tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post5264600110177795344..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: INTERESTS GO TO HOLYROOD: MSPs gear up for Scottish Parliament main chamber debate on creating a Register of Judicial Interests for Scotland's wealthy, well connected judicial eliteUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-5731395569153631412014-10-09T12:53:24.691+01:002014-10-09T12:53:24.691+01:00 Anonymous said...
Why not just make it law and br... Anonymous said...<br />Why not just make it law and bring it on like they do with everything else anyway?<br /><br />8 October 2014 22:07<br />::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::<br /><br />Because the Law Society of Scotland do not want rights for the Scottish People.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-76018991923879804352014-10-08T22:07:31.028+01:002014-10-08T22:07:31.028+01:00Why not just make it law and bring it on like they...Why not just make it law and bring it on like they do with everything else anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21909575448484294972014-10-08T19:25:18.325+01:002014-10-08T19:25:18.325+01:00Anonymous said...
I did not vote for Lord Gill to ... Anonymous said...<br />I did not vote for Lord Gill to lord it over us.He does not have the last say on who does what in Scotland.This is what is wrong with the country all these judges ordering us about and then it turns out wow they are nothing but a bunch of bankers stuffed full of money and things they are desperate to keep hidden from us.No more m'lud!<br /><br />8 October 2014 14:18<br />&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&<br /><br />I think you will find that the unseen hand dictating who does what, where, how, why or when is the power crazed Law Society of Scotland who are determined to have control over every part of Scotland and its People?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-77136042221542753392014-10-08T16:44:14.739+01:002014-10-08T16:44:14.739+01:00Until I read your blog I assumed judges did declar...Until I read your blog I assumed judges did declare their interests! <br /><br />Obviously they don't and now should be investigated why not along with making your register petition law immediately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85379892941672898892014-10-08T15:10:50.789+01:002014-10-08T15:10:50.789+01:00In Reply to the comment of 7 October 2014 11:44
T...In Reply to the comment of 7 October 2014 11:44<br /><br />The sooner Moi Ai is put in charge of a Standards Organisation For Public Life the better....We cannot allow Scottish talent like Moi Ai to be snuffed out by the Establishment.."<br /><br />HERE, HERE, I SECOND THAT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-40703943483704788682014-10-08T14:30:57.017+01:002014-10-08T14:30:57.017+01:00Seriously GOOD blog!Seriously GOOD blog!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6572938532502162572014-10-08T14:18:31.745+01:002014-10-08T14:18:31.745+01:00I did not vote for Lord Gill to lord it over us.He...I did not vote for Lord Gill to lord it over us.He does not have the last say on who does what in Scotland.This is what is wrong with the country all these judges ordering us about and then it turns out wow they are nothing but a bunch of bankers stuffed full of money and things they are desperate to keep hidden from us.No more m'lud!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-89546406842957864002014-10-08T13:40:47.401+01:002014-10-08T13:40:47.401+01:00Hey Harry Potter stop bothering poor old Gill he i...Hey Harry Potter stop bothering poor old Gill he is liable to faint after 2 years of saying NONONO!!!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-9032451765161304332014-10-08T11:29:55.209+01:002014-10-08T11:29:55.209+01:00Indeed ... Scotland's 72 year old top judge ha...Indeed ... Scotland's 72 year old top judge has been in hysterical mode over transparency for nearly two years ... just because of a proposal to require judges to be as transparent as the rest of society.<br /><br />Yes I saw that.Kind of funny what Stewart said about him.Wonder how Gill took it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55224514620766461432014-10-08T10:35:18.951+01:002014-10-08T10:35:18.951+01:00@ 7 October 2014 21:03
Good comment and points we...@ 7 October 2014 21:03<br /><br />Good comment and points well made.<br /><br />@ 8 October 2014 08:53<br /><br />Indeed ... Scotland's 72 year old top judge has been in hysterical mode over transparency for nearly two years ... just because of a proposal to require judges to be as transparent as the rest of society.<br /><br />@ 8 October 2014 10:13<br /><br />If the wig fits ...!Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-82326718885251294602014-10-08T10:13:46.115+01:002014-10-08T10:13:46.115+01:00You better stop calling Lord Gill a top judge.More...You better stop calling Lord Gill a top judge.More like a top twit for going against parliament on something of such fundamental importance as transparency.<br /><br />Your friends in the south!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-8916165347506325972014-10-08T10:06:50.966+01:002014-10-08T10:06:50.966+01:00The whole Scottish Public is waking up to the like...The whole Scottish Public is waking up to the likelihood that for the past considerable while, Scottish Judges and Sheriffs have been taking the mickey and doubling or trebling their salary?