tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post6496121771997489876..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Annual report of Legal Ombudsman of England & Wales is ‘streets ahead’ of anti-consumer Scottish Legal Complaints CommissionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-64203407318876619602011-08-13T23:02:01.423+01:002011-08-13T23:02:01.423+01:00If you think that the Legal Ombudsman is so great ...If you think that the Legal Ombudsman is so great you should look on the Solicitors from Hell website.<br /><br />The LO is a disgrace and a waste of money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-37155871689573020702011-07-27T20:37:44.531+01:002011-07-27T20:37:44.531+01:00To all of you who are thinking of going to the slc...To all of you who are thinking of going to the slcc about your lawyer I just want to say I've been through months of hell with that lot and it all came to nothing they are just as bad as the Law SocietyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-45534845412531443302011-07-27T14:55:15.858+01:002011-07-27T14:55:15.858+01:00Nice of you to show us what we Scots are missing!Nice of you to show us what we Scots are missing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-44191923613635558592011-07-27T13:34:49.083+01:002011-07-27T13:34:49.083+01:00Isnt it amazing how the English can do more than u...Isnt it amazing how the English can do more than us Scots yet MacAskill tells us the Scots justice system is the envy of the world?<br />We need someone new at Justice instead of same old faces all the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-29566999910839879542011-07-27T11:38:00.164+01:002011-07-27T11:38:00.164+01:00MacAskill is RELYING on the SLCC to cover up compl...MacAskill is RELYING on the SLCC to cover up complaints so he wont do anything to it.All this corruption cover up is perfect for the man who said he admires the legal profession (no big surprise because he is a lawyer anyway)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-74795906762372335482011-07-27T09:19:20.411+01:002011-07-27T09:19:20.411+01:00For the attention of Mr Des Hudson;
Solicitors do...For the attention of Mr Des Hudson;<br /><br />Solicitors do not, repeat NOT, provide a properly or meaningfully regulated professional service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-29140455815812628252011-07-26T20:41:55.314+01:002011-07-26T20:41:55.314+01:00Speaking of the SLCC is this not the cut off date ...Speaking of the SLCC is this not the cut off date for their latest recruitment drive?<br />Heard anything yet which malcontents & spongers applied?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-60790665108059594002011-07-26T19:06:52.011+01:002011-07-26T19:06:52.011+01:00MacAskill should scrap the SLCC and get the LeO to...MacAskill should scrap the SLCC and get the LeO to take on complaints in Scotland because they sound a much more capable regulator than the SLCC ever is/will beAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-74220184239442659302011-07-26T16:25:33.625+01:002011-07-26T16:25:33.625+01:00Another one stuck with the SLCC here and going now...Another one stuck with the SLCC here and going nowhere fast,any thoughts on how to get them moving on my complaint after 4 months of nothing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-72750751516661543602011-07-26T15:21:45.716+01:002011-07-26T15:21:45.716+01:00Good one Pete (as usual) it shows up the SLCC bril...Good one Pete (as usual) it shows up the SLCC brilliantly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-24036191066735544912011-07-26T13:14:02.270+01:002011-07-26T13:14:02.270+01:00I agree.The English are several steps ahead of us ...I agree.The English are several steps ahead of us with the lawyers stuff.How do we make this happen up here Peter?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-1020694126430471122011-07-26T12:50:32.993+01:002011-07-26T12:50:32.993+01:00Ah but Peter you forget - the SNP will always clai...Ah but Peter you forget - the SNP will always claim the Scottish legal system is peculiar to Scotland and thus requires peculiar (crooked) regulation.<br /><br />Lets face it if there was ever any real regulation of lawyers in Scotland the whole damn thing would collapse because no client would bother using any of them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38078725991075620222011-07-26T12:08:20.157+01:002011-07-26T12:08:20.157+01:00Now I've had time to read this through a bit m...Now I've had time to read this through a bit more I agree with what you are saying about the SLCC.<br /><br />Clearly there is much more of a will on the English side to tackle the complaints problem while in Scotland the same old vested interests apply hence consumers still dont get a fair hearing.<br /><br />As the comment you published at 21:10 says I tend to agree with what was said.You may well have done more for English consumers than you will ever realise.<br /><br />I hope I speak for more than myself when I say I think your efforts on legal reforms deserve some sort of recognition not least for what you have personally gone through to get to this stage of your life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38812373497617058662011-07-26T11:08:02.624+01:002011-07-26T11:08:02.624+01:00You know what Peter I hear Jane Irvine hates it wh...You know what Peter I hear Jane Irvine hates it when you call her SLCC "anti consumer" or "anti client"<br /><br />Someone I know who I better not name says it drives her and the rest of them round the bend!