tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post9131439697398862208..comments2024-03-24T23:01:57.640+00:00Comments on The Justice Diaries: Scotland fights political interests for wider access, choice of legal services over protectionism of lawyers monopolyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-75782435235261705172007-12-31T03:04:00.000+00:002007-12-31T03:04:00.000+00:00#Anonymous @ 12.29pmI only wish to see access to j...#Anonymous @ 12.29pm<BR/><BR/>I only wish to see access to justice for all, rather than the current model which is the Law Society of Scotland and it's membership holding the population to ransom on access to legal services & the courts.<BR/><BR/>An opened legal services market with a fully independent regulator which has strong powers of enforcement will provide everyone with clear unrestricted access to justice, and probably at a much cheaper cost than the current model.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-22678886868091517452007-12-28T12:29:00.000+00:002007-12-28T12:29:00.000+00:00Your arguments for opening the legal services mark...Your arguments for opening the legal services market are much more persuasive than the Tesco Law crowd.<BR/><BR/>I think you have something here Mr Cherbi so keep writing.Changed minds will lead to a better legal services landscape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30122096573573435142007-12-13T17:16:00.000+00:002007-12-13T17:16:00.000+00:00I don't know how you manage all this Peter.You mus...I don't know how you manage all this Peter.You must be very knowledgeable about the legal profession and politics.You are correct every time with your reports.<BR/><BR/>Good luck for the future and I hope you get these changes you have campaigned for all this time to help others.A very selfless act and one well deserving of applause from everyone for all you have stood and been through.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-2144444124154830472007-12-12T18:29:00.000+00:002007-12-12T18:29:00.000+00:00Aitken's profile :61 and single *wink wink*LOLAitken's profile :<BR/><BR/>61 and single *wink wink*<BR/><BR/>LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-33874703010339240712007-12-12T17:57:00.000+00:002007-12-12T17:57:00.000+00:00Kenny MacAskill liked the legal aid clients.he was...Kenny MacAskill liked the legal aid clients.he was always telling them to plead not guilty<BR/><BR/>Check it out !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-56287355376575509122007-12-12T17:14:00.000+00:002007-12-12T17:14:00.000+00:00your old house looks like it has problems lol !Jed...your old house looks like it has problems lol !<BR/><A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jedburghhouseplans" REL="nofollow">Jedburgh House Plans Bongate</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-82157400383606330102007-12-12T15:39:00.000+00:002007-12-12T15:39:00.000+00:00If you stick to your argument about independent st...If you stick to your argument about independent strong regulation for open legal services markets you will win the day<BR/><BR/>Put it this way - there are plenty solicitors who would love to be rid of the profession's regulatory role.If you take that away from the Law Society, no one can accuse us of being prejudiced in regulating complaints.<BR/><BR/>Mr Aitken + MacAskill and the rest have it all wrong on that because they have Douglas Mill right up their arse too much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-66098105002840364312007-12-12T13:01:00.000+00:002007-12-12T13:01:00.000+00:00I agree with the comment who said everyone has a r...I agree with the comment who said everyone has a right to choose who does their legal work etc<BR/><BR/>"It should be my right or anyone's right to choose who their legal representative is going to be and be able to shop around and get the best prices."<BR/><BR/>It shouldn't be for politicians to tell us who to use and pay through the nose for legal services.It should be our right of choice and there definitely should be a better regulator than the Law Society who are just there to protect their own lawyers and nothing else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-15146763795629336552007-12-11T15:57:00.000+00:002007-12-11T15:57:00.000+00:00#Anonymous @ 3.11pmThats it in a nutshell.If every...#Anonymous @ 3.11pm<BR/><BR/>Thats it in a nutshell.<BR/><BR/>If everyone were to understand that and be able to get past the constant spin put out by the legal profession and some of their friends in Parliament that a monopoly is required to maintain regulation, then the public could have a much better choice of legal representatives, and the prices of those legal services would be a lot more competitive than they are now.<BR/><BR/>Not forgetting of course, a powerful independent regulator to ensure much higher standards of legal service than the Law Society of Scotland have ever been able to enforce ...Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-1132690306657726502007-12-11T15:11:00.000+00:002007-12-11T15:11:00.000+00:00I agree with you on this one Peter.It should be my...I agree with you on this one Peter.<BR/><BR/>It should be my right or anyone's right to choose who their legal representative is going to be and be able to shop around and get the best prices.<BR/><BR/>At the moment you cant do that because everyone in legal services is covered by the Law Society of Scotland and as you say, if you want to get to court, you need a lawyer and he can set his own charges backed up by the Law Society.<BR/><BR/>Even the Chinese could bring better competition into the market than what we have just now !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-30198013371258417282007-12-11T13:55:00.000+00:002007-12-11T13:55:00.000+00:00Yes fears for fat wallets getting thinner and 4 ho...Yes fears for fat wallets getting thinner and 4 houses on the side will put the wind up these thieving lawyers.No wonder they want to keep their monopoly.<BR/><BR/>break it up laddie and do us all a favour !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85256054623731837262007-12-11T04:16:00.000+00:002007-12-11T04:16:00.000+00:00I see what you are getting at Peter.Closed shop fo...I see what you are getting at Peter.Closed shop for the law and no one enters unless the law society says so.I'd say that is definitely a monopoly and needs to be ended.