tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post3648225557297541497..comments2023-09-20T13:32:30.933+01:00Comments on Scottish Law Reporter: Politics at play or money worries ? Ross Harper solicitors shut down by Law Society over ‘accounting concerns’ in ‘highly public’ swoop on law firmUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-84544783730292228262012-08-24T15:57:35.640+01:002012-08-24T15:57:35.640+01:00I know some of the employees are saying they had n...I know some of the employees are saying they had nothing to do with it but I know of one employee who embezzled £8,000 from Glasgow Print Works, worked for a mental health association and had a couple of tribunals taken out against her bullying and was not only psychotic but a thief and liar. Nice to know she may be out of a job - her cv is full of lies, wonder who she sided with? Defo she'd be a big part of all the trouble, I knew when I heard she was working for RH they'd be ruined. Anonymoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983924399710675667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-33173574934631492252012-08-17T14:25:51.164+01:002012-08-17T14:25:51.164+01:00why all the anon posters afraid to reveal their na...why all the anon posters afraid to reveal their names?<br /><br />Ross Harper has screwed me for money that was left via a will, just before they closed i went through their complaints procedure and have heard nothing since? Anyone know how i get my money am 16? ross mcginlaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-33603383625763522112012-05-02T12:08:58.843+01:002012-05-02T12:08:58.843+01:0010.56pm - thank you for your kind comments. Unfort...10.56pm - thank you for your kind comments. Unfortunately I dont really have any option but to go back to being a legal secretary, as I have emailed just about every law firm in lanarkshire and glasgow to ask if it would be possible to continue my pre diploma training with them, but none of them are able to help me out. you are right about the Law Society though - although they were quite helfpul, the whole process of them investigating my complaints about my training,and trying to resolve them, was incredibly slow and didnt help matters at allcarolinen rundellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-21870981696305241122012-05-01T22:56:14.658+01:002012-05-01T22:56:14.658+01:00Can i just say to the trainee that gave up law as ...Can i just say to the trainee that gave up law as a result of bad training that please dont give up law. My experience as a trainee has been very similar at another well known firm. I didnt complain as i knew at this stage theres no point. The law society is the biggest farce existing in modern times. We need honourable honest lawyers and we can only make changes if we are in the field. We might fail but at least we tried.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-24121096497984637102012-04-29T18:36:21.677+01:002012-04-29T18:36:21.677+01:00The Law Society are henchmen of MacAskill who cont...The Law Society are henchmen of MacAskill who control the press to some extent, and dominate policymaking at the Scottish Parliament. So irrespective of which candidate you vote for in any party the situation will not change. In matters of law therefore we have our elected representatives supporting an unelected omnipotent profession of thieves, thugs, and torturers of their voters. Democracy is a sham because lawyers who hide their criminality in office structures will be allowed to keep doing so because the MSP’s are Law Society puppets who are against the people who voted for them. The Law Society is one branch of a modern form of dominion “bureaucracy or a system of bureaus where it is impossible to identify culprits and no one is accountable for what is being done”. Hannah Arendt. In this case your MSP’s are accountable because they can change this outrageous system. MSP’s are supporters of Scotland’s legal dictatorship. Voters who break the law face the public courts. Lawyers face their colleagues. “The first lesson of civilisation is the desire to exercise power over others, and disinclination to have power exercised over themselves” John Stewart Mill’s statement applies to the Law Society whose members belong more to the Nazi Party than a so called democratic country. Who said democracy meant equal rights?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-73836767270553049182012-04-27T18:29:06.843+01:002012-04-27T18:29:06.843+01:00Message to the 4 partners DON'T DROP THE SOAP!...Message to the 4 partners DON'T DROP THE SOAP! heheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-19137616526753109842012-04-26T18:11:48.266+01:002012-04-26T18:11:48.266+01:00Anonymous said...