<br /><br />Keep up the good work Peter you have really showed them up for what they are which is ANTI CONSUMER!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-64096765258088850922011-07-26T10:27:26.108+01:002011-07-26T10:27:26.108+01:00The SLCC will never force any Scottish lawyer to r...The SLCC will never force any Scottish lawyer to repay 180k or anywhere near a full amount los that much is certain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-58018762529737499962011-07-26T10:08:12.224+01:002011-07-26T10:08:12.224+01:00Clearly Scotland has a problem here if it cant man...Clearly Scotland has a problem here if it cant manage what the rest of the country can despite all the protestations of MacAskill the Scottish justice system is superior.More like inferior!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-34253531150285544632011-07-26T09:17:44.754+01:002011-07-26T09:17:44.754+01:00First comment says it all really.Good to know peop...First comment says it all really.Good to know people are picking up on this at last.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-63643580244844389872011-07-26T09:08:38.263+01:002011-07-26T09:08:38.263+01:00The English can manage it in three years yet we ca...The English can manage it in three years yet we cant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15551231396059891082011-07-26T00:01:13.512+01:002011-07-26T00:01:13.512+01:00Interesting although a bit technical for me.
Never...Interesting although a bit technical for me.<br />Nevertheless the Scottish end of complaints looks positively incompetent or even crooked compared with the LeO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-49020498581203367092011-07-25T23:00:51.162+01:002011-07-25T23:00:51.162+01:00Is it any surprise the Scottish effort on complain...Is it any surprise the Scottish effort on complaints about lawyers failed miserably compared with its English counterpart?<br />Certainly not to me when you have people like our msps bending over backwards to the Law Society and then there's MacAskill of course what a terrible state of affairs for the country to get itself into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14310145338064120882011-07-25T21:10:38.711+01:002011-07-25T21:10:38.711+01:00With all due respect to you and your readers I thi...With all due respect to you and your readers I think you are missing the important point here.<br /><br />The English are usually more willing to learn & adapt than the Scottish.You can take that whichever way you want but the fact is this is a true statement and need I remind you one of your own senior judges Lord Gill whom you quote often enough in your postings called the Scottish legal system "victorian" and therefore very clearly out of date,out of touch with modern times.<br /><br />Anyway I am sure your blog is as widely read south of the border as in Scotland and your reporting of mostly all things bad about the Scottish legal system and its poor complaints record will not have been lost on those who created the Legal Ombudsman.<br /><br />It may well turn out Mr Cherbi has done more for complaints regulation in England than in Scotland and the latter's loss is the former's gain.An irony of gigantic proportions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-26959991219038980672011-07-25T20:49:13.732+01:002011-07-25T20:49:13.732+01:00I had to check that figure was actually one hundre...I had to check that figure was actually one hundred and eighty thousand pounds he made them pay back!<br />Amazing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-41068935164838427312011-07-25T20:47:46.871+01:002011-07-25T20:47:46.871+01:00Yes what a difference Peter we cant seem to manage...Yes what a difference Peter we cant seem to manage any of this in Scotland while Margaret Scanlan and her friends chant "frequent flyers" and "chancers" at poor people victimised by legal scumAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-29174054160432304472011-07-25T20:24:59.251+01:002011-07-25T20:24:59.251+01:00Why did a solicitor introduce a prospective client...Why did a solicitor introduce a prospective client to a will writer instead of taking it on himself I wonder ?<br /><br />Some kind of scam afoot probably been repeated many times by the sounds of what happened next and notice the complaint ending up in a mess which is not a coincidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-34296508713956734152011-07-25T19:19:15.999+01:002011-07-25T19:19:15.999+01:00If only Which? was so outspoken in Scotland althou...If only Which? was so outspoken in Scotland although they are at least better than Consumer Focus Scotland who I called in Glasgow and you know what they told me ?<br /><br />We can only suggest you try and find a solicitor willing to take your case on" and this after I told them I have been round 31 solicitors who wont take my case and guess why its against my former solicitor who is an out and out thief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com