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Legal Complaints Chief Jane Irvine to appear at Perth Sheriff Court as Law Society investigates Tayside law firm Kippen Campbell

petercherbi wrote 6 days ago: Scottish Legal Complaints Commission in the dock over complaints. PERTH SHERIFF COURT will shortly s … more →

Tags: Access to Justice, Justice, Law, Law Society of Scotland, Politics, Scotland, Scots Law, Scottish law, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

Secrecy scandal as Scottish Government Ministers fight disclosure of secret legal advice ordering Law Society immunity from Freedom of Information laws

petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: Secret legal advice ordered Scottish Ministers to keep Law Society exempt from Freedom of Informatio … more →

Tags: Access to Justice, Edinburgh, Freedom of Information, Justice, Law, Law Society of Scotland, Politics, Scotland, Scots Law

Calls to scrap 'complaints laundering' Scottish Legal Complaints Commission as expensive anti-consumer quango revealed as talking shop for crooked lawyers

petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: Politicians & consumer groups feel SLCC is having a laugh at Scots public. THE SCOTTISH LEGAL CO … more →

Tags: Access to Justice, Edinburgh, Freedom of Information, Justice, Law, Law Society of Scotland, Politics, Scotland, Scots Law

Consumer peril as Glasgow lawyer who covered up husband's £24k client theft gets slap on the wrist by Law Society tribunal, allowed to continue working

petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: Law Society of Scotland investigation found McFarlane covered up £24,000 client theft by her own hus … more →

Tags: Access to Justice, Banking, Finance, Justice, Law, Law Society of Scotland, Negligence, Politics, Scotland

Consumer warning on wills : Don't make your lawyer your executor as soaring cases of 'will fraud' show Law Society closes ranks on complaints

petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: If you made your lawyer an executor in your will, think again. Anyone who has written a will, making … more →

Tags: crooked accountants, Finance, Justice, Law, Law Society of Scotland, Politics, Scotland, Scots Law, scottish borders

Expenses secrecy scandal as Scottish Legal Complaints Commission seeks ban on information requests to protect lawyers 'mental health & safety'

petercherbi wrote 2 months ago: Scottish Legal Complaints Commission refuses to disclose members expenses claims. POTENTIAL MENTAL H … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Access to Justice, Scottish Government

Bar Association: Public having doubts about Barbados lawyers' credibility. (No Kidding!)22 comments

BFP wrote 2 months ago: Leslie Haynes QC, the President of the Barbados Bar Association, is whining in the Nation about how … more →

Tags: Barbados, Crime & Law, ethics, Barbados Crooked Lawyers, Law

Revelations show Legal Aid paid to ‘crooked lawyers’ with criminal convictions as Law Society fears grow over 'regulatory disclosure'

petercherbi wrote 3 months ago: Legal Aid has been paid to solicitors with criminal records & poor complaints histories. Sources … more →

Tags: Edinburgh, Finance, Freedom of Information, Justice, Law, Law Society of Scotland, Politics, Scotland, Scots Law

Scottish Legal Complaints Commission misled media over taxpayer funding as calls grow for accountability over 'anti client' policies

petercherbi wrote 3 months ago: Scottish Legal Complaints Commission were told to hide the fact they receive public funds. Revelatio … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

Scottish Government Finance Chief John Swinney blasts Legal Complaints Commission as liars over secret meetings with Law Society insurers Marsh UK

petercherbi wrote 3 months ago: Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney condemns SLCC’s secrecy over meetings with Marsh. Docu … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Negligence, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Scottish Government

Westminster’s 1996 condemnation of Law Society’s Master Policy ‘avoids mention’ by anti-client Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

petercherbi wrote 3 months ago: Thirteen year old motion at Westminster reveals long standing knowledge of corruption at Law Society … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Negligence, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Access to Justice

High cost of protecting crooked lawyers brings jobs cuts at Law Society of Scotland while Legal Complaints Commission goes on recruitment drive

petercherbi wrote 4 months ago: The Law Society is facing job cuts due to lawyers demands for cheaper annual practising certificate. … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Access to Justice, Scottish Government

Know your rights! Or how crappy government lawyers can't beat a pro se litigant

timjo62 wrote 4 months ago: Often times the corrupt system preys on those that are ignorant of their rights. It’s extremel … more →

Tags: Attorney General, First Amendment, Dan Perkins

Fresh appointments sleaze at Scottish Legal Complaints Commission as FOIs reveal judicial protests against independent oversight of board member recruitment

petercherbi wrote 5 months ago: Fresh appointments row at Scottish Legal Complaints Commission as legal establishment attempts to co … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

Suicides, illness, broken families and ruined clients reveal true cost of Law Society's Master Policy insurance which 'allows solicitors to sleep at night'

petercherbi wrote 5 months ago: Only a few days after the release of the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission’s investigation … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Negligence, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, health, Scotland

Scottish Legal Complaints Commission's 'ground-breaking' investigation into Law Society's Master Policy insurance reveals realities of corrupt claims process against crooked lawyers

petercherbi wrote 5 months ago: Consumer experiences in Master Policy report brands Law Society of Scotland & its insurers ‘rott … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Negligence, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Access to Justice

Scottish Legal Complaints Commission branded ‘costly rubber stamp for crooked lawyers’ after leaked investigations show backing for Law Society’s cover ups

petercherbi wrote 5 months ago: Scottish Legal Complaints Commission lacks will to tackle complaints against lawyers despite huge pu … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Scottish law, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Access to Justice, Scottish Government, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission

UH general counsel Jose Rangel freaks out on SAS member Brendan Laws

timjo62 wrote 5 months ago: This afternoon three of our members had a few quick errands to run on campus. We had to do some bank … more →

Tags: Attorney General, crooked adminstrators, police, Jose Rangel, Official Oppression, Public Information, Valerie Coleman Ferguson

SLCC appointments scandal 'humiliation' for Justice Secretary as MacAskill forced to abandon new lay member recruitment

petercherbi wrote 6 months ago: Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill was forced to cancel appointments round after media reports of sca … more →

Tags: Law, Scots Law, Politics, Scottish law, Scottish Parliament, Law Society of Scotland, Scotland, Scottish Government, Scottish Legal Complaints Commission


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