tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post6119968448008029015..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Holyrood Petition launched to promote education of justice, legal & consumer rights in Scots secondary school curriculumUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-49312796298705735772010-09-13T18:11:35.798+01:002010-09-13T18:11:35.798+01:00Hmmm I knew there would be a sting in the tail som...Hmmm I knew there would be a sting in the tail somewhere.<br /><br />Why is the petitioner not being allowed to speak ?<br /><br />Also what's all this about a lawyer member of the Parliament's legal team and a Law Society lecture ?<br /><br />Are the Law Society trying to steal the show once again ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37922660244975347802010-09-13T12:30:32.393+01:002010-09-13T12:30:32.393+01:00Thanks for all your comments, suggestions & em...Thanks for all your comments, suggestions & emails on this article.<br /><br />The Petitions Committee of the Scottish Parliament heard this petition today in Arran High School ...<br /><br />I will report further developments as information becomes available ...<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 13 September 2010 10:52<br /><br />Thanks for the link.<br /><br />There are a few points missing in both mine & the Scotsman's version, particularly the question of why the Parliament kept the petition in limbo from 1st August when it was submitted, while a lawyer member of the Parliament's legal team took part in a Law Society lecture on how to educate our youth ... <br /><br />There is also the rather glaring commission of the Parliament so far refusing to allow Mr MacKenzie to speak on his own petition ... and one should note the Parliament also refused to allow Mr MacKenzie to speak on his McKenzie Friend petition ...<br /><br />I think the petitioner should be allowed to speak ... surely ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-58236790387877144942010-09-13T10:52:19.569+01:002010-09-13T10:52:19.569+01:00http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Reading-w...http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/scotland/Reading-writing-citizenship.6527308.jp<br /><br />It took the Scotsman over a week to catch up with you Peter!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85107425878467775022010-09-08T22:06:28.056+01:002010-09-08T22:06:28.056+01:00Are you aware the Parliament has posted a briefing...Are you aware the Parliament has posted a briefing paper on this petition which hardly mentions even half of what you have found out about the English system ?<br /><br />Have a look at it here http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/petitionBriefings/pb-10/PB10-1354.pdf<br /><br />Very amateur work by whoever wrote it considering your own reporting of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-948935357366124692010-09-07T17:27:48.920+01:002010-09-07T17:27:48.920+01:00Anonymous said...
It is an education just reading...Anonymous said...<br /><br />It is an education just reading your blog Mr Cherbi.<br /><br />Excellent work !<br />I shall always keep a careful eye on any work my solicitor does for me from now on !<br /><br />PLEASE TELL ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES TOO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-51913923738920241362010-09-07T17:06:11.546+01:002010-09-07T17:06:11.546+01:00Posting at 6 September 2010 12:51
It never cease...Posting at 6 September 2010 12:51 <br /><br />It never ceases to amaze me what people will do for money, how they expected to get away with this I do not know. There is always a pattern to activities like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-59117582511061041432010-09-07T15:52:06.589+01:002010-09-07T15:52:06.589+01:00Anonymous said...
