tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post4482350732983774369..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Legal Complaints Commission 'authorised to lie' on FOI query over secret 'research' meetings with accountants regulator ICAS & insurers MarshUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-180137978015080192009-06-03T11:55:51.082+01:002009-06-03T11:55:51.082+01:00Anonymous said...
Thanks for publishing my commen...Anonymous said...<br /><br />Thanks for publishing my comment Mr Cherbi.<br /><br />I agree it would be useful to hear more from the public or clients who have experienced the negative side of the legal profession.<br />10:32 AM<br /><br />-------------------------------------<br /><br />YOU ARE ALL CRIMINALS, SELF PROTECTING ROBBERS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-51434191452684300912009-06-02T10:32:45.463+01:002009-06-02T10:32:45.463+01:00Thanks for publishing my comment Mr Cherbi.
I agr...Thanks for publishing my comment Mr Cherbi.<br /><br />I agree it would be useful to hear more from the public or clients who have experienced the negative side of the legal profession.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-67816459946182876282009-06-01T23:18:25.928+01:002009-06-01T23:18:25.928+01:00Law students cannot comprehend the damage lawyers ...Law students cannot comprehend the damage lawyers can do. Insult is then added to injury when we find the Law Society of Scotland has a cover up culture, and there is nowhere victims of crooked lawyers can go. <br />Students please note that is why we have<br /><br />Mr Cherbi's diary.<br /><br />Scotland Against Crooked Lawyers.<br /><br />Solicitors from Hell, and many more pressure groups.<br /><br />Lawyers are protected because exposure will destroy their career. The Law Society/SLCC/SSDT are not the answer for us. We will expose bent lawyers ourselves. So remember the growing Anti Lawyer Internet Industry when you graduate, because one day some of you may be on the internet for the wrong reasons. Veritas is the primary defence for defamation and many of us have our documents.<br />I am a graduate of Strathclyde University and I know the work a degree requires. It is however moraly wrong for lawyers to deal with client's complaints because a cover up will be the result. Just remember what has been written here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-70949900103915651442009-06-01T23:07:32.229+01:002009-06-01T23:07:32.229+01:00"I would recommend groups and campaigners to engag..."I would recommend groups and campaigners to engage law students in discussion ... it does help, and as many law students have indicated, is a welcome break from what many seem to feel are now unrealistic teachings in Scots law schools - their words, not mine."<br /><br />Good idea Peter but most of the lecturers are sponsored in some way or another by the Law Society of Scotland or various other arms of the legal profession so I don't think clients with experiences of crooked lawyers will be welcomed into the uni.Still a good idea though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-71129001210575902792009-06-01T22:24:50.389+01:002009-06-01T22:24:50.389+01:00Interesting reply as always Peter.
I look forward ...Interesting reply as always Peter.<br />I look forward to reading more of what you talked about involving an msp and "criminality".Tear their guts out laddie !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-42471202978656645432009-06-01T21:17:42.864+01:002009-06-01T21:17:42.864+01:00# Anonymous @ 4.50pm
Maybe, but as someone said, ...# Anonymous @ 4.50pm<br /><br />Maybe, but as someone said, you can't be just a little bit pregnant ... so free advice but a lack of willingness to take on a case isn't much good for clients or access to justice in general. <br />-------------------------------------<br /><br />Yes Peter, you are right about not taking the case on, thanks for your feedback.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-32645311369674052012009-06-01T21:00:06.968+01:002009-06-01T21:00:06.968+01:00To the person who left the comment at 7:.44
You a...To the person who left the comment at 7:.44<br /><br />You are correct in your comments to the upset law student. There are many thousands of people who go to university each year and we work as hard as lawyers.<br /><br />The latter have horrific power, that is the difference and they are protected by a corrupt complaints system. We have an us and them situation and the victims of crooked lawyers are sick of being victimised, having our money stolen and our lives ruined in some cases. So law students, as this person has pointed out there are many many sites you can visit and read the opinions of those victims of your future profession, should you choose to become a lawyer. When you join a law firm, you will have to sing their song or you will be surplus to requirements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25966568781316607722009-06-01T20:45:35.207+01:002009-06-01T20:45:35.207+01:00Thanks for all your comments & emails on this ...Thanks for all your comments & emails on this article.<br /><br />I have listened to many of your ideas and suggestions, which I will send on to Scotland's FOI Commissioner, Kevin Dunion, given the conduct of the SLCC must be investigated.