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24 Mar 2009, 12:25 pm
- Ed) one would have though the odd criminal charge or two may have been made against the offending solicitor .. but no, as Peter Cherbi's "Diary of Injustice in Scotland" law blog reports HEREYou can read the Scottish Legal Aid Board's annual report for 2007-8 here : Annual Report 2007 - 2008 - in pdf formatYou can find out which legal firms, advocates & solicitor advocates received the money here : Legal Aid paid to firms of solicitors and Legal Aid… [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 5:59 am
– Ed)The investigation into the appointment of Mr O'Carroll, carried out by independent law journalist Peter Cherbi's “Diary of Injustice” law blog follows :Poisoned Chalice : MacAskill forced to parachute Government’s own lawyer onto Scottish Legal Complaints Commission after Advocates shun job offer Humiliation for Justice Secretary MacAskill in latest SLCC appointments round as no one applies for lawyer position. [read post]
17 Mar 2009, 12:08 pm
Members of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission who were personally appointed by Kenny MacAskill, are revealed to have been less than the full shilling while working on important parts of the Commission's remit.In the latest episode, with shades of Douglas Mill's memo affair which depicted a policy of intervention in claims against the Master Policy, and after recent media coverage, Peter Cherbi's "A Diary of Injustice in Scotland" law blog reveals… [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 6:59 am
Peter Cherbi's "A Diary of Injustice in Scotland" reports more on the news from the SLCC : Insults fly at Scottish Legal Complaints Commission as Law chiefs launch bitter tirades against campaign groups & law reformersScottish Legal Complaints Commission - a new ‘Law Society' with the same mistakes. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 4:20 am
Legal Reform campaigner Peter Cherbi, who had several requests knocked back by the SLCC, cast doubt over her suitability. [read post]
29 Mar 2009, 11:26 am
Clients of Scottish legal firms have been advised by consumer groups and law reform campaigners to remove their funds immediately from Scots legal firms, after revelations emerged the Law Society's Guarantee Fund (which is supposed to compensate clients for financial losses) has no money left in it.Law reform campaigner Peter Cherbi placed an advisory to clients on his law blog A Diary of Injustice in Scotland, which in the current financial crisis affecting many legal firms,… [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 12:00 pm
Stern legal critic Peter Cherbi, reporting on his “Diary of Injustice” weblog has (much to the relief of many in the profession we assume) ruled himself out of applying, which is just as well as his own investigations of the SLCC are rumoured to be the cause of these latest appointments, which incidentally the Scottish Government had to change the terms of the Legal Profession & Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 with a specific amendment to achieve.However we at… [read post]
18 Jun 2008, 10:27 am
Peter Cherbi's "A Diary of Injustice in Scotland" reports more on the matter here : Law Society ‘writes rules' for Scottish Legal Complaints Commission as confidence drops in new regulatorThe Scotsman reports :There's a new sheriff in townBy Jennifer VeitchFROM 1 October, the Scottish legal profession will have a new sheriff in town. [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 6:51 am
The news was reported at the weekend by the Sunday Mail newspaper and has been followed up by Peter Cherbi’s Diary of Injustice law blog which reports more on the story, along with some alarming revelations on a law firm in the Scottish Borders where one of its partners was found to have 23 different bank accounts in other names : Protect your money by withdrawing it from your lawyer as £150,000 goes missing from another Scottish law firm, weak Law Society regulation to… [read post]
6 Aug 2011, 7:06 am
” Law Journalist Peter Cherbi’s Diary of Injustice law blog also investigated the case, revealing in an article HERE that Marsh UK, the UK subsidiary of the US insurance firm Marsh & McLennan companies which saw some of its directors plead guilty as a result of an investigation by the New York District Attorney's Office of bid-rigging and price-fixing in the insurance industry had been linked to the case, after North Lanarkshire Council released details in… [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 12:02 pm
Stern legal critic Peter Cherbi, reporting on his “Diary of Injustice” weblog has (much to the relief of many in the profession we assume) ruled himself out of applying, which is just as well as his own investigations of the SLCC are rumoured to be the cause of these latest appointments, which incidentally the Scottish Government had to change the terms of the Legal Profession & Legal Aid (Scotland) Act 2007 with a specific amendment to achieve.However we at… [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 7:29 am
A handful of non-solicitor members were also appointed to the society’s new “Regulation Committee”, reported on earlier this week by independent law journalist Peter Cherbi, HERE.The changes brought about by the Legal Services (Scotland) Act 2010 including the new non-lawyer appointments to the Council attracted significant criticism from within the profession, also causing a bit of a ‘pantomime split’ with elements of the Glasgow Bar Association… [read post]
20 Feb 2011, 11:14 am
” (Ah, so its really a case of the GBA having their cake and being able to eat it too – Ed)The GBA may want to consider a cheaper & more effective alternative to a-surely-to-fail court action against the Law Society, by throwing in their lot with a petition, Petition PE1388, filed at the Scottish Parliament asking for the repeal of the Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980, an issue which has been reported by one of our very own law journalists, Peter Cherbi, on his… [read post]
6 Apr 2009, 5:45 am
- Ed)Peter Cherbi's "Diary of Injustice in Scotland" law blog reports exclusively :MacAskill 'negligent' as revelations show £4.5m Legal Complaints Commission operating with no standards oversight one year onScottish Legal Complaints Commission avoided standards code for over one year. [read post]
23 May 2011, 8:14 am
The latest developments along with some quite startling revelations were recently reported by Independent Law Journalist Peter Cherbi’s Diary of Injustice law blog, in an article reprinted below : Access to Justice ? [read post]
30 Jul 2011, 7:23 am
Independent Law Journalist Peter Cherbi investigated the payoff and reported back on what he found via his Diary of Injustice web blog, here : HUSH & MONEY : Former SLCC law complaints Chief Executive Eileen Masterman received secret Scottish Government approved payoff in deal with lawyers SLCC Chief Executive Eileen Masterman (foreground) received Scottish Government approved pay off after lawyers intervened says auditor report. [read post]
2 Jan 2011, 6:38 am
It is always a pleasure to hear from Lord Shagger, a former Partner at Muttley Dastardly LLP. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 6:51 am
There are calls for an independent investigation into why Scotland’s Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service under the term of now former Lord Advocate, now Dame Elish Angiolini DBE QC, refused to prosecute a total of fourteen solicitors for what are alleged to be frauds collectively totalling millions of pounds of publicly funded legal aid after an investigation by Scots law journalist Peter Cherbi revealed prosecutors had claimed in each case there was “a lack of… [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 5:15 am
Coming straight from the horses mouth, so to speak, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Richard Keen QC, has let it be known that claims to the Master Policy and Guarantee Fund are rocketing over mortgage & buy-to-let frauds, where many Scots legal firms have seemingly faked securities for clients in order to obtain mortgages from banks ..Some legal firms and solicitors seem to have faked up the paperwork for their own property deals too (we heard that - Ed)Peter… [read post]
