Public Notice: Concerns Regarding Systemic Conflicts of Interest, Institutional Failures, and Miscarriages of Justice in the Scottish Legal System
I, James Fraser , commonly known in this context as Bert Fraser’s Laddie, hereby place the following matters into the public record for transparency, accountability, and the administration of justice.
Serious Concerns Raised For many years,
I have endured what I reasonably believe to be a sustained pattern of racial abuse, harassment, victimisation, and systemic failures by various public bodies and private actors in Scotland. This includes (but is not limited to): Multiple landlords, letting agents, local authorities (including Falkirk Council), and associated individuals from approximately 2008 onwards.
Repeated failures by Police Scotland to provide protection despite assurances, alongside alleged collusion or inaction that has enabled ongoing harm.
Experiences within the Sheriff Courts and Tribunal Service (particularly Housing and Property Chambers), which I contend are not fit for purpose due to procedural irregularities, apparent bias, and failures to address core issues.
I define “beast” in this context strictly as an individual willing to commit criminal acts on behalf of or in coordination with police or other authorities in order to target, harass, or entrap me. This term is not a reference to sexual offending.
Conflicts of Interest and Structural IssuesI
have repeatedly highlighted profound conflicts of interest embedded within the system, including but not limited to: The dual role and transitions involving the Lord Advocate (most recently Dorothy Bain KC) and her spouse, a serving Senator of the College of Justice (Lord Turnbull).
The relationship between the Law Society of Scotland, Scottish Ministers, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and the judiciary.
Alleged failures by the legal profession to challenge legislation and practices (e.g., aspects of the Criminal Justice licensing Scotland Act 2010, Court Reform Scotland Act 2014, and relevant provisions of the Scotland Act 1998 as amended, including Schedule 6.
Apparent undue influence of solicitors on sheriffs and procurators fiscal, alongside changes in recruitment and private interests within prosecution services.
These issues, in my view, undermine the independence of the judiciary, the rule of law, and public confidence in the administration of justice.
Evidence and Actions Taken.
I have meticulously documented these matters over many years, including through reports to Police Scotland (notably from 2017 onwards for evidential purposes), petitions, writs for compensation, and injunctions. I have studied relevant law, including the Office of Constable and common law principles, in the absence of effective legal representation. I have endured prolonged periods of hardship, including extended starvation and housing instability over 24 addresses in 20 years, while maintaining records.
I invite retired solicitors, experienced legal practitioners, journalists, and members of the public with relevant expertise to engage constructively.
I am open to podcasts, discussions, or meetings (e.g., in Edinburgh) to examine these issues in detail, particularly regarding: Independence of the judiciary.
Fitness for purpose of the Sheriff Court and Tribunal Service.
Police Scotland’s handling of complaints and protection duties.
Legislative and procedural reforms needed to eliminate conflicts.
No time bar applies to many of the serious matters raised. I call for a full, independent investigation into these systemic failures going back at least 25 years where appropriate.
I remain committed to lawful and peaceful resolution through the courts and public scrutiny. I seek no violence or unlawful action, only accountability, protection, and justice.
This notice is published in good faith to preserve the record and to encourage legitimate legal and public discourse.
Dated: 6 July 2026
Master James
@TruthingToday@Bestdefence@ScotPolAuth@PSOSNorthEast@PSOSFalkirk@IainJane1977@falkirkcouncil@dphsaberdeen
Public Record: Systemic Failures in Housing, Justice, Health & Accountability. Aberdeen. Ongoing since 2018–2026.
I, James Fraser a full time carer & Kimberly Baff, place the following on the public record as part of building a transparent case file.
We have endured years of documented hardship, including uninhabitable housing conditions, repeated barriers to justice, health deterioration, and alleged misconduct by multiple public bodies and private actors. All claims are supported by contemporaneous recordings, transcripts, medical records, air quality data, court/tribunal submissions, and correspondence.
We seek accountability, not confrontation.
Housing & Landlord Issues. Core housing issues at properties including Jute Street McDonald Court, Aberdeen.
Severe disrepair for 4+ years, no front door, windows, no heating, hot water, persistent kitchen flooding, extensive black mould.
Air quality readings far exceeding WHO safe limits (high formaldehyde, TVOCs, PM2.5/PM10, CO2).
Landlord has abandoned the property, made false statements to tribunals, councils, and pursued eviction and rent claims despite uninhabitable conditions and tenancy allegedly entered under duress.
Evidence includes video/audio recordings of broken promises, photos, and health impacts, heart attack, TIAs/strokes, mould toxicity, malnutrition, mobility loss.