<br /><br /><br />I have looked into certain unpublished comments today naming individuals, solicitors, and one MSP connected to ICAS all of whom may not want themselves in the headlines, but as I have confirmed the allegations this evening, I will pass on the details to a newspaper given what appears to be issues of criminality more suited for wider public circulation - so, thanks for the tip.<br /><br />I just want to make a quick comment on the issues raised by Anonymous @ 12.04pm, from someone apparently studying law.<br /><br />I have had a number of law students contact me on issues I write about, and I find that once we speak, our conversations help their understanding of matters relating to regulation and the public attitude towards the legal profession.<br /><br />I would recommend groups and campaigners to engage law students in discussion ... it does help, and as many law students have indicated, is a welcome break from what many seem to feel are now unrealistic teachings in Scots law schools - their words, not mine.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 4.50pm<br /><br />Maybe, but as someone said, you can't be just a little bit pregnant ... so free advice but a lack of willingness to take on a case isn't much good for clients or access to justice in general.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 7.44pm<br /><br />If you would like to send me some more details on your case, perhaps publication and a good naming & shaming of all those involved would assist matters - not only for you but also to warn any other prospective client of your solicitor.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-73743592637705550122009-06-01T19:44:27.752+01:002009-06-01T19:44:27.752+01:00Dear "Law student".How long have you been studying...Dear "Law student".How long have you been studying law ? Do they teach you anything about client expectations of honesty in your curriculum ? I ask this with interest as I made a complaint to the Law Society about my solicitor who threatened to sue us for non payment of a 7k legal bill he sent me for work he had to admit to the Law Society he had not done.<br /><br />Mr Yelland who I see is featured plenty on this blog eventually wrote to me letting me know the complaint was dismissed because our solicitor said he had "made a mistake and would no longer pursue us for the account". <br /><br />I was never allowed to see the result of the complaints investigation but a reporter found out our solicitor's own solicitor at the complaints hearing said his client should not face action because he had studied for so many years to become a solicitor.<br /><br />I wrote back to Mr Yelland asking about this to be told I was not entitled to know what was said on my solicitor's behalf so it seems spend a few years at uni to become a lawyer and you can get away with being a right bloody crook simply on the basis you studied to become a lawyer.<br /><br />You say you want to hear from clients ? Well there's plenty here to read about what really happens in and out of lawyers offices.My solicitor threatened to take out an inhibition on our house until we paid his legal bill for the work he never did.How do you think that makes me and my family feel about lawyers ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-48342182086586392182009-06-01T17:27:18.980+01:002009-06-01T17:27:18.980+01:00I must protest the comment made at 1154am
I am a ...I must protest the comment made at 1154am<br /><br />I am a law student and so far no one has taught me to be a 'crooked lawyer'.<br /><br />Get a grip of your views.If you want to change things come along to the University and speak to us about your vies on the law.Even Peter Cherbi would (and should) agree with that !<br /><br />-----------------------------------<br /><br />I have studied law, contract, delict, agency, adjudication, arbitration, etc so what, so I have a fair knowledge. My views are strong because of the way the crooked lawyers treated me. If you are at Glasgow University Douglas Mill will keep you right. It is a filthy corrupt profession where self regulation protects the guilty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-2677082352874668752009-06-01T16:50:07.197+01:002009-06-01T16:50:07.197+01:00Mr Cherbi,
I just wanted to say Mr Nigel Scullion...Mr Cherbi,<br /><br />I just wanted to say Mr Nigel Scullion of Scullion Solicitors in Hamilton gave me good legal advice. He did not charge me either. <br />I am sure he would not sue another lawyer for a client, but he seems a decent chap if you need non confrontational legal advice.<br />I like your blog very much, and I agree that independent complaints handling will be vital to deal with the bad guys that are ruining the reputation of lawyers in Scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15857947913657996222009-06-01T16:17:49.627+01:002009-06-01T16:17:49.627+01:00I've read of ministerial involvement in freedo...I've read of ministerial involvement in freedom of information requests down in London but this is the first time I have heard about it in Scotland.<br /><br />Could it be that since several SNP politicians have links to icas or are actually accountants themselves they censored this foi investigation to hide those affiliations ?