tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post5584184145834248602..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Carving up the client roast : Solicitors regulator SLCC’s Board Members Interests reveals connections, influence & how quango positions, consultancy empires are built behind closed doorsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17493536483618054122013-05-18T12:14:08.104+01:002013-05-18T12:14:08.104+01:00The common denominator is this; they know that the...The common denominator is this; they know that the SLCC is a discredited and criminal organisation, so anyone willingly putting their name forward to join such a criminal ruse, says it all really?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-49147057177030797782013-05-17T00:24:02.887+01:002013-05-17T00:24:02.887+01:00The common purpose here is to make sure there is z...The common purpose here is to make sure there is zero accountability and at all costs to make sure that the victim gets a right good shafting?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78422742733955806622013-05-17T00:21:52.571+01:002013-05-17T00:21:52.571+01:00When the Scottish Government is forced, kicking an...When the Scottish Government is forced, kicking and screaming to adopt a fair and just regulator of Scottish solicitors, instead of the corrupt sham that is the SLCC & the SSDT, then I would be far more relaxed if the lay majority on these tribunals should be strictly NON PAID.?<br /><br />This way, there would be a more altruistic group who would deal with the facts of the case on their merits instead of the incestous and criminal collusion that is being passed off in front of us at the moment?<br /><br />Maybe after Scotland's Police Service strips the perverts out of the Crown Office, they will turn their attention towards the SLCC & SSDT and we may see a few more arms up the back there?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-66664569046012302102013-05-16T19:21:37.821+01:002013-05-16T19:21:37.821+01:00This is just management speak quango tomfoolery dr...This is just management speak quango tomfoolery dressed up to change perceptions?<br /><br />However, if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck then you can be sure it is a DUCK?<br /><br />i.e. the SLCC is the Law Society of Scotland?<br /><br /><br />The SSDT is also a duck?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-35338102837495782882013-05-15T17:16:21.229+01:002013-05-15T17:16:21.229+01:00Q. Will you agree to follow the Law Society of Sco...Q. Will you agree to follow the Law Society of Scotland's Emperor Palpatine's Instructions regarding helping to get crooked Scottish lawyers off Scot-Free?<br /><br />A. Yes<br /><br /><br /><br />Great, your in !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-11758621532008275312013-05-15T02:05:46.731+01:002013-05-15T02:05:46.731+01:00Just incredible really this is allowed to go on ri...Just incredible really this is allowed to go on right under our nosesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-19627350197928846062013-05-14T23:08:27.756+01:002013-05-14T23:08:27.756+01:00This is yet another McQuango?
Where various '...This is yet another McQuango?<br /><br />Where various 'yes men' & 'yes women' are co opted into a variety of positions as a means to an end and to attempt to pull the veil over the Scottish Public's eyes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87004158065154265962013-05-14T22:39:59.282+01:002013-05-14T22:39:59.282+01:00There is no such thing as a Regulator of Scottish ...There is no such thing as a Regulator of Scottish lawyers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-46522143161665033322013-05-14T16:16:18.353+01:002013-05-14T16:16:18.353+01:00Suffice to say the only people who feel it is acce...Suffice to say the only people who feel it is acceptable to have lots of positions while being a board member on a discredited regulator are those same people - us mere plebs know otherwise and as everyone is saying this is a completely unacceptable state of affairs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-57582082451679750372013-05-14T11:39:38.976+01:002013-05-14T11:39:38.976+01:00None of these people should be allowed to hold oth...None of these people should be allowed to hold other jobs because the potential for conflict of interest is shy high and I can see a few conflicts in the list you have published.This SLCC is nothing short of a big fat fraud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-20318621481644962822013-05-14T01:02:16.058+01:002013-05-14T01:02:16.058+01:00So much for criticising the FSA for having too man...So much for criticising the FSA for having too many links to bankers as the reason it was crap at regulating Goodwin etc its just the same in the lawyer regulating worldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-61370471388299368722013-05-13T22:38:52.344+01:002013-05-13T22:38:52.344+01:00Very difficult to spot the non lawyer members in t...Very difficult to spot the non lawyer members in this list because they all seem to be tied up in consultancies and mediation companies all doing work for either the Scottish Government or the legal profession.