According to the Journal Online the current deadline for clients to make complaints about their solicitor to Law Society of Scotland is to be reduced from 2 years to one year when the new Scottish Legal Complaints Commission opens on 1st October 2008.
The rise in court fees could explain the reduction in the number of applications in care orders in England & Wales according to the BBC on Tuesday. This means vulnerable children in need of protection could be at risk.
On Thursday the BBC reported that many solicitors in England & Wales oppose plans to publish details of complaints brought against them.
The Independent published this article claiming that more women and children than thought were trafficked into into the UK.
6,000-18,000 Trafficked women are thought to work as prostitutes in Britain
167 Victims identified in a police operation to free them
13 Victims aged between 14 and 17
£500,000 Amount seized in brothel raids
500,000 Number of women trafficked into the EU each year
As a change I've added two new blogs which have nothing to do with divorce or family law but might just brighten up the day. Mhairi's Travel Blog, is very new as my daughter starts a round the world trip.
The second, We Love You Mr Pineapples, is a "blog of wisdom" from Mr P just to make sure we don't take life too seriously.
8 Kids, three white rabbits, a horse, a vineyard in Italy and a wife. Be nice to me - I might let you pick my grapes. Have connections in Italy through a series of "uncles". You would like them..really.Read more...
Further to my post here and this article in The Times human rights solicitor Aamer Anwar was cleared yesterday of contempt of court. At the High Court in Edinburgh, Lord Osborne said Mr Anwar’s words had been "angry and petulant", and failed to meet the standards expected from lawyers in Scotland. The court left open the matter for the Law Society of Scotland whether Mr Anwar had met the standards set by it for solicitors. The report is here in the Herald along with a video of Aamer Anwar's statement outside the Court.
Mr Anwar said after yesterday's judgment: "As a defence lawyer I never set out to win a popularity contest, but I was taught it is a lawyer's duty to fearlessly represent his client no matter what crime he is accused of or how demonised he is by society."
He added in a written statement: "As our government criminalises communities and creates thought crime', lawyers still have a responsibility to be the guardians of our liberties and to campaign against injustice."
Until now I've avoided the stories behind my music interludes because I didn't want to bore anyone with the details but as several people have asked, here goes.
Nearly all the videos I've posted are of musicians who I know, or have met at some point, and I was surprised when Dave Francis (on guitar here) sent me a link to this video in May. This was the original melody (and in my view the best one) chosen by Robbie Burns. The Cast, Dave and his wife Mairi Campbell, recorded it in 1996 and the last place I would have expected to find it was on the soundtrack of the blockbuster film "Sex in the City."
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