tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post3094116551242518550..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: The Scheme : Law Society’s new regulation committee pitches old joke of ‘lay membership’ as more ‘slaps on the wrist’ for crooked lawyers expectedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-88120857650223776572011-06-09T00:36:05.957+01:002011-06-09T00:36:05.957+01:00I've never heard anything as ridiculous as the...I've never heard anything as ridiculous as the Police having to report a bent lawyer to the Law Society!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-13953542069221169892011-06-08T10:40:40.013+01:002011-06-08T10:40:40.013+01:00Being a lay person seems to be an industry and I&#...Being a lay person seems to be an industry and I'm assuming has a lot of money & power to go with it so you are correct they should all have their pictures up so everyone knows exactly who they are and what decisions they take against people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-60373120567234331632011-06-08T10:03:02.117+01:002011-06-08T10:03:02.117+01:00I noticed the Law Society's media team were he...I noticed the Law Society's media team were heavily promoting Richie to newspapers this week.However there's nothing new in his presidency rather more of the same old same old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71204961375435387972011-06-08T09:17:03.545+01:002011-06-08T09:17:03.545+01:00These "threats" you have received.Are th...These "threats" you have received.Are they solely from the legal profession or others?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-45808929818622099782011-06-08T00:39:00.205+01:002011-06-08T00:39:00.205+01:00Thank god I dont live in Scotland is all I can say...Thank god I dont live in Scotland is all I can say about this!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71697345475870818222011-06-08T00:14:55.496+01:002011-06-08T00:14:55.496+01:00If they selected juries this way it would be calle...If they selected juries this way it would be called a rigged jury.Pointless going to their Law Society with your complaint so publish it all and organize boycotts of the attorney's business and make them go out of business.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-27693683677665192242011-06-07T23:32:34.757+01:002011-06-07T23:32:34.757+01:00# Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 19:52
Thanks .. and yes...# Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 19:52<br /><br />Thanks .. and yes, a very good point about those who join regulators and their motives ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 20:18<br /><br />If you would like to contact me with details of your case via scottishlawreporters@gmail.com perhaps some publicity to what happened and those involved may assist your predicament ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 22:09<br /><br />Yes, lots and the Police have already been made aware of some ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61472138794756009542011-06-07T22:09:46.239+01:002011-06-07T22:09:46.239+01:00just curious do you ever get any threats against y...just curious do you ever get any threats against you from lawyers or their Law Society?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-46391499387965049982011-06-07T21:49:36.486+01:002011-06-07T21:49:36.486+01:00Interesting the many repeats of the Law Society...Interesting the many repeats of the Law Society's press release fails to mention the intense committee background of these alleged "lay people" and only you seem to have gone further into the backgrounds.<br /><br />Something more to hide the Law Society did not want mentioned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-72708325014518702772011-06-07T21:32:00.502+01:002011-06-07T21:32:00.502+01:00ICAS lay members are just as usless as the Law Soc...ICAS lay members are just as usless as the Law Society ones although you know that already from your experience with that Norman Howitt guyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-75376036847700116812011-06-07T21:25:49.908+01:002011-06-07T21:25:49.908+01:00LOL @ Grovelling Fergus
Yes he did grovel quite a...LOL @ Grovelling Fergus<br /><br />Yes he did grovel quite a bit to the lawyers no wonder he was sent off to another job lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87520607820471037232011-06-07T21:18:59.043+01:002011-06-07T21:18:59.043+01:00Great news as far as I'm concerned.
I look fo...Great news as far as I'm concerned.<br /><br />I look forward to being complained about safe in the knowledge I am off the hook before it ever reaches the committee!<br /><br />So long sucker clients!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-27148808467104453152011-06-07T20:44:50.225+01:002011-06-07T20:44:50.225+01:00the motives & make up of such people who clamo...the motives & make up of such people who clamour to join an organisation such as the Law Society of Scotland which is already known to have threatened the Scottish Government & Scottish Parliament with legal action if it did not get its way, has interfered with litigants legal aid applications, undermined consumer protection & client rights, personally targeted critics & litigants pursuing ‘crooked lawyers’ through the courts, has whispered in the ears of judges to influence verdicts in civil cases, has regularly provided false information to newspapers, has been linked to & covered up the deaths of its members clients and has within its ranks, officials who have used connections with Police forces to intimidate clients who dared complain against solicitors. <br /><br />Well its not so difficult to answer this one Peter.<br /><br />Malcontents or willing accessories to crime might do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78182393109743423592011-06-07T20:39:41.716+01:002011-06-07T20:39:41.716+01:00at first I thought you were writing about 'The...at first I thought you were writing about 'The Scheme' on BBC but I realise you meant it in another way,anyway this lot are probably a lot worse than the cast of 'The Scheme' probably this is 'The Real Scheme or Scam'!