Seems a good idea to me.Perhaps...Anonymous said...<br /><br />Seems a good idea to me.Perhaps also someone in power would like to explain to Scottish parents exactly why English children receive this type of education yet Scottish children apparently do not. <br />===================================<br />MANY MSP's WANT TO PROTECT LAWYERS AND IN SO DOING LEAVE THE PUBLIC AT RISK OF BEING RUINED BY ONE. <br /><br />A LAWYER CLAIMED A STAGGERING £500,000.00 PLUS LEGAL AID HAS BEEN DEALT WITH BY THE LEGAL AID BOARD BUT HIS REGULATOR THE LAW SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND ALLOW HIM BACK TO WORK WITH CLIENTS. THAT IS LAW SOCIETY JUSTICE FOR YOU. <br /><br />EDUCATION OF LEGAL MATTERS IS ESSENTIAL AND WILL INFORM THE TEACHING PROFESSION OF THE RISKS THE PUBLIC TAKE WHEN DEALING WITH LAWYERS. THEY ARE AN UNACOUNTABLE, THEREFORE DANGEROUS. THEY ARE LEGAL THIEVES MASQUARADING AS HONEST PEOPLE. <br /><br />THE LAW SOCIETY ALSO REFUSED TO PROSECUTE MR CHERBI'S LAWYER. THE LAW SOCIETY HAVE PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT LAWYERS ARE WHAT THEY CONSIDER IMPORTANT. THEY MUST LIKE LAWYERS RUINING CLIENTS OR THEY WOULD STOP IT HAPPENING.<br /><br />SELF REGULATION IN ACTION.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-68640642769005123542010-09-06T19:30:49.498+01:002010-09-06T19:30:49.498+01:00no doubt about it Peter you know how to write the ...no doubt about it Peter you know how to write the news!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-67530333595194468082010-09-06T16:01:18.425+01:002010-09-06T16:01:18.425+01:00Seems a good idea to me.Perhaps also someone in po...Seems a good idea to me.Perhaps also someone in power would like to explain to Scottish parents exactly why English children receive this type of education yet Scottish children apparently do not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17945672980903908972010-09-06T12:51:12.073+01:002010-09-06T12:51:12.073+01:00http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-112005...http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-11200507<br /><br />A vicar has been jailed for four years for carrying out hundreds of fake marriages to bypass immigration law.<br /><br />Rev Alex Brown conducted 360 sham marriages during a four-year period at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in St Leonard, Sussex.<br /><br />Co-defendants Vladimir Buchan, 33, and solicitor and pastor Michael Adelasoye, 50, were also jailed for four years.<br /><br />The Crown Prosecution Service said it was thought to be the largest sham marriage case yet brought to court.<br /><br />The trio were found guilty at Lewes Crown Court in July of conspiring to facilitate the commission of breaches of immigration laws.<br /><br />Judge Richard Hayward also handed Brown a five-month sentence for solemnizing a marriage without the banns being published.<br /><br />The two sentences will run concurrently.<br /><br />The court heard Brown presided over the marriages of hundreds of mainly African men to Eastern European women at his small parish church.<br /><br />The men had usually arrived lawfully in the UK but had exhausted the appeals process in applying to stay permanently.<br /><br />Investigators from the UK Border Agency said the three were "happy to exploit and take advantage of other people's desperation for their own ends".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78031830190202507932010-09-06T12:07:41.837+01:002010-09-06T12:07:41.837+01:00Hi Peter
Any more information on this petition ?
...Hi Peter<br /><br />Any more information on this petition ?<br />I tried calling up the Parliament but they didnt say much or when it is going to be debated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-58514595734129037652010-09-05T23:56:37.491+01:002010-09-05T23:56:37.491+01:00Have you...
Been ripped off?
Been a victim of un...Have you...<br /><br />Been ripped off?<br /><br />Been a victim of unfair or sharp practice?<br /><br />Paid for something that you feel was a total waste of money?<br /><br />The BBC’s ‘Rip Off Britain’ team are planning the new series and want to hear YOUR stories.<br /><br />Email ripoffbritain@bbc.co.uk with details.<br /><br />Or post your grievances to:<br />Rip Off Britain, PO BOX 4360, Manchester, M61 0DY.<br /><br />We want to expose the issues that matter most to you, the British public, and expose the rip off merchants <br /><br />DO NOT GET RIPPED OFF, GET EDUCATED.<br /><br />SEE WHAT MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THINK OF OUR LEGAL ESTABLISHMENT AT<br /><br />http://www.solicitorsfromhell.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-65500297509278158422010-09-05T23:52:53.146+01:002010-09-05T23:52:53.146+01:00The day is coming when the public will see lawyers...The day is coming when the public will see lawyers for the dishonest self protecting scumbags they are. <br /><br />The first lesson for the school pupils is simple,<br /><br />Trust no lawyer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-66015804954907465062010-09-05T20:59:43.822+01:002010-09-05T20:59:43.822+01:00It is an education just reading your blog Mr Cherb...It is an education just reading your blog Mr Cherbi.