tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post5233797616315458491..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Anti-transparency top judge 'should reconsider his position on Scotland Act' as MSPs invite Judicial Investigator to give evidence on register of judicial interestsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65538043829088828412013-08-09T13:34:45.659+01:002013-08-09T13:34:45.659+01:00I think the PPC will report Lord Gill to the Justi...I think the PPC will report Lord Gill to the Justice Secretary and Lord Salmond resulting in Lord Gill falling on his swordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37295604744990138332013-08-08T23:41:58.963+01:002013-08-08T23:41:58.963+01:00This secrecy scandal cannot be allowed to continue...This secrecy scandal cannot be allowed to continue where it is possible for Scotland's purse to be drained by crooks who are allowed to fill-their-boots in secrecy behind wood panelled doorsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-45185701624156783962013-08-08T22:27:52.918+01:002013-08-08T22:27:52.918+01:00How can Lord Gill get away with this secrecy?How can Lord Gill get away with this secrecy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61355713892890403152013-08-07T15:57:36.329+01:002013-08-07T15:57:36.329+01:00Why is this massive scandal at the centre of publi...Why is this massive scandal at the centre of public Scotland not emblazoned all over the Scottish Press and on Newsnight Scotland etc?<br /><br />Hmmmmmmmmm!<br /><br />Says a lot about how badly our Press is being controlled by those that would do us harm?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6295668685537519972013-08-07T12:47:28.516+01:002013-08-07T12:47:28.516+01:00Secrecy should be condemned as it is a signature o...Secrecy should be condemned as it is a signature of corrupt practise and self servitismAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-41894678337422826922013-08-06T13:32:54.520+01:002013-08-06T13:32:54.520+01:00Who employs these judges or do they employ themsel...Who employs these judges or do they employ themselves?<br /><br />Do they set their own salary, their own terms, their own disciplinary rules?<br /><br />Looks like it?<br /><br />Only possible in crooked Scotland?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-41033687835704587232013-08-04T00:44:10.265+01:002013-08-04T00:44:10.265+01:00I am ashamed that Scotland thinks that it is accep...I am ashamed that Scotland thinks that it is acceptable to employ a Lord President who puts self interest, self preservation and secrecy before what is right for the People of Scotland?<br /><br />How far have we fallen as a People if we accept unqualified people to hold positions of power and responsibility, who are only there to pick up their salary and to treat MSP's and the Public with thinly disguised contempt?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-66603689805216054272013-08-03T22:28:26.856+01:002013-08-03T22:28:26.856+01:00How could this absurd situation be allowed to happ...How could this absurd situation be allowed to happen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-57855284244325945972013-08-03T20:50:21.766+01:002013-08-03T20:50:21.766+01:00Scotland is being taken over by unelected crooks w...Scotland is being taken over by unelected crooks who are desperate to have power but are allergic to responsiblities who are obsessed with secrecy to keep their conduct from the awareness of the Scottish Public, for if they knew what was going on in their name behind closed doors we would have a return of stocks in the street outside the courts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55990909905809482662013-08-02T14:02:22.450+01:002013-08-02T14:02:22.450+01:00How on Earth can Lord Gill get away with this cond...How on Earth can Lord Gill get away with this conductAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-5512723206312341122013-08-02T13:55:15.509+01:002013-08-02T13:55:15.509+01:00It was a cheap scam by Lord Gill to try to avoid h...It was a cheap scam by Lord Gill to try to avoid his responsibilities by wrongly claiming that he was exempt to appear before the PPC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55704169212165576532013-08-01T23:10:06.094+01:002013-08-01T23:10:06.094+01:00It is unbelievable that Scottish Judges do not alr...It is unbelievable that Scottish Judges do not already comply with a Register of Interests in order to show that they are uncorruptible and are paragons of justice, which is what there role demands.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-64173604468684463582013-08-01T13:57:41.563+01:002013-08-01T13:57:41.563+01:00Why hasn't Lord Gill been sacked for his secre...Why hasn't Lord Gill been sacked for his secrecy and contempt for answering to his obligations and duties?<br /><br />Heaven forbid, it is not as though he is asked to do much for his exorbitant fat salary?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-43808379183859914172013-07-30T22:49:51.559+01:002013-07-30T22:49:51.559+01:00Has Lord Gill resigned yet or is he hanging on to ...Has Lord Gill resigned yet or is he hanging on to collect even more of the Public's hard earned money and his gilt edged pension under false pretences?<br /><br />Scotland is a sick fellow indeed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-57961902108498131992013-07-30T12:24:23.753+01:002013-07-30T12:24:23.753+01:00How many more secrets are being hidden by Lord Gil...How many more secrets are being hidden by Lord Gill in his desperation of secrecy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-84998372109812546922013-07-29T22:19:45.847+01:002013-07-29T22:19:45.847+01:00This extraordinary scandal could only happen in Sc...This extraordinary scandal could only happen in Scotland and with blanket Press secrecy too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-60439887660574747292013-07-28T19:01:38.327+01:002013-07-28T19:01:38.327+01:00Just what was going through Lord Gill's mind a...Just what was going through Lord Gill's mind as he sought to mislead the Public Petitions Committee into believing that Lord Gill was exempt from answering their questions?