and treated like shit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-56233592790136851642010-04-23T18:54:35.251+01:002010-04-23T18:54:35.251+01:00From farce to even greater farce.Oh well Peter at ...From farce to even greater farce.Oh well Peter at least you have been proved consistently correct.Scotland's legal mafia are unfit for purpose !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-73496044658906811892010-04-23T17:33:44.687+01:002010-04-23T17:33:44.687+01:00"too protective" as in protecting the pr..."too protective" as in protecting the profits of his legal comrades!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-54970043740846947492010-04-23T16:15:24.277+01:002010-04-23T16:15:24.277+01:00"Now we must await to see whether the Lord Pr..."Now we must await to see whether the Lord President will this time, answer the Parliament substantively, or simply respond with plans which end up leaving more questions than answers, while also leaving the rights & entitlements of Scottish court users at a major disadvantage compared with our English colleagues …"<br /><br />More questions I think ... along with the usual dictates because Lord Pres is nothing short of a judicial unelected dictator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-47925656101259088812010-04-23T16:06:07.589+01:002010-04-23T16:06:07.589+01:00What I find genuinely disturbing about this McKenz...What I find genuinely disturbing about this McKenzie Friend campaign is to do with the minimum attention of mainstream media attention.Notwithstanding that you have brilliantly handled the story Mr Cherbi.Your writing on this subject has given a strong indication Scotland needs massive reform to its legal system even more so than is recommended by Lord Gill.<br /><br />Best of luck for your campaign.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38837335936214825572010-04-23T15:40:09.874+01:002010-04-23T15:40:09.874+01:00Yet another embarrassment in the long line of emba...Yet another embarrassment in the long line of embarrassments of Scottish justice.No wonder people dont trust or help the justice system any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71710101424313792322010-04-23T15:16:43.728+01:002010-04-23T15:16:43.728+01:00"no backbone from Holyrood to bring Lord Hami..."no backbone from Holyrood to bring Lord Hamilton to account"<br /><br />EXACTLY.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-48045131267063372542010-04-23T15:03:46.894+01:002010-04-23T15:03:46.894+01:00# Anonymous @ 13.37
Yes, more on the way from Lor...# Anonymous @ 13.37<br /><br />Yes, more on the way from Lord Hamilton apparently even as I write this reply ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 13.54<br /><br />I agree ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 14.16<br /><br />I think the Lord President will do as he pleases, no matter what the Scottish Parliament say ... and with no backbone from Holyrood to bring Lord Hamilton to account, it seems he has the usual free hand he has become used to wielding over Scots justice ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 14.21<br /><br />What is so different about Scotland you ask ?<br /><br />The answer is that the legal profession hold too much power & influence over public & political life ... with this issue of McKenzie Friends being a fairly good example of that.<br /><br />What was once achieved in an English court room in 1970 in an afternoon, has taken over a year in Scotland with still no end result due to obstruction & opposition from the Scottish legal profession ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 14.29<br /><br />Too bad for him ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-48518074367662730722010-04-23T14:47:48.302+01:002010-04-23T14:47:48.302+01:00Perhaps everyone who is not a lawyer should just v...Perhaps everyone who is not a lawyer should just vacate Scotland then we can build a huge wall around it and leave the lawyers to argue among themselves.<br />Wont be missed I'm sure !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-63243242643882788992010-04-23T14:29:45.890+01:002010-04-23T14:29:45.890+01:00"drafts of the Act of Sederunt floating aroun..."drafts of the Act of Sederunt floating around"<br /><br />That statement alone may spark Hamilton's ire !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-60249659286770550422010-04-23T14:21:42.296+01:002010-04-23T14:21:42.296+01:00Why should it not be an absolute right to have a M...Why should it not be an absolute right to have a McKenzie Friend in Scotland when it seems to be in England ?<br /><br />Just what is so bloody different about Scotland that Lord Hamilton must restrict everyone's access to courts we all pay for ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com