tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post6794896054619713073..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Lawyer jailed for £90k embezzlement demonstrates need for independent regulation & greater protection of clients fundsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-16330434404283218632009-05-22T20:06:21.022+01:002009-05-22T20:06:21.022+01:00Thanks for all your comments & emails on this ...Thanks for all your comments & emails on this article.<br /><br />As the Westminster expenses scandal shows us, self regulation is a system of regulation which breeds corruption and protects the guilty .. my experiences with the Law Society of Scotland and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland have shown me that.<br /><br />The public must be educated that self regulation is not in the public interest, and as a regulatory concept, must be ended nationwide.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-73291816737408266562009-05-22T10:21:05.510+01:002009-05-22T10:21:05.510+01:001 rotten apple goes to jail for a few months while...1 rotten apple goes to jail for a few months while a few thousand remain on the loose - that is how the Law Society manage things !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-68728642170077412512009-05-22T00:39:35.772+01:002009-05-22T00:39:35.772+01:00The house of commons speaker had to go. He stood i...The house of commons speaker had to go. He stood in the way of reform. If the FOI Act applies to our elected politicians, it is only a matter of time before the FOI Act applies to the Law Society, what a stink that will be. <br />Time and time again we seen that those in positions of power cannot regulate themselves, because self regulation = injustice for others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17834513659233392862009-05-21T22:19:36.854+01:002009-05-21T22:19:36.854+01:00What I want to know is why it took until 2009 to b...What I want to know is why it took until 2009 to bring this crook to justice when anyone else ripping people off would have been jailed long ago.<br /><br />This Law Society is just an obstruction to real justice and they should all be arrested and jailed along with this Yelland and his colleagues for presiding over all these crooked lawyers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-9989703992676703912009-05-21T20:46:20.407+01:002009-05-21T20:46:20.407+01:00A very convincing report Mr Cherbi.
I see no hope...A very convincing report Mr Cherbi.<br /><br />I see no hope for the Law Society or this new slcc in cleaning up the legal profession.There will always be crooked lawyers and there will always be hangers-on who control the whole complaints process.<br /><br />To clean the mess up those people need to go, and the Law Society must cease to exist as a regulator.<br /><br />Good luck in your efforts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-17619791553569823502009-05-21T18:05:02.086+01:002009-05-21T18:05:02.086+01:00# Anonymous @ 6.07pm
Peter you said,
"Yes, and p...# Anonymous @ 6.07pm<br /><br />Peter you said,<br /><br />"Yes, and plenty legal firms made lots of money protecting the church from such claims ... now those legal firms should be named and the whole thing brought out in the open". I agree Peter.<br /><br />If God is there Peter, (I doubt it) the lawyers and clergy cannot believe in judgement day, because they would fry in hell. <br />On a personal basis I believe the church is more about economics than a creator, the control of money and power. The clergy earn a good living telling us the god story, a good motivator for trying to convince the public god exists.<br />Child abusing clergy and their lawyer protectors are not fit to judge others. <br />If it could be proven beyond all doubt that there was no god, the churches would not have a reason to exist. Their jobs would go, that is what the god story is about. Child abusing clergy cannot believe in god because scripture talks about judgement day. Clearly they think god is not there or conversely they think they will be forgiven for abusing kids. Child abusers in any form are vile evil people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-83248248320815156012009-05-21T16:16:59.408+01:002009-05-21T16:16:59.408+01:00The comment at 104pm I full agree with - no appeal...The comment at 104pm I full agree with - no appeal against such a lenient sentence shows us the crown office are just as crooked as the lawyer.<br /><br />He should have got 5 years at least and from what I read I bet he took a lot more thank 90 grandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-510308747095079502009-05-21T13:04:48.792+01:002009-05-21T13:04:48.792+01:00Yes he will probably be out in 4 or 5 months.What ...Yes he will probably be out in 4 or 5 months.What a joke of a sentence.<br /><br />No appeal from the Crown Office either so that's as good as saying they approve of lawyers stealing from their clients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-20642047482977583912009-05-21T12:15:34.914+01:002009-05-21T12:15:34.914+01:00You are absolutely spot on about affiliations betw...You are absolutely spot on about affiliations between politicians and solicitors.<br /><br />A friend of mine who works on the Scotsman (who has many good things to say about you) said to me that several lawyers who were well known to the press for being crooked also give donations to the Conservatives, Labour and the SNP.<br /><br />One of these solicitors (now sacked) actually stole from disabled clients to fund his rise in the Tory party.<br /><br />Keep up the good work Peter.I hear you inspire many with your writing and I admire you for your resilience in all this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-39715600257766235372009-05-21T10:46:14.534+01:002009-05-21T10:46:14.534+01:00Mps - many of them lawyers - have now been forced ...Mps - many of them lawyers - have now been forced to recognize that self-regulation is totally unacceptable, surely the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates must be next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-83653135094575641752009-05-20T23:48:25.015+01:002009-05-20T23:48:25.015+01:00The SSDT are as big a bunch of crooks as the Law S...The SSDT are as big a bunch of crooks as the Law Society.<br />I have a friend who made a complaint to the Law Society then they took it over for themselves,watered down the complaint and sent it onto the SSDT who fined the solicitor after he stole about £7,000 and refused to pay it back so there's another thief still working as a lawyer for your list.<br />Scum the lot of themAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-13855489881635420372009-05-20T23:12:03.084+01:002009-05-20T23:12:03.084+01:00# Anonymous @ 2.01pm
