tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post8202772475779471774..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: BANK OF LEGAL AID: £1billion of public money thrown at ‘struggling’ lawyers since 2008 financial crash adds up with latest £150.5 million Legal Aid hand-out for Scotland's rip-off legal sectorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-18536060446138665952017-04-08T13:03:45.410+01:002017-04-08T13:03:45.410+01:00By the way £1b runs the NHS for 1.5 days. It also ...By the way £1b runs the NHS for 1.5 days. It also provides access to justice for the poor in Scotland for 8 years, actually more given that 20% goes back to the government in VAT. No one likes legal aid - until they need it. Then it's a very different story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-60751963221431370052017-04-08T12:59:33.248+01:002017-04-08T12:59:33.248+01:00Let's try and introduce some facts to this dis...Let's try and introduce some facts to this discussion. The vast majority of criminal cases are dealt with either in the Sheriff or Justice of the peace court. A solicitor is paid £485 per case in the Sheriff Court and half that amount in the JP. It's a fixed fee. It also includes representation at two deferred sentence diets if the accused is found guilty. The fees were £515 and £300 before cut by the SNP in 2007. The current LA bill for all legal aid, criminal, civil, children's, elderly, adults with incapacity, guardianships is approx £126m. From that can be deducted 20% VAT and payments to expert witnesses, mainly doctors, whose fees aren't restricted by legal aid and who regularly charge £60 for a letter and £180 per hour for preparation of a report. By comparison, in a murder case for instance a solicitor is paid £0.90 for a letter to a witness, including a stamp and £11.55 per hour for obtaining a statement. Legal Aid rates in Scotland are a disgrace and have not increased since 1992. As a nation we have to decide whether the poor are to allowed lawyers. William McIntyrehttp://www.bestdefence.biznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-64683962363521370562015-05-06T19:58:23.731+01:002015-05-06T19:58:23.731+01:00Claw it all back and build a hospital or three ins...Claw it all back and build a hospital or three instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-87004165971908656442015-01-22T21:50:10.814+00:002015-01-22T21:50:10.814+00:00Peter.My mum is on legal aid and her lawyer made h...Peter.My mum is on legal aid and her lawyer made her sign lots of forms saying he was working on her case and speaking to witnesses and none of it is true because she checked with her friends and the lawyer has not spoken to any of them.He is still claiming legal aid and says any letters coming to our house has to go to him unopened.Should we report it to legal air or better to you because my mum is afraid her lawyer will cancel her legal aid if she tells about him Hope for some advice on what to do pleaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-67830972557580601082015-01-13T20:03:52.050+00:002015-01-13T20:03:52.050+00:00ouch Mr C!
One of your most damning stories of th...ouch Mr C! <br />One of your most damning stories of the year and still being talked about by legal aid solicitors..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-864648993941065862015-01-06T20:39:31.144+00:002015-01-06T20:39:31.144+00:00Not surprised because our lawyer has kept our civi...Not surprised because our lawyer has kept our civil claim going on legal aid for months has done bugger all about it and I have a feeling he is going to dump us shortly when the legal aid board wise up if they do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-62179823586965144362014-12-23T21:40:49.500+00:002014-12-23T21:40:49.500+00:00How about axe lawyers first???
What a nasty bunch...How about axe lawyers first???<br /><br />What a nasty bunch they are!I remember on the news about the legal aid protests!! but the bbc left out the billions they are taking for it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-38052795950241333012014-11-24T22:22:22.370+00:002014-11-24T22:22:22.370+00:00This is the second story from you in a few weeks I...This is the second story from you in a few weeks I heard badmouthed by people who react that way when afraid of something.Feelings are your adding up the totals may cause others to think about the true cost of legal aid on the canny Scots public purse.<br /><br />Anyway good work as usual and keep us up to speed on your petition about the interests of the judiciary - by far the best thing to happen in Scots law for decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-4771077040434654332014-11-24T22:01:29.190+00:002014-11-24T22:01:29.190+00:00A little surprised tonight to see Reporting Scotla...A little surprised tonight to see Reporting Scotland and Reevel Alderson talking about the millions spent on legal inquiries on all sorts of stuff.Money makes the world go round?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-78915951021399752772014-11-24T18:16:45.641+00:002014-11-24T18:16:45.641+00:00I can see why lawyers are not happy with the headl...I can see why lawyers are not happy with the headline - a billion spent on liars after the banking crash is enough to make anyone question why legal aid even exists.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-14061775246945131052014-11-24T15:34:00.089+00:002014-11-24T15:34:00.089+00:00Aye you have really upset the lawyers with this on...Aye you have really upset the lawyers with this one!<br /><br />All sorts of moans and slagging off against you for the £1billion headlineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-10498981401934993452014-11-10T14:23:48.386+00:002014-11-10T14:23:48.386+00:00It is about time the Council members as well as th...It is about time the Council members as well as the office bearers of the Law Society of Scotland were arrested for facilitating this crime?<br /><br />Then the Scottish Government can take back the money taken from the Law Society of Scotland bank accounts?