THE Law Society of Scotland has been forced to seek the appointment of a FIFTH Judicial Factor to yet another Scottish Law firm in the past six months after an audit of Falkirk law firm A & JC Allan revealed “accounting concerns”, a term normally referring to fraud involving client funds. Eileen Blackburn from Chartered Accountants French Duncan, was appointed as interim factor by the Court of Session on Friday, 22 June 2012. The firm has a sole principal, Alastair MacRae.
Previously in the past six months at least four law firms have effectively been taken over or closed down by the Law Society of Scotland in raids due to massive increases in frauds involving client funds and partners fleecing their law firms’ accounts. The most high profile of the Judicial Factor appointments was that of the Glasgow based former law firm of Ross Harper, seen by some as a move aimed at curtailing the power of the Glasgow Bar Association, while others pointed to allegations of partners ‘helping themselves’ to Ross Harper’s client accounts.
A private briefing given over the weekend to a journalist by one senior Law Society official over the latest JF appointment contained a bizarre claim that “West coast law firms are generally considered to be more dishonest than firms located closer to the Law Society’s operations base in Edinburgh”.
The controversial claim which has as-yet gone unreported, is sure to draw criticism from law firms in the west of Scotland who some at the Law Society’s HQ in Edinburgh see as being ‘out to undermine the Law Society’s power base’.
However, independent sources have told Scottish Law Reporter that one ‘long running’ case not yet acted upon by the Law Society involves a weel-kent Edinburgh law firm which is alleged to have taken “several hundred thousand pounds from accounts in a deceased client’s estate”. This comes on top of another case already known to involve an Edinburgh based firm which appears to be caught up in tax dodging allegations over a Channel Islands based venture.
Legal insiders have also let it be known the Law Society of Scotland is under pressure to act over the increasing numbers of irregularities concerning law firms client accounts which have been reported in the mainstream media and via certain specialist law journalists.
Have your money in a Scottish law firm’s client accounts? The advice from the consumer lobby is, take it out before someone from the law firm takes it out for you. (After all, SLAB Chief Exec Lindsay Montgomery did say lawyers cant count ! – Ed)
The Law Society of Scotland has made the following announcement :
Judicial Factor appointed to Falkirk law firm A+JC Allan
The Law Society of Scotland, as part of its regulatory function, has asked the Court of Session to appoint a Judicial Factor to Falkirk law firm A+JC Allan.
The interim factor, Eileen Blackburn from Chartered Accountants French Duncan, was appointed by the court on Friday, 22 June 2012
The application was made to the court to protect clients' interests after a Law Society inspection raised concerns about the accounting records.
Any clients of the firm who have concerns can contact the Judicial Factor's office on 0131 243 0199
10 comments:
How about Go East for rent boys?
No.I'd say Edinburgh firms are just as corrupt and more sleazy.Just ask DBW if you ever get the chance..
Montgomery's attitude is typical of the Edinburgh legal establishment's view of the Glasgow end..
“West coast law firms are generally considered to be more dishonest than firms located closer to the Law Society’s operations base in Edinburgh”.
Incredulous, the centre calling the periphery crooks. Get one fact straight Law Society you are all Douglas Mill's. The Law Society is the most corrupt bureaucacy in Scotland and if any law forms you have targetted are on the fiddle what did you do to Penman, Lockhart, and all of the rest.
Douglas Mill resigned as Director of the Law Society, with his granny spinning in her grave. Do you expect us to believe any other incumbent will act differently. F**k off.
The application was made to the court to protect clients' interests after a Law Society inspection raised concerns about the accounting records.
People of Scotland do not trust the Law Society they are the real criminals here acting because the word is getting out. Their membership have ruined thousands of clients. They have caused client suicides to save lawyers. The Law Society is a den of evil.
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Have a look. Here is another site where you will find out the truth about the Law Society of Scotland.
Anonymous said...
“West coast law firms are generally considered to be more dishonest than firms located closer to the Law Society’s operations base in Edinburgh”.
Note the wording "more disonest" how thick are they because the firms closest to the Law society are disonest too but to a lesser degree which means THE LAW SOCIETY DO NOT REGULATE, THEY PROTECT. You see this proves getting a degree does not mean someone is highly intelligent.
Those who police the lawyers [themselves] are under scrutiny from the public, that is the reason for Judicial Factor appointment. The Law society [want to be seen] to be protecting the public.
As Plato's Character Glaucon stated "to be seen to be just and benefit from acting unjustly" that is the Law Society of Scotland. They are alarmed because the truth is coming out that they are like Glaucon, apprear just but be as crooked as they can be because for the Law Society to quote Glaucon again, "there is nothing intrinsically good about justice", and if our membership can ruin clients we will let them away with it as long as the public do not realise it is happening.
The Law Society is the head of the venimous snake, do not be fooled into a sense of false security, they are appointing Judicial Factors to protect themselves not clients.
This is surely an oxymoron?
Everyone must know by now that the centre of corruption and illegality in Scotland is not the West Coast Mafia but the East Coast Law Society of Scotland?
A fact which they work hard at upholding?
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