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-54414256789928091112013-05-13T21:03:07.542+01:002013-05-13T21:03:07.542+01:00Ah well no wonder the judges are so against a regi...Ah well no wonder the judges are so against a register of interests because they are probably well at it too.Everyone sitting around on each other's lap/club/committee/voluntary society etc no wonder there is no justice in Scotland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-70306375402265710822013-05-13T19:14:49.704+01:002013-05-13T19:14:49.704+01:00One person one job otherwise get off this fake reg...One person one job otherwise get off this fake regulatorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-51936033084310030732013-05-13T18:39:20.416+01:002013-05-13T18:39:20.416+01:00NO wonder the SLCC is useless at regulating when a...NO wonder the SLCC is useless at regulating when all its board members have 10 jobs each.It amazes me they can even be bothered to collect the £212 a day to show up for a meeting or is it just paid direct debit whether they perform or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-88894535829118559002013-05-13T17:59:10.742+01:002013-05-13T17:59:10.742+01:00Iain McGrory
*Commissioned the services of Simpson...Iain McGrory<br />*Commissioned the services of Simpson and Marwick Solicitors, Aberdeen and Edinburgh Branches, on behalf of Grampian Police, on several occasions between 2002 and 2010.<br /><br />How many cases were involved, reasons for instructing a private firm of solicitors, how much did this cost taxpayers and how much was earned by Simpson and Marwick as a result of instructions given by Mr McGrory?<br /><br /><br />*Iain McGrory is an independent complaints handling consultant trading as IJM Professional Services.<br /><br />Nice little earner? His earnings and activities in this should be declared if he sits on the SLCC.<br /><br />During 2012 he provided consultancy services to the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (ACPOS) and the Police Complaints Commissioner for Scotland (PCCS).<br /><br />At what cost and who paid it?<br /><br /><br />*He is currently Chairing a Working Group on behalf of the Scottish Government – Police Reform Team, tasked with producing updated Conduct Regulations for the new Police Service of Scotland.<br /><br />What is the cost of this and who else is involved?<br /><br />I do hope your friends in the tabloids get into this one asap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-51995949188085610942013-05-13T17:24:04.789+01:002013-05-13T17:24:04.789+01:00A better question may be to ask these board member...A better question may be to ask these board members in terms of their roles whether any of them are aware that the SLCC have involved themselves in colluding with the Law Society of Scotland to pervert the course of Justice?<br /><br />Now that would be an interesting set of answers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-50424563436273560752013-05-13T17:04:01.608+01:002013-05-13T17:04:01.608+01:00If you had a case that was sabotaged by the SLCC t...If you had a case that was sabotaged by the SLCC to deliberately let a known crooked Scottish lawyer off Scot-Free, who at the SLCC would you sue?<br /><br />Would it be the whole Board of Directors?<br /><br />If not, just what is the point of having them there?<br /><br />Or are they simply props for the window dresser's display?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87599027275936753792013-05-13T16:53:02.076+01:002013-05-13T16:53:02.076+01:00Just goes to show you that you can stuff the SLCC ...Just goes to show you that you can stuff the SLCC with Board Members to give the perception that everything is legit, when the truth is it is still RUN by the Law Society of Scotland to keep crooked Scottish lawyers continually employed at the Scottish Public's expense?<br /><br />Just because you stick a lemon up a chickens arse ( to give it a lemon aroma), does not mean that you can call it a lemon?<br /><br />You could have Jesus, Mother Teresa, Gandhi, and Willie Wonka on the SLCC Board..........it would make no difference, it is still a corrupt organisation run by crooks for the benefit of crooks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-50157059879147148172013-05-13T16:47:20.442+01:002013-05-13T16:47:20.442+01:00Very revealing as always.
It is perhaps worth not...Very revealing as always.<br /><br />It is perhaps worth noting that the Lord President, as the final arbiter of who in the judiciary should have their knuckles rapped, is also fulfilling a regulatory role.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com