I agree.The root of these pr...# Anonymous @ 2.01pm<br /><br />I agree.The root of these problems lie in the fact that lawyers self regulate themselves, and the SLCC as it stands is not independent.<br /><br />Only truly independent regulation of the legal profession will bring an end to these scores of crooked lawyers and thousands of deliberately mishandled complaints by the Law Society.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 2.43pm<br /><br />Exactly.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 3.27pm<br /><br />I agree completely. The Law Society never give a full report on who gets paid what from the Guarantee Fund, nor the length of time the victims have had to wait to receive their money after it was stolen by their solicitor.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 4.34pm<br /><br />I agree.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 4.54pm<br /><br />Yes, probably thousands.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 5.20pm<br /><br />Any further details on that tip ?<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 5.57pm<br /><br />I agree entirely !<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 6.07pm<br /><br />Yes, and plenty legal firms made lots of money protecting the church from such claims ... now those legal firms should be named and the whole thing brought out in the open.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 6.13pm<br /><br />I agree.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 7.41pm<br /><br />Yes, and more naming & shaming in as many forums as possible .. not just the internet ...<br /><br />I would encourage those who have fallen victim to crooked lawyers to publicise their names in as many places as possible, leaflets, flyers, the lot.<br /><br />Many of these 'crooked lawyers' also seem tied to political parties in some way or another ... and publicising of such relationships between crooked lawyers & local politicians may well be productive in the current political climate ...<br /><br /># Scotland is seriously ... @ 8.19pm<br /><br />I agree.<br /><br /># Anonymous @ 8.44pm<br /><br />Yes, and the dictatorship at the Law Society carries on, as forthcoming articles this week will reveal ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-16634022019155108812009-05-20T20:44:02.374+01:002009-05-20T20:44:02.374+01:00THIS WAS TAKEN FROM AN EARLIER ARTICLE.
The best ...THIS WAS TAKEN FROM AN EARLIER ARTICLE.<br /><br />The best comparison the Law Society could come up with, against an independent complaints sytem for lawyers, was to warn us that Scotland would be heading for dicatorship, Mugabe style, if lawyers were not able to regulte complaints against their colleagues. Mill continues his rant about Zimbabwe in his Herald interview ... "There is no modern democracy where the executive controls the legal profession," he warns. "That sort of thing is more likely to happen in a place such as Zimbabwe than in a modern democracy."<br />Mill's fixation with this rather ill advised line, was also supported by of the 'guests' to a recent conference at the Law Society was the ex-head of Zimbabwe's Law Society .. testified as to his own experiences under Robert Mugabe, and that Scotland was heading into the same dictatorship if they forced solicitors to face an independent complaints system !<br />I think most people seem to regard Douglas Mill's 'Zimbabwe defence" line now as being slightly over the top .. even some of Mill's stooges now balk at that arguement .. one of them who writes in the Scotsman privately calling him a "nutter" (how true) ... but as I have said before, cynically using the suffering of a people under a dictator to try to justify keeping a well known corrupt complaints sytem in place so that lawyers can cover up for lawyers .. is, to say the least, an astounding departure from common sense, but, quite indicative of the desperate tactics employed by Mill & his bunch to thwart any chance of reform to their cosy business model which has seen tens of thousands of clients ripped off over the years by Scotland's uncontrollable legal profession.<br /><br />MR MILL, WE HAVE LEGAL DICTATORSHIP RIGHT NOW, LAWYERS COVERING EACH OTHER'S BACKS AND MANY EX AND FUTURE CLIENTS WITH NO LEGAL REMEDY. YOU REALLY HAVE LOST THE PLOT WITH THE ZIMBABWE HYPOTHESIS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-90670750423093030752009-05-20T20:19:47.590+01:002009-05-20T20:19:47.590+01:00He should have got 10 yearsHe should have got 10 yearsScotland is seriously f*cked with lawyersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-28530225062434407552009-05-20T19:41:59.668+01:002009-05-20T19:41:59.668+01:00Mr Cherbi
The legal system as you know shuts dow...Mr Cherbi <br /><br />The legal system as you know shuts down on those who want justice against a law firm. This is a form of modern day slavery, where access to justice is denied because some lawyers will be fried. Naming and shaming you are all doing is the way top go. <br />Finally twelve months porridge for stealing money, quite lenient.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-33393180790527587572009-05-20T18:13:14.330+01:002009-05-20T18:13:14.330+01:00I agree
Self regulation is just a crooks charter ...I agree<br /><br />Self regulation is just a crooks charter to do as they please and no better example of it than Westminster expenses and all these lawyers getting away with whatever wongs they do to their clients.<br /><br />Get rid of the entire concept of self regulation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-6107438449852899042009-05-20T18:07:04.081+01:002009-05-20T18:07:04.081+01:00AOL NEWS.
