tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post2242858566020338028..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Scottish Parliament urged by Consumer bodies ‘to put public interest first’ in Legal Services Bill vote & reject Law Society 'anti-choice' amendmentsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55716042613675172392010-10-06T19:21:37.500+01:002010-10-06T19:21:37.500+01:00# Anonymous @ 6 October 2010 13:12
I take your po...# Anonymous @ 6 October 2010 13:12<br /><br />I take your point ... another example I could think of would be Sir Fred Goodwin pitching up at the Treasury Select Committee as if he'd done nothing wrong ... yet his actions have cost the country billions, hurt most of the population in one way or another yet he gets to keep his title. That's what kind of a system we have here ...<br /><br />Too many similar examples to list ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 6 October 2010 16:46<br /><br />Witness Scottish political life ... how exciting ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 6 October 2010 17:11<br /><br />No members of the public were allowed to give testimony to the Justice Committee for the Legal Services Bill ...<br /><br />I was told by a Holyrood contact the Law Society didn't want anyone appearing as happened with the 2006 J2 consideration of the LPLA Bill ... <br /><br />Since the public were not allowed to speak maybe the Parliament should bill the profession for the cost of passing the legislation and all the waffle from MSPs we've had to sit through & write about ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-90824045838778129922010-10-06T17:11:40.366+01:002010-10-06T17:11:40.366+01:00I've read all your links and most of your post...I've read all your links and most of your postings on this but I cant see anything about consumers being allowed to speak at the Justice Committee.<br />Did it happen ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21313290735854623832010-10-06T16:46:38.950+01:002010-10-06T16:46:38.950+01:00Your efforts are brilliant but please next time yo...Your efforts are brilliant but please next time you put a link to a live debate at the Scottish Parliament also put a WARNING up we could be bored to death.<br /><br />I had to stop half way and its still going on.Very unprofessional looks as bad as a local council bash!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-52314621589704834022010-10-06T13:12:10.785+01:002010-10-06T13:12:10.785+01:00"So if I read this right the Law Society just..."So if I read this right the Law Society just show up at some vote and they get their way ?<br /><br />Isnt this just a bit WRONG in a democracy ?<br /><br />How would people feel if BP showed up after an oil spill to make sure the vote against making them pay for it went in favour of BP getting off the hook."<br /><br />Good point!<br /><br />Do we get to see Fergus Ewing blowing kisses again to the Law Society people ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-81324092712739926082010-10-06T12:56:31.814+01:002010-10-06T12:56:31.814+01:00more like viewers will be able to watch the politi...more like viewers will be able to watch the politicians they voted for being bought off by a bunch of greedy rat lawyers out to protect their own walletsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-86293310101468272772010-10-06T12:05:09.052+01:002010-10-06T12:05:09.052+01:00The Legal Services Bill Stage 3 debate at the Scot...The Legal Services Bill Stage 3 debate at the Scottish Parliament can be viewed live, online at the following link : <a href="http://www.holyrood.tv/index.asp" rel="nofollow">http://www.holyrood.tv/index.asp</a><br /><br />Viewers should take note how their own msps handle the access to justice issues raised in the bill ....Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-74458486408358369792010-10-06T10:35:19.194+01:002010-10-06T10:35:19.194+01:00I'd like to go but Edinburgh is too far.Can I ...I'd like to go but Edinburgh is too far.Can I see the debate online ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65212299673914058712010-10-06T09:49:05.699+01:002010-10-06T09:49:05.699+01:00If msps manage to put the public's interest fi...If msps manage to put the public's interest first on this occasion it will be a first time they've ever done it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85951795868628780042010-10-06T01:52:25.718+01:002010-10-06T01:52:25.718+01:00So if I read this right the Law Society just show ...So if I read this right the Law Society just show up at some vote and they get their way ?<br /><br />Isnt this just a bit WRONG in a democracy ?<br /><br />How would people feel if BP showed up after an oil spill to make sure the vote against making them pay for it went in favour of BP getting off the hook.<br /><br />You have a pretty disgusting lawyer set up there in Scotland!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-69513635429565751322010-10-06T00:09:18.364+01:002010-10-06T00:09:18.364+01:00I think they only said it because you've been ...I think they only said it because you've been writing about it in such depth.<br />Compliments on your work Mr Cherbi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-7528368753416247652010-10-05T23:13:39.506+01:002010-10-05T23:13:39.506+01:00Anonymous said...
I think its well out of ord...Anonymous said...<br /><br /> I think its well out of order the Law Society are going to the debate or are allowed anywhere near the Parliament when the vote is on!<br /><br /> 5 October 2010 20:09<br /><br />Yes I agree.Stinks to high heaven!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-89424949914062463272010-10-05T22:48:40.604+01:002010-10-05T22:48:40.604+01:00You are well informed as ever Mr Cherbi.I might ju...You are well informed as ever Mr Cherbi.I might just go along and see this farce at Holyrood tomorrow.Hope I have some company other than the Law Soicety reprobates!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-56207859895811627082010-10-05T22:26:07.103+01:002010-10-05T22:26:07.103+01:00I just watched that You Tube clip.Sick!
