tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191427948547866928.post1883496689837967001..comments2023-07-23T11:11:10.711+01:00Comments on The Jaggy Thistle - Scotland the barbed: Scots on the BoxThe Jaggy Thistlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15782731966812906374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191427948547866928.post-18629233030890050802009-02-16T09:35:00.000+00:002009-02-16T09:35:00.000+00:00When essential to the plot to my mind it makes it ...When essential to the plot to my mind it makes it worse. They could have made the solicitor put the offer in in writing - trying to withdraw it after verbal acceptance and playing games would be unprofessional and could potentially lead to sanction. A threat to report him to the professional body, suggest that he was playing fast and loose with professional rules would have damaged his reputation and his new business and may effectively have tied him into it. The same personal confrontation could have taken place - the same consequences stem from it, but it would have been more accurate.Scott @ loveandgarbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057169237461813713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191427948547866928.post-19362096543243521492009-02-15T23:45:00.000+00:002009-02-15T23:45:00.000+00:00Well it's always a problem watching or reading som...Well it's always a problem watching or reading something of which you have particular knowledge (see <I>Hustle's</I> interpretation of English LBC a couple of weeks ago) but the verbal contract being binding was necessary for the plot. And I don't think it was suggested that the Scottish Heritage man decided LBC, only that the planning department would follow his advice. Again, necessary to the plot (otherwise it might be necessary to kill off the entire planning committee). <BR/><BR/>Incidentally, it was a pilot. The scripts for a six-part series are written but not yet commissioned. I hope it will be.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11555504623814006334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-191427948547866928.post-51845972692281377862009-02-15T22:20:00.000+00:002009-02-15T22:20:00.000+00:00A Scottish solicitor somewhat bemused by the vario...A Scottish solicitor somewhat bemused by the various descriptions of law (blogged about it earlier tonight). The errors on the profession (barristers?) judges (Lord Justice?), the conveyancing system (oral contracts for the sale of land? Binding after a day? Accepting an offer when there are notes of interest - professional rules require a closing date? ); the planning system (listed building consent lies with the Council not with SNH or HIstoric Scotland (The Scottish heritage being some amalgam of the two as well as satirising possibly the Cockburn Trust) . When wee things like that can be checked easily, and most are familiar to anyone who has bought or sold in the Scottish system, the erros were infuriating. As for the rest of the show I enjoyed it (the school seemed a pretty accurate parody (as a child of the state sector who encountered a few from other bacgrounds when at Uni), Howeverm, I didn't enjoy it as much as The Book Group.Scott @ loveandgarbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057169237461813713noreply@blogger.com