The Catholic Church was aware long-term...AOL NEWS.<br /><br />The Catholic Church was aware long-term sex offenders were repeatedly abusing children while working in Ireland's church and state-run institutions, a damning report has revealed. (CLEARLY THE REPUTATION OF THE CHURCH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CHILDRENS SAFETY).<br /><br />The Child Abuse Commission detailed a catalogue of disturbing and chronic sexual, physical and emotional abuse inflicted on thousands of disadvantaged, neglected and abandoned children by both religious and lay staff over the last 70 years.<br /><br />The dangers to the children were not taken into account, the inquiry found. (SHAME ON YOU ALL).<br /><br />Judge Sean Ryan, who chaired the commission, concluded that when confronted with evidence of sex abuse, religious authorities responded by transferring the sex offenders to another location, (JUST LIKE THE NHS WITH DOCTORS) where in many instances they were free to abuse again. (CLERGY ARE NOT AFRAID OF JUDGEMENT DAY) THEY CANNOT BELIEVE GOD IS THERE.<br /><br />EVEN KIDS ARE NOT SAFE WHEN REPUTATIONS ARE AT STAKE. SICK PEOPLE INDEED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-68244483880463541432009-05-20T17:57:17.524+01:002009-05-20T17:57:17.524+01:00If you want to protect your own money rather than ...If you want to protect your own money rather than see it disappear into your solicitor's back pocket - bank it yourself, because your solicitor cannot be trusted, and the Law Society's Guarantee Fund can guarantee nothing.<br /><br />HOW RIGHT YOU ARE MR CHERBI. <br />EVEN WHEN LAWYERS ARE CAUGHT THE SYSTEM TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO JAIL THEM.<br />IF I HAD MY WAY THE LAW SOCIETY CHIEFS WOULD BE INSIDE WITH HIM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-74985101446050355052009-05-20T17:20:01.084+01:002009-05-20T17:20:01.084+01:00The Law Society cant be trusted to look after clie...The Law Society cant be trusted to look after client funds - they have as many crooks working in the Society itself as outside it within the membership.<br /><br />I am also reliably informed that one member of staff at the Law Society has quite a record you should be looking into.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-39057120819963863822009-05-20T16:54:49.318+01:002009-05-20T16:54:49.318+01:00Yes what a disgrace.
He has been at it since 2002...Yes what a disgrace.<br /><br />He has been at it since 2002 and here we are SEVEN years later and he eventually goes to jail for 12 months (probably out in 4 at the most).<br /><br />Disgusting.How many more William Rennies are out there ? Probably thousandsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-23510622495011546402009-05-20T16:34:42.215+01:002009-05-20T16:34:42.215+01:00Oh Mr Yelland again.I know all about him.
One of ...Oh Mr Yelland again.I know all about him.<br /><br />One of those who should have went with Douglas Mill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-77788740169725234922009-05-20T15:27:15.564+01:002009-05-20T15:27:15.564+01:00"and curiously enough, while the Scotsman report e..."and curiously enough, while the Scotsman report ends with the point that clients have been compensated, the Law Society of Scotland have given no financial breakdown of who received how much in terms of compensation from the Guarantee Fund, and how long they had to wait for it"<br /><br />Yes this level of detail always seem to be omitted.<br /><br />Probably because no one ever really gets fully paid back for how much has been stolen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78519314323778713102009-05-20T14:43:23.687+01:002009-05-20T14:43:23.687+01:00"pillar of the community" just like MPs and now th..."pillar of the community" just like MPs and now they are all bloody crooksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-91305866111489500292009-05-20T14:01:19.528+01:002009-05-20T14:01:19.528+01:00Another lawyer another crook and all because the L...Another lawyer another crook and all because the Law Society handles regulation of lawyers and supposedly protects client interests.<br />This slcc is also as big a failure as you always said it would be.<br />If MPs are not going to be allowed to make their own rules neither should lawyers,doctors,bankers or anyone else.<br />Kill self regulation DEAD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com