<br /><br />If as your report suggests the SNP are censoring FOI to hide scandal & corruption just as some tried at Westminster they should be thrown out with the rest of the crooks in the main parties who are unfit to run the country being too busy filling their own pockets.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87654827475386032402009-06-01T14:49:39.022+01:002009-06-01T14:49:39.022+01:00I am curious to know how the slcc will explain thi...I am curious to know how the slcc will explain this matter where there is clear involvement with icas and marsh.<br /><br />Obviously that involvement was supposed to be secret but with what documents you have produced the information commissioner will have little option in his investigation - the slcc did lie and from your investigation it sounds like they were told to lie by either the Justice secretary or someone in his office.<br /><br />Keep us informed !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-32576400820756582452009-06-01T14:02:59.125+01:002009-06-01T14:02:59.125+01:00The comment from the law student - well said !The comment from the law student - well said !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-40358682700805012422009-06-01T12:04:12.354+01:002009-06-01T12:04:12.354+01:00I must protest the comment made at 1154am
I am a ...I must protest the comment made at 1154am<br /><br />I am a law student and so far no one has taught me to be a 'crooked lawyer'.<br /><br />Get a grip of your views.If you want to change things come along to the University and speak to us about your vies on the law.Even Peter Cherbi would (and should) agree with that !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61790358125316976162009-06-01T10:59:43.299+01:002009-06-01T10:59:43.299+01:00What you are demonstrating here Peter is a powerfu...What you are demonstrating here Peter is a powerful club SLCC/Law Society for screwing clients and protecting the perpetrators. <br />This quango lying regarding meetings with Marsh and ICAS is a powerful indicator of how complaints against lawyers will be dealt with. No wonder all lawyers are stained with the dishonesty stigma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38353944528520582772009-06-01T10:10:14.285+01:002009-06-01T10:10:14.285+01:00Leaving your money in law firms, is dangerous. You...Leaving your money in law firms, is dangerous. You will lose it and will not be compensated. <br />Lawyers are vermin parasites preying on unsuspecting clients because they know their Obergruppenfuhrer's at the Law Society will cover everything up. <br />Lawyer Nazi's are alive and kicking in Scotland, screwing clients for every penny they can get.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25020452898783866202009-06-01T08:07:19.977+01:002009-06-01T08:07:19.977+01:00The Westminster expenses scandal, the Law Society,...The Westminster expenses scandal, the Law Society, the Complaints Commission, the General Medical Council, the ICAS, the system and the country are being run by criminals. Their so called mistakes always ensure money flows into their bank accounts, not out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87717165802341178772009-05-31T21:54:57.552+01:002009-05-31T21:54:57.552+01:00'Ill' lawyer stalls drug sentence
A lawyer who sm...'Ill' lawyer stalls drug sentence<br /><br />A lawyer who smuggled drugs into a jail failed to appear for sentencing because she has been getting psychiatric help.<br /><br />Angela Baillie, 32, from Newton Mearns, admitted passing heroin and valium to a prisoner in Glasgow's Barlinnie jail.<br /><br />The High Court in Edinburgh was shown evidence from a psychiatrist confirming Baillie was unfit to leave the premises where she was being treated. STRANGE SHE WAS FIT ENOUGH TO TAKE THE DRUGS INTO PRISON.<br /><br />Defence QC Paul McBride said the solicitor has bi-polar disorder. YES MAKE THIS PUBLIC WHEN SHE NEEDS COMPASSION. She will be sentenced on 20 April.<br /><br />Mr McBride indicated he will make a plea for leniency on grounds of diminished responsibility. YES McBRIDE THE SAME AS YOU ASKED THE PF TO DROP CHARGES AGAINST HAGGARTY. THE PATTERN IS CLEAR. WHERE IS THE COMPASSION FOR THE VICTIMS OF CROOKED LAWYERS? LAWYERS ARE CROOKED DEVIANT BASTARDS.<br /><br />He said doctors believe that at the time of the offence, Baillie was suffering "a major depressive episode". THE DOCTOR'S HAVE LEGAL PRIVILIDGE, ANOTHER BUNCH OF LYING BASTARDS.<br /><br />In February, she appeared at the High Court in Paisley and admitted being concerned in the supply of heroin and diazepam.<br /><br />The Crown said she made £52,556 from drug dealing and steps have been taken to strip her of her assets. CLEARLY CRIME PAYS IF YOU ARE ONE OF SCOTLAND'S LEGAL PROFESSION. <br />-----------------------------------<br /><br />The legal profession are corrupt to the core. The authorities clearly do not care about the public image of these criminals. It is like a legal dictatorship, one law for the professionals and the wrath of the courts for the rest of us. The lawyer who represented Macdeal also stood by Haggarty. You are all dammed in the court of public opinion. The legal club have sewer rat morals. They belong in the sewers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-13283048769784894902009-05-31T21:23:57.655+01:002009-05-31T21:23:57.655+01:00So the lawyers have run to accountants to prop up ...So the lawyers have run to accountants to prop up their corrupt complaints procedures ?<br /><br />I think we need to hear a lot more about this and all the backhanders and corruption going on between lawyers and accountants saving their own hides after fleecing the rest of usAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-9159135285271558192009-05-31T20:00:39.026+01:002009-05-31T20:00:39.026+01:00AOL NEWS