<br /><br />The whole point of them being paid an exorbitant salary in the first place, was because they were NOT ALLOWED any other finger's in the pie and other investments because of the obvious conflict of interest this would cause and the diminution of standards and lack of trust in the Scottish Judiciary?<br /><br />This is where we are now at, caused by the Scottish Judiciary's abuse of the system and undermining of their authority?<br /><br />It is doubtful if this low position can be recovered from, without drastic and immediate intervention, possibly to include police involvement and arrests to try to reverse the damage caused?<br /><br />The Scottish Public will not accept anything less?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37787124216630701492014-10-08T10:01:09.568+01:002014-10-08T10:01:09.568+01:00The fact that the Petitions Committee Convenor and...The fact that the Petitions Committee Convenor and Vice Convenor had a secret side meeting with no minutes taken with Lord Gill is a subversion of Parliamentary Standards and was clearly agreed to on the demand of The Lord President?<br /><br />Tis should have led to three very quick resignations as it goes to the root of why this type of back-slapping lack of transparency and accountability has no place in a modern Parliament and in the Scottish Judiciary?<br /><br />Is this secret side meeting a common tool used by the Scottish Judiciary to get around the law?<br /><br />It is clear that where Scottish Judges are concerned there is no law that cannot be got around and where secret agreements can be reached out with the scrutiny of the Courtroom?<br /><br />If Lord Gill continues to demonstrate that he is not part of the solution, then he is definitely part of the problem?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-45641824251282948722014-10-08T09:52:37.460+01:002014-10-08T09:52:37.460+01:00There are two reasons why white collar crime gets ...There are two reasons why white collar crime gets so little attention from either the media or the judiciary system. Firstly, unlike other crimes, it is relatively unseen. No physical force is used and no one physically takes money out of the victims’ pockets. It is nowhere near as visible as muggings or shoplifting even if far more money is involved. Often the victims don’t even know they have been robbed. It is extremely difficult to find evidence and prove someone guilty of white collar crime. The second and more cynical reason is due to the type of people who commit white collar crime. They are not poor minorities but rather wealthy professionals in well connected corporations. They are the elite and use their influence to divert attention. The poor on the other hand, have no such protection and so it is far easy to penalise burglars and petty thieves than corporations and their army of lawyers.<br />And the links between the army of lawyers and those businesses benefit both to the detrement of society at large. This is the real reason they reject a Register of Interests because their invisible operations are so profitable. Yes the courts are a business and they want to keep it that way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-35780082986131579672014-10-08T09:40:45.486+01:002014-10-08T09:40:45.486+01:00It stood out like a sore thumb that Chic Brodie...It stood out like a sore thumb that Chic Brodie's back-sliding is as a result of his side-meetings with Lord Gill?<br /><br />Mr Cherbi, seems to have touched a nerve with the undeclared and unrecused Judges and Sheriffs presiding on cases that their relatives had an involvement in?<br /><br />If truth be told, this whole scandal is very smelly indeed and it would not need an Inspector Cleuseu to find out some serious miscarriages of justice?<br /><br />As a leading QC said on Radio Scotland a few years ago, I have no compunction in getting my Client off with the criminal charge, even though I know he is guilty because I know that in the Scottish Courts there will be at least one miscarriage of justice perpetrated every single week?<br /><br />So a leading Scottish QC, says that according to what he sees, there is anything between 50 & 100 miscarriages of justice in Scotland every year, perpetrated by Crown Prosecutors and Judges?<br /><br />The Scottish Judicial System is wholly corrupt and the sooner someone with a back-bone goes through it like a dose of salts the better, beginning with Mr Cherbi's Public Spirited Petition?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14860958112050164662014-10-08T09:30:34.946+01:002014-10-08T09:30:34.946+01:00Great points well made by John Wilson that what we...Great points well made by John Wilson that what we have in Scotland is a self-serving Judicial System, where they have been running their own little business for themselves over a long period of time and when this little scam is threatened to be taken from them, they jealously hang on to their 'precious'?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-91931720564564090112014-10-08T09:01:01.424+01:002014-10-08T09:01:01.424+01:00In your first video clip, John Wilson is right in ...In your first video clip, John Wilson is right in his criticism of Lord Gill's and Kenny MacAskill's anti-Public and anti-transparency views, to the extent that their respective scripts (MacAskill read from his script, like a Schoolteacher reading to Primary 1 school kids) were pre-written for them.