I am disappointed to read the c...Anonymous said...<br /><br />I am disappointed to read the criticism of the partners who left. In my view having known them all for a long time, they are all honest men. In business there will always be individuals who one dislikes, that does not make the person dishonest and those who speculate that CF, AS, RF and HD must be dishonest are wrong.<br />==============================<br />No we are not. They take on litigation cases where if their clients won damages the Law Societies insurers would be paying the damages. All law firms pay into the same insurance arrangements their clients are claiming against. Lawyers, doctors, accountants, employers, all Royal Sun Alliance, so the lawyers take on the cases to make money but the client never gets to court. It is a racket for these professions to make millions. These lawyers know that no one ever wins damages for occupational injury. The purport to act for clients when they are stabbling them in the back because they know clients are rightless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-27868583987054510852012-04-26T14:03:22.516+01:002012-04-26T14:03:22.516+01:00I believe there was no finance Manager in Ross Har...I believe there was no finance Manager in Ross Harper however there was a finance Partner, unfortunately he was Alan Miller.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-5441748561808450192012-04-23T22:54:27.099+01:002012-04-23T22:54:27.099+01:00Can I ask what the finance manager or the outsourc...Can I ask what the finance manager or the outsourced accountant were doing instead of constantly blaming partners and former staff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-20976147947535839512012-04-23T13:58:17.952+01:002012-04-23T13:58:17.952+01:00Well said 04.49amWell said 04.49amAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-66153774428145290742012-04-22T12:49:16.261+01:002012-04-22T12:49:16.261+01:00The money ran out ages ago, duh. Anyone with a sci...The money ran out ages ago, duh. Anyone with a scintilla of intellect knows that if the staff knew the money had 'ran out' and the partners, probably not JM or PM (both ostensibly decent guys and unlikely to be aware of what was going on), were dipping client funds they would have left. And what is wrong with staff 'pocketing' their wages? That is how labour relations work i.e. you sell your labour and you are remunerated for it. The vile comments being made here about staff are, at best, paranoid and moronical. The idea that staff were complicit can only be countenanced by the following classes of people a) Those trying to shift blame for their own actions b) Paranoia laden individuals intent on demonising everyone in the legal industry. History tells us what kind of people demonise whole swathes or classes of people (look up Nazism, Kyhmer Rouge etc) c) People that have never worked and therefore cannot comprehend that in any company/organisation there is a division of labour and responsibilities precluding the need for everyone in an organisation to have intimate knowledge of the finances or the decisions made thereof for a company. The idea that everyone was complicit is preposterous and I would urge RH staff to ignore the wicked and frankly disturbed comments made about them.<br /><br />As for those baiting RH staff to identify themselves, please look up the word 'irony' as you post anonmously. Show us your courage and mettle. Tell us your name and tell us which industry you work in - if indeed you have a job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-90707894055983846772012-04-21T17:52:17.942+01:002012-04-21T17:52:17.942+01:0012.48am - in order to pass examinations you have t...12.48am - in order to pass examinations you have to be trained (and supervised)<br /><br />9.40pm and 10.55pm - you have told it exactly as it is - the four outgoing partners were more or less pushed out by small boys wanting to pay big boy games. Sadly they werent mature enough to deal with the challenge - how can you take a partner who calls everyone "dude" seriously?caroline rundellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-47028297406350173312012-04-21T17:26:05.489+01:002012-04-21T17:26:05.489+01:00anon 9.09pm none of the staff knew anything of the...anon 9.09pm none of the staff knew anything of the finances,the staff havent left they have all been told by the law society that they will be contacted, they are in limbo you muppet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-3600638167280449972012-04-21T00:48:04.538+01:002012-04-21T00:48:04.538+01:00In order to be trained you have to pass examinatio...In order to be trained you have to pass examinationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-47265919212838529492012-04-20T21:09:56.565+01:002012-04-20T21:09:56.565+01:00http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/ross-...http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/ross-harper-is-told-to-pay-50000-rent.17344336<br />Ross Harper is told to pay £50,000 rent<br />Alison Campsie<br />Senior News Reporter<br />Troubled law firm Ross Harper has been ordered by a court to pay almost £50,000 in unpaid office rent as it emerges that a number of staff have now left the company amid a major investigation of its finances.