<br />Excellent work !<br />I shall always keep a careful eye on any work my solicitor does for me from now on !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-22630667861213653472010-09-05T10:35:13.473+01:002010-09-05T10:35:13.473+01:00One has to question how much knowledge and experie...One has to question how much knowledge and experience the average Secondary School teacher has of the Scottish Justice System.<br /><br />So who will design the proposed curriculum and provide the course materials;<br /><br />The Law Society of Scotland?<br /><br />Glasgow University - courtesy of Douglas Mills?<br /><br />St. Andrews University? - see http://scottishlaw.blogspot.com/<br /><br />This well intentioned petition is as likely to enhance and solidify a status quo it seeks to correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-68014521696841773372010-09-04T17:43:08.640+01:002010-09-04T17:43:08.640+01:00Self regulation encourages repeat offending becaus...Self regulation encourages repeat offending because lawyers know they can get away with their corruption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-8176768275759319832010-09-04T13:57:11.164+01:002010-09-04T13:57:11.164+01:00Good to see Consumer Focus Scotland supporting it ...Good to see Consumer Focus Scotland supporting it but I'd like to ask will it take the parliament another year like with the McKenzie friends thing to do something ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55495995010591582602010-09-04T10:40:27.577+01:002010-09-04T10:40:27.577+01:00Great idea as far as I am concerned simply due to ...Great idea as far as I am concerned simply due to the fact my son is interested in how the law and justice system works after giving his laptop over to me many times to read your blog.Bravo to Mr McKenzie and also yourself for giving his petition the publicity it deserves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-75453232178125382502010-09-03T21:45:09.496+01:002010-09-03T21:45:09.496+01:00Citizenship in political terms means equality in p...Citizenship in political terms means equality in public and recognizing difference in private. <br /><br />The reality is that lawyers blocking access to justice leaves some members of the public rightless so they are NOT full citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38916954326560088692010-09-03T21:25:09.598+01:002010-09-03T21:25:09.598+01:00Great idea and so simple it makes me wonder why no...Great idea and so simple it makes me wonder why nothing has been done along these lines already although reading the comments I now understand why<br /><br />I support the petitionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-51225687424569674252010-09-03T20:51:16.198+01:002010-09-03T20:51:16.198+01:00Very interesting as always.I also read your handiw...Very interesting as always.I also read your handiwork on another topic today.I'm sure you know what I am referring to.I hadn't realised until reading it that one cannot escape a Cherbi investigation even in death!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-32729846219681863762010-09-03T19:54:22.330+01:002010-09-03T19:54:22.330+01:00last comment at 5.47pm
Yes it does show Scotland ...last comment at 5.47pm<br /><br />Yes it does show Scotland up again !<br /><br />Keeping us in the dark about our legal rights benefits the business of the legal profession !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-76774575756241994682010-09-03T18:25:40.232+01:002010-09-03T18:25:40.232+01:00"Keep the populace in the dark about consumer..."Keep the populace in the dark about consumer/legal/civil rights and they will always have to spend money on lawyers to do the job for them.<br /><br />If on the other hand you educate at school level then students might just take some of it in and as they grow up not be so dependant on lawyers for things they should know about anyway (and much of which boils down to common sense)"<br /><br />SPOT ON !!! and just why are the Scottish Government NOT teaching these subjects to our kids ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-40515984536632915762010-09-03T18:20:50.582+01:002010-09-03T18:20:50.582+01:00Can't help feeling this energy would be much m...Can't help feeling this energy would be much more effectively directed at Ending self regulation, Ending the Law Society's exemption from the FOI Act, introducing Class Actions, Access to transcripts etc etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-1848010801458247582010-09-03T17:47:20.132+01:002010-09-03T17:47:20.132+01:00Good petition although it shows up Scotland again....Good petition although it shows up Scotland again.If a member of the public doesn't raise the idea nothing ever gets done.<br />Good luck to Mr MacKenzie and I'm sure you will keep us well informed about the petition's progress.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com