<br /><br />It is a widely held view that Kenny MacAskill is the mouthpiece of the Law Society of Scotland and it would be no surprise if the Law Society of Scotland had remitted these pre-prepared scripts as evidence.<br /><br />What exactly have the Scottish People done to deserve Kenny MacAskill and Lord Gill anyway, they are both worse than a man short.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-41779858552596464432014-10-08T08:53:46.201+01:002014-10-08T08:53:46.201+01:00The Petitions Committee Chairman made a beautiful ...The Petitions Committee Chairman made a beautiful and certainly deliberate Freudian Slip when he commented that he was still awaiting for Lord Gill to provide him with his 'hysterical' record of recusals within the Judiciary.<br /><br />This show's just how divisive and irrelevant Lord Gill has made the Office of The Lord President by the character and nature of his conduct.<br /><br />Clearly the Petitions Committee do not consider both Lord Gill and Kenny MacAskill to be reliable witnesses and indeed they seem to agree with the Scottish People in thinking that Moi Ali and Peter Cherbi have held the high moral ground throughout and are the only witnesses to have represented the rights of the Scottish People against the self-interest of the Status Quo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-2406699326878970692014-10-07T22:22:00.695+01:002014-10-07T22:22:00.695+01:00The Scottish Judiciary's something for nothing...The Scottish Judiciary's something for nothing culture has to be stopped.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30450368469606061752014-10-07T21:03:24.894+01:002014-10-07T21:03:24.894+01:00Confirmation if any were needed Scotland is run by...Confirmation if any were needed Scotland is run by a few people dressed in 18th century wigs and gowns.<br /><br />And we have had two years of utter rubbish about a new Scotland and everything else but when it comes to Parliament really wanting to reform these judges the limits of democracy are reached and set by the top judge himself.<br /><br />Quite disgusting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-24216899142932492102014-10-07T15:58:09.711+01:002014-10-07T15:58:09.711+01:00Well done Guys....onwards and upwards the DOI!Well done Guys....onwards and upwards the DOI!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-40424263613863235892014-10-07T11:44:30.570+01:002014-10-07T11:44:30.570+01:00Anonymous said...
This video clip with Moi Ali is ... Anonymous said...<br />This video clip with Moi Ali is the best I have ever heard from inside the justice system she really knows what she is talking about and can be trusted unlike Lord Gill who says no to everything and tries to control our political process to protect his pals in the judiciary and all their dirty secrets<br /><br />6 October 2014 21:18<br />-----------------------------------<br /><br />It was either negligent or the result of a dodgy oak panelled room dodgy deal, when MacAskill refused to increase Moi Ali's powers which forced her to resign.<br /><br />The sooner Moi Ai is put in charge of a Standards Organisation For Public Life the better, that includes everything from expenses, lobbying and vested interests, which should include Judges and Sheriffs as well as the Law Society, SSDT and SLCC.<br /><br />We cannot allow Scottish talent like Moi Ai to be snuffed out by the Establishment Status Quo 'nothing to see here, please look the other way' - brigade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-25245120502890117222014-10-07T10:02:10.037+01:002014-10-07T10:02:10.037+01:00The proposal envisages creating a single independe...The proposal envisages creating a single independently regulated publicly available source containing current information on judges backgrounds, their positions on personal wealth, so-far undeclared earnings, business & family connections inside & outside of the legal profession, offshore investments, hospitality, details on recusals and other information which is routinely lodged in registers of interest across all walks of public life in the UK and around the world.<br /><br />Why this has not been done before amazes me.I guess it shows the power of judges to stop the law applying to themselves and then blocking out any debate about it anywhere.<br /><br />Good work hope your petition gets a proper debate it deserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-8414800882879803912014-10-07T09:16:19.697+01:002014-10-07T09:16:19.697+01:00I agree this register should be made law and the j...I agree this register should be made law and the judges made to disclose all their interests like everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-12624220245588146862014-10-07T02:41:08.326+01:002014-10-07T02:41:08.326+01:00Very good video clips of the debates so far am imp...Very good video clips of the debates so far am impressed with your Scottish Parliament allowing this to go on there is a lot of merit in what you say and you made me think about judges their interests and why they are so angry about your petition.<br /><br />The judge has to be like everyone else in society and declare everything or they cannot be trusted if they fail to live by the same law they make us live by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com