<br /><br />What an outrageous and sneaky attempt to avoid the responsibilities of his job?<br /><br />Under normal circumstances ones employer may view this as serious and reprehensible behaviour and an automatic sacking offence or at the very least a written warning?<br /><br />Only in Scotland could this happen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-28681991046203225982013-07-27T22:35:25.341+01:002013-07-27T22:35:25.341+01:00Word on the street is that the MSP's on the Pu...Word on the street is that the MSP's on the Public Petitions Committee will summon The King of the Barbecue before them and then go through him like a dose of salts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65229852216718860452013-07-27T13:03:43.684+01:002013-07-27T13:03:43.684+01:00You better get writing again soon otherwise someon...You better get writing again soon otherwise someone at the court service is going to end up having heart failure!I've had six calls from a certain person demanding to know why the silence and asking what you are up to!<br />Keep up the pressure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-35581844324127442822013-07-26T15:11:50.115+01:002013-07-26T15:11:50.115+01:00Who does Lord Gill, The Lord President report to a...Who does Lord Gill, The Lord President report to and who monitors his performance?<br /><br />Does he have anyone assessing his judgment and if not why not?<br /><br />Is he above the law?<br /><br />Can he hide the identities of convicted criminal judges, who are continuing to pass themselves off as judges because there is no one to catch him out or question him about his conduct?<br /><br />With responsibility SHOULD come accountability and if there is no accountability then it is unlawful?<br /><br />Scotland is a broken, corrupt state run by crims for crims?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-26524341809366581252013-07-26T01:41:42.107+01:002013-07-26T01:41:42.107+01:00As Lord Gill's attempted trick of saying to th...As Lord Gill's attempted trick of saying to the PPC he was immune to questioning under the Scotland Act when he wasn't, will this lead the MSP's at the PPC to insist that Lord Gill resigns when they haul him in before them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-10670247242215003532013-07-25T23:21:00.221+01:002013-07-25T23:21:00.221+01:00How can The Lord President (Head of Judges) in Sco...How can The Lord President (Head of Judges) in Scotland keep SECRET the names of Judges who are convicted criminals and then allowed them to continue to be a judge, when he knew full well that they had ruled themselves out by their own behaviour?<br /><br />This secrecy is against the Public Interest and it only seems to serve the interests of The Lord President staying pals with these creeps and the convicted criminal judges who have continued to draw a fat-salary taken from the Scottish Tax Payer under false pretences?<br /><br />How corrupt has Scotland become where the Judges (who are central to a morally proper functioning democracy) break the law and try to keep it a secret from the Public, polititions and the police so that they can continue to break the law?<br /><br />This is a crazy situation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-79396226846338762792013-07-23T16:14:30.542+01:002013-07-23T16:14:30.542+01:00The danger of the referendum on Scottish independe...The danger of the referendum on Scottish independence is that the question is "should Scotland be an independent country" it does not ask<br />should Scotland be an independent country and how should it be governed if you vote yes. This latter question is a minefield opening up many other questions. Salmond and his nationalist dream is for him and the Lord Gill's of Scotland not the Scottish electorate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14059442299052821282013-07-23T14:33:04.765+01:002013-07-23T14:33:04.765+01:00Actually you should be grateful a certain televisi...Actually you should be grateful a certain television broadcaster has not taken your petition and destroyed it as they typically do when they decide to spin their own point of view over a subject which should have a much wider public debate than currently stands.<br />Here is a word of warning for those who may think otherwise.<br />A colleague of mine used to work for a certain television broadcaster based in Glasgow.<br />He became critical of how particular news items were handled from what you might call the vested interests angle of finance and legal. <br />He raised concerns with senior management including allegations and evidence a well known journalist did little work, preferring to take cash kickbacks from law firms who put stories in his inbox for favourable publicity.<br />As a result of his complaint he was told to put in his papers and offered a settlement on condition he sign a gagging clause preventing him from talking about it.<br />As far as I know the journalist at the centre of the allegations who likes to be thought of as impartial and highly skilled is still taking cash for stories.<br />I would not be surprised if he is steering the broadcaster clear of your petition,on behalf of his friends in the legal profession.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-40588413948322611232013-07-23T14:17:14.631+01:002013-07-23T14:17:14.631+01:00Not surprised to hear that Scottish Judges are coo...Not surprised to hear that Scottish Judges are cooking the books with their pals down under to make sure that both Registers of their Interests are binned in order to preserve their rich pickings?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com