<BR/><BR/>Keep drawing attention to this kind of stuff because it looks like the papers are too bloody scared to !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-74973870468796449522007-12-11T00:55:00.000+00:002007-12-11T00:55:00.000+00:00#Anonymous @ 3.30amYou could be right.Also what yo...#Anonymous @ 3.30am<BR/><BR/>You could be right.<BR/><BR/>Also what you suggest is being looked into, but I will give way to the media to tackle those issues, in the interests of wider circulation ...<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 2.51pm<BR/><BR/>That has already been tried, not just against me but a few journalists have had their careers threatened too ...<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 4.17pm<BR/><BR/>Sounds like interesting complaints and I have received your email, will respond soon.<BR/><BR/>Please don't be put off writing to Mr MacAskill on the words of a member of staff (even if it does seem to be common talk). You could always write to his boss, and inform any other MSP in your area you are writing to Mr MacAskill on those particular issues ...<BR/><BR/>#Frankly Speaking @ 5.34pm<BR/><BR/>I completely agree with you.<BR/><BR/>#Anonymous @ 7.13pm<BR/><BR/>The case against David Reid came to no conclusion at all as I could not get a lawyer to represent me against him (lawyer will not sue a lawyer as usual)<BR/><BR/>Mr Reid, who thought he was doing me a good turn by taking a stress sickie to avoid answering his failures, then returning as a law accountant to audit solicitors charges to clients, has not done the decent thing and contacted me over his failures or put them right - what a surprise.<BR/><BR/>I'd be interested in the issues you have with his service to you, please email me at my contact address in my profile.Diary of Injusticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697476580161690118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-55500656287494098852007-12-10T19:13:00.000+00:002007-12-10T19:13:00.000+00:00Totally unrelated to your post subject.I found an ...Totally unrelated to your post subject.I found an ombudsman's investigation into David Reid in yahoo images under your name.Very concerned as he was my lawyer when he worked at Morrisons and I have issues with instructions he failed to carry out which cost me an arm and a leg.<BR/><BR/>Is that case resolved and what happend if so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-4615560050578899052007-12-10T18:24:00.000+00:002007-12-10T18:24:00.000+00:00No one can get anywhere with these lawyers and the...No one can get anywhere with these lawyers and their political friends.<BR/><BR/>Maybe its time we did something to get our own back and stop all this campaigning. <BR/><BR/>Action louder than words maybeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85497071181172065352007-12-10T17:34:00.000+00:002007-12-10T17:34:00.000+00:00Very good point about the Conservatives.They spent...Very good point about the Conservatives.<BR/><BR/>They spent the 1980s and 1990s selling off as much state owned companies as possible and 'allegedly' breaking up monopolies.Now its the turn of the lawyers but they don't want to do anything about that.Could it be the Tories get a lot of their funding from lawyers I wonder ? or is it the lawyers help them with their dirty schemes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-67935019025358805062007-12-10T16:17:00.000+00:002007-12-10T16:17:00.000+00:00I have complaints against 2 firms of lawyers which...I have complaints against 2 firms of lawyers which let me down over a claim against an estate agent who sold our house for 60k less than their own valuation to a lawyer who was preventing other bids being accepted. Each firm said before they took the case they had no connection to the estate agents but it turned out on both occasions they had very much been doing a lot of business with that estate agent.The Law Society have done nothing with my complaints claiming they cant look into it as Im taking legal action but Im not taking legal actionas I cant get a lawyer now to do anything and have lost over 20k in legal fees all for nothing and the law society knows it<BR/><BR/>after reading your stuff on macaskill and the scottish executive i phoned their justice department to ask about writing to macaskill and the girl i spoke to said he was a nasty piece of work and hated anyone who complain against a lawyer so it was no use even bothering to write.I really need help with this and wonder if you could tell me the name of a lawyer if there is one able to help but probably the law socieyty have said to all lawyers not to take the case nowAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-19999823367868063952007-12-10T14:51:00.000+00:002007-12-10T14:51:00.000+00:00A very good analysis of the situation Mr Cherbi.I ...A very good analysis of the situation Mr Cherbi.I wonder if words have been exchanged between MacAskill and Swinney over that letter.<BR/><BR/>I have no doubt that if you were writing in a newspaper they would have to shut you up because you are just spot on every time.<BR/><BR/>Good work as alwaysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-85212286825576548672007-12-10T03:30:00.000+00:002007-12-10T03:30:00.000+00:00I can always rely on getting a good read here abou...I can always rely on getting a good read here about bent lawyers and you dont disappoint today Mr Cherbi.<BR/><BR/>I think there are too many lawyers in the SNP for any serious legal reform - as you say its just not in their own selfish kickback style interest to do anything for the likes of those who suffer.<BR/><BR/>Maybe you should check some of them out.If Kenny MacAskill, Nicola 'the Nick" Sturgeon and friends have been lawyers for that long they are bound to have some scandals just begging to be outed.<BR/><BR/>Good luck and keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-33577321206688878872007-12-09T19:36:00.000+00:002007-12-09T19:36:00.000+00:00William Wallace needs to rise again and cut all th...William Wallace needs to rise again and cut all these crooked lawyers to shreds !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20722989.post-54694431372539972342007-12-09T18:46:00.000+00:002007-12-09T18:46:00.000+00:00When you put it like that,we definitely need more ...When you put it like that,we definitely need more free choice in who does our legal work<BR/><BR/>Good one again Peter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com