<br /><br />Thereafter, access to justice would be made universal for every citizen by scrapping the Law Society of Scotland's Scottish Legal Aid Board Slush Fund and then to set Scottish lawyers salary at a level that is commensurate with their level of skill and standard offered of a maximum of £20/hr for a Scottish Advocate and £10 per hour for a Scottish lawyer?<br /><br />And this is a generous settlement?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-53285474537278218312014-11-10T14:17:22.345+00:002014-11-10T14:17:22.345+00:0010,0000 lawyers in Scotland including non practisi...10,0000 lawyers in Scotland including non practising lawyers and lawyers who are employed by businesses and who are not fee charging but are salaried.<br /><br />£150 Million Pounds a year of a slush fund.<br /><br />This equates to at least 15,000 per year for every single Scottish lawyer before they even lift a finger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-48947447518037629522014-11-09T13:28:00.799+00:002014-11-09T13:28:00.799+00:00A nice round figure of 1 billion pounds public mon...A nice round figure of 1 billion pounds public money theft for the legal profession.Make them pay all of it back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55844743218758731962014-11-09T12:38:48.826+00:002014-11-09T12:38:48.826+00:00When I read about all of the money that the Law So...When I read about all of the money that the Law Society of Scotland arrange for their members to steal from the Public Purse, I think of all the children and old people who continue to suffer in Scotland, with all of the food banks we need to have because this money has gone?<br /><br />These crooks have no conscience at all and would gleefully rob children of their future and old people of their health so long as Scottish lawyers can take ever more money from the Scottish People's pockets?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-79974872005287880182014-11-08T11:28:09.627+00:002014-11-08T11:28:09.627+00:00If you assist the Law Society of Scotland in their...If you assist the Law Society of Scotland in their campaign of hatred against the Scottish People then you will be handsomely looked after by the Law Society of Scotland via hand-outs from their Legal Aid Fund?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-21734762868308218392014-11-08T00:36:13.685+00:002014-11-08T00:36:13.685+00:00Scottish Judges and Sheriffs only get paid this mu...Scottish Judges and Sheriffs only get paid this much because they fix their own salary?<br /><br />There would be far better access to justice for every Scot if we had a Judiciary and Scottish lawyers that were paid a fair salary commensurate to their level of skill and standards of service?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-31473989895680526962014-11-07T15:19:29.620+00:002014-11-07T15:19:29.620+00:00S = Scottish
L = Lawyers'
A = Account
B = Boos...S = Scottish<br />L = Lawyers'<br />A = Account<br />B = BoostAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-7681720773006552512014-11-07T11:13:52.075+00:002014-11-07T11:13:52.075+00:00How law firms can soak up £1.4million each and mor...How law firms can soak up £1.4million each and more a year from public coffers while Scottish Ministers plead poverty on the NHS is an utter disgrace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-52429625307572249442014-11-07T01:54:05.740+00:002014-11-07T01:54:05.740+00:00Hell of a good blog and hell of a brave to take on...Hell of a good blog and hell of a brave to take on the judgesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-73421825302962459912014-11-06T23:13:42.034+00:002014-11-06T23:13:42.034+00:00If the Law Society of Scotland's root and bran...If the Law Society of Scotland's root and branch reform is anything like the con that is the Legal Profession Legal Aid Act 2007, which is being broken every single day by the Law Society of Scotland, then the people of Scotland will continue to get fleeced by these lawyers in capes who give Dracula a bad name?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-76283720514484498362014-11-06T23:09:51.966+00:002014-11-06T23:09:51.966+00:00Anonymous said...
How about getting them to pay it... Anonymous said...<br />How about getting them to pay it back instead of the Law Society harping on about some never never root and branch change rubbish.<br /><br />5 November 2014 20:37<br />""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""<br /><br />The Law Society of Scotland are well practised liars and a propaganda machine who's main agenda is to deceive the Scottish Public?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30300811562258312422014-11-06T23:06:49.227+00:002014-11-06T23:06:49.227+00:00 Anonymous said...
My solicitor in Edinburgh keep ... Anonymous said...<br />My solicitor in Edinburgh keep demanding money from me to cover fees and opinions in a family case even though they got legal aid for it and keep getting me to sign more applications I know they will dump me if I stop handing over the cash and I am sure they are getting legal aid anyway because letters from Scottish legal aid board have come to my house but my lawyer says not to open them and just give them to him I feel worried about reporting it because they will try to blame me I am sure any help on this please<br /><br />5 November 2014 19:28<br />£££££££££££££££££££££££<br /><br />This is a well practised fraud perpetrated throughout Scotland and is uniformly supported and abetted by the Law Society of Scotland, who never prosecute their thieving members for doing so?<br /><br />It is an unpunishable crime?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-27675426158909207112014-11-06T23:00:59.531+00:002014-11-06T23:00:59.531+00:00This public money thing driving the judges and law...This public money thing driving the judges and lawyers must be halted think what could be done with it instead of lining the pockets of greedy lawyersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-80614413320543594272014-11-06T22:34:41.847+00:002014-11-06T22:34:41.847+00:00This is an enormous waste of public money in a sma...This is an enormous waste of public money in a small country like Scotland.No matter how MacAskill or anyone else wants to justify this it cannot be justified.1 billion pounds spent on lawyers instead of public services is an absolute disgrace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com