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Scottish Parliament : Law Professor Alan Paterson gives evidence on Legal Services Bill Part 3

Sunday, April 11th, 2010


Professor Alan Paterson of the University of Strathclyde, and also more famously a Board member of the lawyer complaints quango the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission, which you can find out more about here : petercherbi.blogspot.com gives evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee on the Legal Services Bill, which aims to reform access to justice in Scotland for all, and allow legal firms to accept outside investment. There is still however a marked reluctance on the part of the Scottish Parliament & Scottish Government to reform regulation of legal services, where complaints against ‘crooked lawyers’ in Scotland are reaching ever increasing highs due to the failures of the Law Society of Scotland, the Faculty of Advocates and the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) who have all been unable to enforce standards of service on Scotland’s solicitors, leaving many clients facing ruin after employing a negligent or ‘crooked’ lawyer who failed to carry out even the simplest of instructions. There are calls for a fully independent regulator to be created to police Scotland’s legal services market, however the legal profession and their political allies are bitterly opposing any such reforms. The report of the meeting can be read here : www.scottish.parliament.uk and you can find out more about the Legal Services Bill here : petercherbi.blogspot.com

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ICAS Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland Legal Services Bill Evidence Pt 2

Friday, April 9th, 2010


Reasons why accountants should never be allowed near legal services are strongly evident from the shrill testimony given by officials from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, who appeared before the Justice Committee of the Scottish Parliament on 5th January 2010, giving evidence on the Legal Services Bill, where it is proposed to allow non-lawyers to handle business such as will writing currently only handled by law firms and solicitors in Scotland. Vivienne Muir, executive director, regulation and compliance, and Charlotte Barbour, project director, regulation and compliance, from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland asked that accountants be allowed to handle legal services – not a good idea. You can find out more about the Legal Services Bill here : www.scottish.parliament.uk The full written report of the 5th January 2010 meeting is here : www.scottish.parliament.uk and you can read an example why accountants should never be allowed near your will, in any shape or form, here : petercherbi.blogspot.com and here : petercherbi.blogspot.com

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Faculty of Advocates & Society of Solicitor Advocates evidence on Legal Services Bill Part 2

Friday, March 26th, 2010


Richard Keen QC, dean of the Faculty of Advocates; Iain Armstrong QC, vice-dean of the faculty; Tom Marshall, vice-president, civil, of the Society of Solicitor Advocates; and Paul Motion, secretary of the society give evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee on the Legal Services Bill, which among its aims, hopes to reform access to justice in Scotland for all, and allow legal firms to accept outside investment. Details on the Legal Services Bill are here : www.scottish.parliament.uk There is still however a marked reluctance on the part of the Scottish Parliament & Scottish Government to reform regulation of legal services, where complaints against ‘crooked lawyers’ in Scotland are reaching ever increasing highs due to the failures of the Law Society of Scotland, the Faculty of Advocates and the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC) who have all been unable to enforce standards of service on Scotland’s solicitors, leaving many clients facing ruin after employing a negligent or ‘crooked’ lawyer who failed to carry out even the simplest of instructions. There are calls for a fully independent regulator to be created to police Scotland’s legal services market, however the legal profession and their political allies are bitterly opposing any such reforms. The report of the meeting can be read here : www.scottish.parliament.uk and you can find out more about the Legal Services Bill here : petercherbi.blogspot.com

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