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Glasgow lawyers hire PR firm in their fight against legal aid change



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Published Date: 25 August 2008
By MICHAEL HOWIE
SCOTLAND'S biggest association of defence lawyers has hired a public relations firm to attack new summary justice reforms that will cut their income from legal aid.
The Glasgow Bar Association (GBA) vehemently opposes measures introduced this spring that were intended to speed up the criminal justice system by keeping low-level offenders out of court and instead punishing them with either a fine or a warning. In...



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  • Last Updated: 24 August 2008 7:13 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Legal Issues
 
1

2Right,

On Location 25/08/2008 02:32:08
All sponsored by The Law Society no doubt
2

ultravires,

Edinburgh 25/08/2008 09:56:57
oh yes .. and which newspapers are running so many pro legal profession stories these days ?
3

The Seer,

25/08/2008 10:02:48
1 & 2 it must be terrible the amount of boogeymen living under your respective beds. You forgot to mention that lawyers were to balme for the plague, climat change, both world wars, etc, etc,
How about being nice fellows take the yellow pill and return to your padded cells.
4

The Seer,

25/08/2008 10:06:47
1 & 2 it must be terrible the amount of boogeymen living under your respective beds. You forgot to mention that lawyers were to blame for the plague, climate change, both world wars, etc, etc,
How about being nice fellows take the yellow pill and return to your padded cells.
5

Mr. Lachie Todd,

Edinburgh 25/08/2008 12:10:55
GBA and its members have been found guilty as charged!
6

ultravires,

Edinburgh 26/08/2008 14:34:11
Mr Lachie Todd - I wholeheartedly agree !

It looks like The Seer @ 3&4 must have a chip on his shoulder, especially posting such insolent bile twice.

Come to think of it, that's what caught out the GBA - sending emails out twice with the wrong cc !

 

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