Blogs about: Crooked Lawyers
Payouts to clients of crooked lawyers or just a Law Society media campaign & PR stunt ?
petercherbi wrote 9 months ago: “Huge Payout” ???? it certainly is a misleading article in “The Scotsman” wh … more »
Lawyers retreat on complaints changes as Law Society attempt more subtle control of 'closed shop' regulation
petercherbi wrote 3 days ago: After my earlier article featuring correspondence from the Scottish Consumer Council to the Law Soci … more »
Law Society of Scotland to allow 'secret reports' from lawyers against clients amid prejudiced complaints handling reforms
petercherbi wrote 6 days ago: In an effort to regain some control over the expected uncontrollable rising numbers of complaints ag … more »
Law Society of Scotland's 'standards consultation' offers no expectation of improvements in service to clients
petercherbi wrote 3 weeks ago: After bringing the Scottish legal profession into widely accepted disrepute & disrespect, the La … more »
Members interests show Scottish Legal Complaints Commission lacks intended independence from lawyers vested interests
petercherbi wrote 3 weeks ago: As the days count down to the first of October 2008, when the new Scottish Legal Complaints Commissi … more »
Rough Justice for clients as new complaints commission refuses to investigate cases mishandled by Law Society
petercherbi wrote 3 weeks ago: Amazingly or not, the work of watering down the intentions of the Legal Profession & Legal Aid A … more »
Law Society of Scotland's mismanagement of the legal profession has destroyed public confidence in lawyers
petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: What is the world coming to when a lawyer asks why lawyers get such a bad name ?. Does it go someth … more »
Insurance monopoly over Scots professions & public services prevents public's access to justice
petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: Why is it so difficult to sue a lawyer in Scotland many people ask ? Well it is difficult to sue a l … more »
Scottish Legal Complaints Commission - protecting the public or protecting the legal profession ?
petercherbi wrote 1 month ago: I must confess I had no idea the ‘independent’ complaints body I helped create to invest … more »
Revelations in Court of Session appeal show Law Society & Fiscal deliberately failed to take witness affidavit and excluded crucial evidence from investigation
petercherbi wrote 3 months ago: Taking a long time, but about three years later, I finally have the Legal Services Ombudsman’s … more »
Lack of protection for 'too trusting' elderly & incapacitated against those who take the most must be corrected in law
petercherbi wrote 3 months ago: Aside from the seemingly endless ranks of crooked professionals who take advantage of the elderly, i … more »
Funding argument over Scottish Legal Complaints Commission conceals lawyers interference in 'independent' complaints body
petercherbi wrote 4 months ago: While in-house lawyers such as those working for the notorious Government Legal Service for Scotland … more »
Truth & reconciliation fails as MacAskill follows Law Society orders to Parliament on attempt to heal public confidence in legal profession
petercherbi wrote 4 months ago: There will be no ‘truth & reconciliation” between the public and the legal professio … more »
Law Society's 'strategic change' fizzles out as protection of monopoly on access to legal services takes priority
petercherbi wrote 5 months ago: Law Society Chief Douglas Mill’s latest creation of ’strategic change’, along with … more »
Law Society of Scotland - disinformation, censorship & intimidation of critics & clients preferred to respecting public interest
petercherbi wrote 5 months ago: Sometimes, campaigns to change the law on important issues - such as the law itself, result in a gre … more »
Lawyers negligence insurance branded corrupt, anti-consumer as evidence reveals only one per cent of clients get chance of payout
petercherbi wrote 6 months ago: Imagine your house has just been storm damaged. You have insurance so you call the insurers, inform … more »
Justice Secretary MacAskill insists on second class legal system for Scotland as England names & shames crooked lawyers
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petercherbi wrote 6 months ago: There are around 10,000 solicitors in Scotland as many of you well know, and all of those solicitors … more »
Law Society of Scotland 'obstacle to change' as solicitors & clients hope for better relationship & trustworthy legal services
petercherbi wrote 7 months ago: There is no doubt that solicitors & clients alike, can do without the Law Society of Scotland - … more »
Lawyer who took on Law Society for clients ended up as dishonest as those he challenged
petercherbi wrote 8 months ago: One of the more difficult articles for me to write, as this relates to a lawyer, Michael G Robson, w … more »