<br />The bill relates to the company's former premises in Paisley Road, Glasgow, with the owner of the property taking the claim for the outstanding sum to Glasgow Sheriff Court.<br />Sheriff Anthony Deutsch ruled that Ross Harper must pay £49,810 to Hopetoun Estates Developments Company, plus interest and costs.<br /><br />Note it says "a number of staff have now left the company"<br /><br />Any of those squealing like pigs on here per chance now the money has run out?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-20283412427083704982012-04-20T12:55:15.728+01:002012-04-20T12:55:15.728+01:00I am disappointed to read the criticism of the par...I am disappointed to read the criticism of the partners who left. In my view having known them all for a long time, they are all honest men. In business there will always be individuals who one dislikes, that does not make the person dishonest and those who speculate that CF, AS, RF and HD must be dishonest are wrong. They had little option but to leave having been outvoted by smaller men. None have escaped intact, the effects of the subsequent mismanagement of RH will affect all the recent partners including some who have retired. The only real mistake they made was allowing small men into a position where they were able to outvote the only 4 individuals who were capable of keeping the ship afloat. To correct one inaccuracy the vote was 5 to 4 not 4 against 4.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-55160003784355052962012-04-19T14:22:45.395+01:002012-04-19T14:22:45.395+01:00Ross Harper Staff, a message for you and the forme...Ross Harper Staff, a message for you and the former partners, about the Human Rights Abusers lawyer are. <br /><br />Here is what Ross Harper do. The Partner who left partner X will recognise the case from the following. <br /><br />The former Ross Harper partner X [litigation case] had an arrangement with my sisters GP, and the employer he was (claiming damages from for my sister when he actually was secretly working against her for her employer. He covered up her injuries. They stopped her medical certificates, the GP sent her back to work telling her he would later cover her (he refused) with a medical certificate, the employer would not let her into the factory and partner X refused to help her. <br /><br />Partner X, told the GP to send her back to work, the employer would not let her in, and the partner would not challenge it. A cosy arrangement. So she had no money for five months, they expected her to leave her employment so that her case would collapse. But partner X we know YOU NEVER INTENDED TO TAKE THE CASE TO COURT FROM THE DAY SHE SIGNED THE LEGAL AID FORMS. YOU CLAIMED THREE YEARS LEGAL AID MONEY TO SAVE HER EMPLOYER. <br /><br />Yes partner X you know who I am, I am the brother of the women you arranged to starve into submission, because you, the employer and GP were all insured by March UK Royal Sun Alliance. Human rights abusers, who get away with it because she would need a lawyer to stop you. The Law Society refused to investigate you because as you know they are insured by March UK Royal Sun Alliance too. <br /><br />Partner X, you taught us to never trust a lawyer and the torture you put my sister (THERE WILL BE MORE CLIENTS WHO HAVE HAD SIMILAR TREATMENT) through proves you have no morals, pure evil and we tell everyone your name and what you are. When the GP was caught distorting her medical records, he admitted in his consulting room you worked with him and the employer to starve her into submission to save Royal Sun Alliance. You are evil people, how you sleep an night is beyond us. <br /><br />This is how self regulators operate, never trust a lawyer. And the GP, he wanted us to trust him again, I told him to book and appointment with a psychiatrist. It is the self regulators of this country who have mental health problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-5647751410713541442012-04-19T11:23:01.502+01:002012-04-19T11:23:01.502+01:00The JF is hearing all kinds of tales from the empl...The JF is hearing all kinds of tales from the employees "it wisnae me" etc<br /><br />All the blame piled on Jim Price and no one else involved BS you lot knew the story and did nothing just pocketed your wages and hoped the Law Society would turn a blind eye.