Comments on: Douglas Mill takes a hike http://www.ianfraser.org/mills-takes-a-hike/ Business and Financial Journalist Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:51:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: LJPR LEGAL JUDICIAL POLITICAL REFORMERS http://www.ianfraser.org/mills-takes-a-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-507 LJPR LEGAL JUDICIAL POLITICAL REFORMERS Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:44:06 +0000 http://www.ianfraser.org/?p=413#comment-507 Members of our group made both written and oral evidence to the consultation that brought about the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission. We also gave evidence that Douglas Mill and his sidekick Phillip Yelland have headed persecution campaigns against anyone who makes official complaints to the Law Society of Scotland. Mill is implicated in undermining complainers to the extent that some have lost not only their homes but also their lives. Many of these persecutions should by rights have been investigated by the police. However the police have a memorandum of understanding that excuses them from having to investigate a corrupt lawyer - unless Mill or Yelland give the say so. Here we have the ridiculous scenario where the godfathers heading a crime wave are effectively deciding on whether the police should or should not investigate fraud and corruption at the highest levels. Mill is behind much of this, and I believe his aim is to protect the master policy from claims at almost any cost. A master policy brokered by Marsh, who's chief executive Jeffrey Greenberg resigned after it was accused by New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer of taking bribes for steering clients to favoured insurers. Mill seems to think that he can run away from this crime wave. But we will continue to expose him and take whatever actions are required to have him charged with the criminal conduct that has led to the destruction of thousands of lives, victims of his tyrannical hold over the Law Society's day-to-day operations. LJPR LEGAL JUDICIAL POLITICAL REFORMERS Members of our group made both written and oral evidence to the consultation that brought about the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission. We also gave evidence that Douglas Mill and his sidekick Phillip Yelland have headed persecution campaigns against anyone who makes official complaints to the Law Society of Scotland.

Mill is implicated in undermining complainers to the extent that some have lost not only their homes but also their lives. Many of these persecutions should by rights have been investigated by the police. However the police have a memorandum of understanding that excuses them from having to investigate a corrupt lawyer – unless Mill or Yelland give the say so.

Here we have the ridiculous scenario where the godfathers heading a crime wave are effectively deciding on whether the police should or should not investigate fraud and corruption at the highest levels. Mill is behind much of this, and I believe his aim is to protect the master policy from claims at almost any cost. A master policy brokered by Marsh, who’s chief executive Jeffrey Greenberg resigned after it was accused by New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer of taking bribes for steering clients to favoured insurers.

Mill seems to think that he can run away from this crime wave. But we will continue to expose him and take whatever actions are required to have him charged with the criminal conduct that has led to the destruction of thousands of lives, victims of his tyrannical hold over the Law Society’s day-to-day operations.

LJPR LEGAL JUDICIAL POLITICAL REFORMERS

]]> By: Peter Cherbi http://www.ianfraser.org/mills-takes-a-hike/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Peter Cherbi Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:35:15 +0000 http://www.ianfraser.org/?p=413#comment-500 Good article Ian. Given the attitude of Mr Mill towards the changes which the legal profession must undergo in a modern age, I doubt there was any room for him to remain as a credible leader, particularly after the [several] confrontations with John Swinney over everything from regulation to dubious explanations over memos ... I hope now the legal profession decides on a different policy towards the client in general, and places importance & priority in repairing the damage done by the failure of the Law Society's self regulatory regime under Douglas Mill's leadership. After all, the public want a trustworthy legal services market, and the legal services market needs clients to survive ... so if the right attitude exists in the profession itself, it shouldn't be too difficult to have the two sides meet each other in the spirit of truth & reconciliation ... Good article Ian.

Given the attitude of Mr Mill towards the changes which the legal profession must undergo in a modern age, I doubt there was any room for him to remain as a credible leader, particularly after the [several] confrontations with John Swinney over everything from regulation to dubious explanations over memos …

I hope now the legal profession decides on a different policy towards the client in general, and places importance & priority in repairing the damage done by the failure of the Law Society’s self regulatory regime under Douglas Mill’s leadership.

After all, the public want a trustworthy legal services market, and the legal services market needs clients to survive … so if the right attitude exists in the profession itself, it shouldn’t be too difficult to have the two sides meet each other in the spirit of truth & reconciliation …

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