Gordon Brown says there are "clear cases...AOL NEWS<br /><br />Gordon Brown says there are "clear cases" of MPs who may (YES GORDON VAGUE STATEMENT AS USUAL) have broken the law over expense claims but insisted that only "a few" MPs had abused the Westminster perks system. GORDON'S DOING A DOUGLAS MILL.<br /><br />The Prime Minister said he planned to introduce a binding "code of conduct" (WE HOPE IT IS BETTER THAN THE SCOTTISH LEGAL COMPLAINTS COMMISSION) for MPs and warned other public institutions they would also face tougher scrutiny as part of a bid to clean up the system. GOOD GORDON, SO LAWYERS, ACCOUNTANTS, MEDICS, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, WILL HAVE A COMPLAINTS SYSTEM THE PUBLIC CAN TRUST?<br /><br />And he hinted that an independent review of the pay and perks system would call for a ban on controversial "golden handshake" pay-offs for MPs who stand down. KICK THEM OUT NOW WITHOUT THE HANDOUT, IF YOU ARE SERIOUS ABOUT WESTMINSTER'S REPUTATION, SALMOND'S LOT ARE THE SAME. POLITICS IN THE GUTTER WITH THE ABOVE PROFESSIONS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-23358167474023945312009-05-31T19:04:51.431+01:002009-05-31T19:04:51.431+01:00"The way the Law Society handled the scandal surro..."The way the Law Society handled the scandal surrounding Andrew Penman in the 1990s, and derailed his prosecution before the SSDT has cost us all dearly."<br /><br />He went on :“Saving Private Penman has led to a slew of media coverage of cases involving rogue solicitors and huge corruption scandals within the profession which has tarnished us all for life, ultimately costing all members our reputations and incalculable lost business while the staff within the Society award themselves promotions and huge salaries out of our contributions. They have obviously caused the profession much more harm than good and now be forced out."<br />-----------------------------------<br />The lawyer who said the above is acting out of self interest. If the scandals were not reported in the press thereby damaging the reputation of all lawyers, would he or she be saying this? <br /><br />I appeal to any honest lawyers out there, (may be as rare as rocking horse manure) if you do nothing wrong why are you afraid of independent regulation?<br /><br />The battle continues, we will win because we will inform potential clients to avoid law firms who provide poor or corrupt service. <br />Conversely if you provide good service we will set up a website to recommend law firms. <br /><br />From what I can see this is happening in many western countries, because you are a criminal profession. Clients will not tolerate this any more. Cleans yourselves, push for independent complaints handling, and get Masterman and her entourage back to the Law Society where they belong.<br />Victims of lawyers, like me you want justice, name and shame your lawyer on SOLICITORS FROM HELL, I HAVE. <br /><br />Do not go to the Law Society/Scottish Legal Coverup Commission. They will torture you emotionally to protect their own. You will send letter after letter and get nowhere. They are the saviours of crooked lawyers, I PROMISE YOU WILL HIT A SOLID WALL OF RESISTANCE IF YOU DEAL WITH MASTERMAN AND HER COLLEAGUES.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-72563614691529104512009-05-31T18:25:29.268+01:002009-05-31T18:25:29.268+01:00Law Society of Scotland 'takes huge salaries &...Law Society of Scotland 'takes huge salaries & expenses perks from lawyers subscriptions to fund lavish lifestyles of top executives'.<br />-------------------------------------<br />Just like MP's and the taxpayer, salary plus expenses. Lawyers. doctors, accountants, public bodies need to be subjected to scrutiny by a totally independent complaints board.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21973109059983674612009-05-31T17:06:14.388+01:002009-05-31T17:06:14.388+01:00Probably you are all correct and MacAskill should ...Probably you are all correct and MacAskill should go but if anyone watched Ian Gray and MacA on the BBC's Politics show its fairly obvious he wont go due to the weak opposition parties who are all squabbling among themselves on the prisoner escape issue anyway.<br />If you do want MacA to have to resign I suggest some scandalous re3velations of a very sleazy nature.I hear there are some around which might be of use.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-19760214248861176652009-05-31T11:54:07.070+01:002009-05-31T11:54:07.070+01:00Law schools are where these criminals start their ...Law schools are where these criminals start their careers. By the time they graduate dishonesty is part of everyday life. Professional loyalty is a large part of the law school culture.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com