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-88548952531362306922012-04-18T19:22:36.527+01:002012-04-18T19:22:36.527+01:00I keep hearing people on here talking about the 4 ...I keep hearing people on here talking about the 4 partners who where pushed out and if still had been there the firm would of been ran differently, I'm sure I read that two of them stole 200 files from the firm so I doubt they really cared about any of the staffs welbeing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-69136251126600676512012-04-18T19:00:16.903+01:002012-04-18T19:00:16.903+01:00All this rubbish from these so-called employees ye...All this rubbish from these so-called employees yet not one has dared to come forward and identify themselves.The employees are as much to blame as anyone else for the Ross Harper failure and don't let anyone persuade you otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-58682826885179350152012-04-18T10:23:15.269+01:002012-04-18T10:23:15.269+01:00Seems to be true it was RH's GBA membership an...Seems to be true it was RH's GBA membership and the partner's plans to challenge the Law Society ending up the last straw to the JF.<br /><br />Its also now going around the Law Society were going to try and shut down/takeover Mike Dailly's precious Govan Law Centre in retaliation for his resignation from the Access to Justice Committee and all the trouble he caused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-67364024957040485712012-04-17T10:21:04.427+01:002012-04-17T10:21:04.427+01:00Anonymous said...
As for the trolls on here gloat...Anonymous said...<br /><br />As for the trolls on here gloating over employees losing their jobs and implying they were complicit - your humanity is lacking and you ought to hang your head in shame.<br />-----------------------------<br />Perhaps some of the trolls as you call them have lost relatives to suicide because of the torture lawyers put clients through. I see no distinction between a lawyer and the support staff, you all earn your salaries through client misery.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-40467826924725672922012-04-16T13:42:39.487+01:002012-04-16T13:42:39.487+01:00I hear the Law Society have been determined to shu...I hear the Law Society have been determined to shut down Ross Harper for a long time.<br /><br />It seems they got their wish and the JF will do the right thing [for the Law Society]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-88111106681797829842012-04-16T11:49:30.039+01:002012-04-16T11:49:30.039+01:00caroline rundell
I note your comment. I was the s...caroline rundell<br /><br />I note your comment. I was the same with a construction company when I was meant to be training in Quantity Surveying. As for the four partners who were forced out I would not trust any of them either. I hope Drummond LLP go down the tubes too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20855066.post-73686023214780763732012-04-15T14:49:32.979+01:002012-04-15T14:49:32.979+01:00I have read all these posts with interest, and fee...I have read all these posts with interest, and feel that as an ex RH employee who worked with the firm for nearly 4 years, I am in a position to clarify some things. Firstly, it is sadly no surprise to me that the firm has had its doors closed by the JF. When four of the hardest working, most respected, highest earning partners were more or less pushed out the door by the four remaing partners, it was merely a matter of time when, not if, the two "managing partners" would bring the firm to its knees. They managed the firm so badly it is no coincidence that in the space of around 2 years over 30 staff left or resigned. The only people (n any law firm, not just RH) who had any control of the client and firm accounts are the partners and the cashroom staff (under the instructions of the partners). I was a trainee solicitor with Ross Harper, but in the 4 years that i was with RH i did not learn a single thing - my only duties were typing and answering phones. This was an excellent arrangement for RH, as it saved them money having to pay another typist to cover for typists who were on maternity leave. Despite repeated attempts to contact my supevising solicitor, Jim Price, to try and get my training sorted out, I was not successful. I eventually had no option but to contact the law society to complain about my training. However, rather than admit that I had not received any training, Jim price and Alan Miller took umbrage at the fact that I had had the courage to complain about my training and told lies about my character and training to the Law Society. Their lies and bullying caused me so much grief that I had no option but to resign. The two of them have put me off law so much that I have not worked since August 2012 and will never work in a solicitors firm again.caroline rundellnoreply@blogger.com