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-45064143569311590542011-06-07T20:18:37.250+01:002011-06-07T20:18:37.250+01:00Lawyers and lay members are just as crooked as eac...Lawyers and lay members are just as crooked as each other and I have the evidence to prove it after one of their complaints committees threw out my complaint after this lay member said it was my own fault my lawyer overcharged me £7611 for 2 counsels opinions that dont exist and I proved they didnt exist because I wrote to the qc and he said he had never given opinions on my case I only found out it was the lay member who did this when the Law Society accidentally sent me the wrong complaint report and demanded it back they had another look at my complaint because of it and found for the lawyer again saying he had suffered stress from it all yet the bastard never returned my money and the Law Society ended up sending me a letter telling me they made a mistake the money was not taken yet my bank records and a statement from the bank manager said the lawyer took it so lay members are just as crooked as the rest of the crooked lawyersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15246695017175044452011-06-07T19:52:23.788+01:002011-06-07T19:52:23.788+01:00Given Peter Cherbi's excellent expose of crook...Given Peter Cherbi's excellent expose of crooked complaints regulation I think we should all be suspicious of anyone rushing to join these self regulators like the Law Society.<br /><br />Also interesting to see their backgrounds in this case which are very far from being "lay".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-29893428513981914102011-06-07T19:25:33.970+01:002011-06-07T19:25:33.970+01:00Saw this in the paper yesterday and its word for w...Saw this in the paper yesterday and its word for word with the Law Society's own press release - just goes to show how many papers are bought up by the LSS either that or some are too LAZY to look into the factsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-2352696704498578432011-06-07T19:03:45.077+01:002011-06-07T19:03:45.077+01:00Cameron Ritchie, president of the Law Society of S...Cameron Ritchie, president of the Law Society of Scotland, said: "The calibre of those applying to join the regulatory committee was extremely high and we were struck by the range and depth of talent of applicants and the enthusiasm they displayed for the work of the Society. <br /><br />He is kidding no one outside the Law Society.<br /><br />Mr Ritchie continued : "The appointment of the committee is a significant step for the Society as we move towards new types of legal services businesses becoming a reality. The Society is continuing to develop a regulatory framework for Licensed Legal Services Providers which will be as rigorous as that for solicitors, and the committee will have an important role to play as we move forwards." <br /><br />So the Law Society of Scotland are also going to regulate non lawyer legal service providers?<br /><br />Who would be daft enough or corrupt enough to allow this? Its just their way of saying no one gets to provide legal services unless they are a lawyer or pay the Law Society.More closed shop.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-58616719663506519882011-06-07T18:51:40.036+01:002011-06-07T18:51:40.036+01:00"The definition of "Lay Person" wit..."The definition of "Lay Person" within the Law Society and most regulators or self-regulators is "someone who can be co-opted or easily persuaded to follow policy"<br /><br />Absolutely spot on PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-44451573706533824982011-06-07T18:29:36.627+01:002011-06-07T18:29:36.627+01:00last comment I agree with!last comment I agree with!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-42977494378018169562011-06-07T17:51:08.236+01:002011-06-07T17:51:08.236+01:00Very good expose of all this rubbish put out by th...Very good expose of all this rubbish put out by the Law Society.It proves yet again if you want to know about law the last place you should be looking is a tame lawyer friendly newspaper or the telly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-57770118237878823922011-06-07T17:48:16.358+01:002011-06-07T17:48:16.358+01:00# Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 15:01
Thanks for lettin...# Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 15:01<br /><br />Thanks for letting me know ... and its clearly a recruiting exercise to benefit solicitors interests, not those of anyone else.<br /><br />As Kenny MacAskill said himself, "he who pays the piper calls the tune" ... and the Law Society are definitely calling the tune here ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 15:19<br /><br />The definition of "Lay Person" within the Law Society and most regulators or self-regulators is "someone who can be co-opted or easily persuaded to follow policy" ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 15:35<br /><br />Yes ... quick to bend to the professions & vested interests ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 15:55<br /><br />I agree ... its almost like the pyramid selling of complaints regulation ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 7 June 2011 16:14<br /><br />Yes, I agree ... the entire complaints process against the legal profession in Scotland is a fraud, and the decisions within it are taken by anonymous people who prefer to remain in secret while they ruin people's lives ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38562639479419735632011-06-07T16:14:32.098+01:002011-06-07T16:14:32.098+01:00Its all just a big fraud isnt it all this lay memb...Its all just a big fraud isnt it all this lay membership person stuff just to make us all think there's someone else other than their own looking into it.Do they think we are all stupid or what?<br />Also I support your point about making them publish pictures of themselves if they are regulating on our behalf good idea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-42179520885882765192011-06-07T15:55:42.809+01:002011-06-07T15:55:42.809+01:00How many new beginnings for regulation do we have ...How many new beginnings for regulation do we have to put up with before someone twigs the whole thing is a set up?<br /><br />First it was increased lay members years ago then it was the SLCC and now its more lay members and another committee what a lot of bullshit from the lawyers out for their own again as usual!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-50672008498288922032011-06-07T15:43:53.699+01:002011-06-07T15:43:53.699+01:00LAY MEMBERS THEY USED TO CALL THEM COLLABORATORS I...LAY MEMBERS THEY USED TO CALL THEM COLLABORATORS IN OCCUPIED EUROPE!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com