If you go ...I just watched that You Tube clip.Sick!<br />If you go to 7:40 on the timeline Ewing starts praising the Law Society then the camera pans up to the guy watching the debate who waves back!<br />ahaha proof enough the Law Society own the parly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-39206110609789852302010-10-05T22:00:50.836+01:002010-10-05T22:00:50.836+01:00Thanks for your comments & emails on today'...Thanks for your comments & emails on today's reports regarding the Legal Services Bill vote tomorrow at Holyrood.<br /><br />As it appears (confirmed tonight) the Law Society will be going along to remind MSPs who they should be voting for, I would encourage readers to attend and see for themselves exactly how things work in the Scottish Parliament when the professions want their way ...<br /><br />It might not come as much of a surprise to many of my regular readers or those in the profession the Law Society regularly attend such debates & votes when issues they are pursuing in their own interests are up for discussion, however I think we need to get away from treating the Law Society of Scotland as some kind of 'organ of justice' when in reality it is little more than a very powerful lobby group for the legal profession ...<br /><br />We may well be treated to another fawning episode where even Scottish Government Ministers stand up to praise & wave to Law Society spectators, as happened in the final minutes of Fergus Ewing's closing speech in the Legal Services Bill debate earlier in April of this year, which can be viewed at the following link : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFO9gtgScg8" rel="nofollow">Fergus Ewing Closing Speech Legal Services Bill Scottish Parliament 28 April 2010</a><br /><br />Nothing against Ian Smart of course, but really ... the Law Society has butchered the Legal Services Bill in its own interests so much it is almost the exact opposite of the consumer access to justice proposals made by Which? in their supercomplaint to the OFT several years ago ... I hardly think its therefore fitting the Law Society are treated with such honour on an issue it is directly seeking to deform away from the public interest to the interests of the legal profession ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71127651138841299232010-10-05T21:48:39.871+01:002010-10-05T21:48:39.871+01:00And so the Scottish Parliament descends effortless...And so the Scottish Parliament descends effortlessly from travesity into farce, guided all the way by the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-108722218172075702010-10-05T21:46:39.300+01:002010-10-05T21:46:39.300+01:00It would have been useful to have heard from Which...It would have been useful to have heard from Which and Consumer Focus Scotland on these issues long before now.<br /><br />Consider for example the disgraceful double standards applied by the so called 'Justice Committee' which repeatedly asked for evidence of public opinion from Consumer Organisations but were deafening silent on the subject when it came to the submissions of the Law Society and Faculty of Advocates.<br /><br />And where is the OFT doing about all of this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-68361743483349174182010-10-05T21:25:58.437+01:002010-10-05T21:25:58.437+01:00Let me guess - MSPs will say Yes to the Law Societ...Let me guess - MSPs will say Yes to the Law Society & No to the consumer crowd!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-68212311418930012542010-10-05T20:27:45.860+01:002010-10-05T20:27:45.860+01:00Bill will go through and probably most of the amen...Bill will go through and probably most of the amendments.<br /><br />Expect a few richer msps in the next few months!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-1139527038855601382010-10-05T20:09:54.368+01:002010-10-05T20:09:54.368+01:00I think its well out of order the Law Society are ...I think its well out of order the Law Society are going to the debate or are allowed anywhere near the Parliament when the vote is on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61021811935443459822010-10-05T19:16:00.888+01:002010-10-05T19:16:00.888+01:00You probably wont be surprised a team from the Law...You probably wont be surprised a team from the Law Society are going to the parliament's gallery to watch the debate tomorrow.<br />I'm sure hands will be shaken to remind some msps of their place prior to proceedings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-89789077650510688272010-10-05T18:48:37.974+01:002010-10-05T18:48:37.974+01:00As you've been saying all along its time we ar...As you've been saying all along its time we are masters of our own access to justice instead of having to go through the Law Society or their membersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-58781074825055618652010-10-05T18:18:56.025+01:002010-10-05T18:18:56.025+01:00A couple of very thorough postings from you today ...A couple of very thorough postings from you today Peter<br /><br />I hope the vote goes the way of consumers tomorrow.Best of luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-31344556721181942172010-10-05T17:45:27.387+01:002010-10-05T17:45:27.387+01:00Which said “The Legal Services Bill debate tomorro...Which said “The Legal Services Bill debate tomorrow must be about the public deserving and receiving the best and most effective provision of legal services for the future. That cannot happen without the legal profession being allowed to modernise. 'We urge MSPs to put the interest of the public first and vote through the Legal Services Bill.”<br /><br />Very good although personally I'm in no doubt if it hadnt been for all the work you put in on this the Law Society would have had its way long time ago.<br /><br />I also like how you fit the video clips into your postings.Fantastic really!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-91791757752152229372010-10-05T17:14:31.509+01:002010-10-05T17:14:31.509+01:00Good to see the consumer crowd coming out in suppo...Good to see the consumer crowd coming out in support although I wonder if it will make any difference to the msps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com