We contend this breaches the Repairing Standard, Housing (Scotland Act 2006, and related duties.
Solicitor & Tribunal Issues.
Alleged misconduct by solicitors and procedural failures in the First-tier Tribunal Housing & Property Chamber.
Contradictory correspondence re access, removals e.g., claimed dates vs. evidence of no safe access due to darkness, damp floors, no electricity and stench from the mould.
False misleading statements to tribunal, ignored submissions and legal points raised over months.
Clerical administrative irregularities and bias concerns documents administered favouring one side.
Ongoing investigation noted by Chamber President into procedural issues.
We have requested recusal and stay and raised devolution/compatibility issues Scotland Act 1998, ECHR Arts 6, 8 & Protocol. Evidence: transcripts, emails, visual presentations, recorded phone calls and meetings with solicitors for the persuers.
Police Scotland Issues.
Repeated alleged failures by Police Scotland.
Non investigation or inadequate response to reported crimes, harassment, criminal damage, alleged hate crime and organised crime links, false citations, perjury concerns.
Alleged pre-leading of witnesses and focus on mental health sectioning attempts despite physical health evidence in multiple reports that we do not have any mental health issues, strokes, heart issues 6 years of starvation, malnutrition, loss of strength and mobility, denial of medical care.
Broader pattern of inaction despite extensive contemporaneous evidence provided since 2017–2018.
We have reported and escalated; evidence includes call logs, recordings, and witness statements.
Health. NHS Grampian. Failures by NHS Grampian Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and related services:.
Repeated unsolicited psychiatric assessments without proper consent or any information, despite presentation for physical issues e.g., heart-related.
Alleged denial or delay of appropriate physical care, focus on mental health narrative as per the Police agenda to cover the past over documented physical conditions.
Health deterioration linked to housing conditions. Mould toxicity, malnutrition, TIAs/strokes, mobility loss.
Recent incident 24th Oct 2025 involving alleged lack of informed consent for psychiatric evaluation during heart assessment.
Evidence.
Medical records, transcripts of interactions, air quality data correlating with symptoms.
We contend breaches of consent principles, GMC guidance, and ECHR rights (Arts 5, 8).
Broader Systemic & Regulatory IssuesPattern of alleged failures across regulators and public bodies.
Aberdeen City Council: alleged inaction on complaints, landlord fitness (fit & proper person test), environmental health, statutory nuisance.
Regulators e.g., OSCR re charities like DPHS Aberdeen; SHR; HSE, alleged failures to act on remit breaches or public health risks.
Access to justice barriers.
Repeated solicitor refusals, court appointed solicitor issues, manipulation of processes.
Systemic claims.
ECHR violations, fair trial Art 6, private life Art 8, devolution and compatibility issues, potential perversion of justice, data concerns.
We intend to submit) formal complaints, evidence bundles, and requests for investigations and stays.
Health & Personal Impact.
Evidence. The cumulative impact has been devastating: documented health crises strokes/TIAs, heart events, malnutrition, mobility loss, risk of homelessness, loss of disability aids, property, and prolonged stress. We have maintained extensive contemporaneous records, recordings since 2007, transcripts, air quality tests, medical evidence, court submissions. Records of every meeting with everyone.
All actions have been lawful and peaceful.
We seek remedies through proper channels, tribunals, complaints, investigations.
Notice of Intention.
Call to Action Notice of Intention.
We intend to pursue formal reports, complaints to relevant bodies, Police Scotland, COPFS, SLCC, OSCR, SPSO, HSE, Environmental Health, GMC,
NHS complaints.
We also raise devolution/compatibility issues and seek independent investigations.
This thread forms part of a public record alongside court/tribunal filings.
We remain open to constructive engagement or correction with evidence.
Full bundles available via proper legal channels. @MaryTheVirgin6@HousingRightsUK @AccountabilityPolice @HRCScotland@accesstojustice@scotgov
Public Notice: Concerns Regarding Disabled Persons Housing Service (Aberdeen City) SC034791 and Support for Disabled People in Housing Crisis.
I, James Fraser, hereby place the following matters on the public record.
Background
A vulnerable disabled person, registered disabled, with documented health issues including recent TIA strokes and related medical needs, is facing imminent eviction proceedings in the Housing and Property Chamber, with an appeal ongoing to the Court of Session.
The individual is not the tenant; their carer is.
The property in Aberdeen has been reported as having severe defects: no reliable heating or hot water, no proper front door or adequate windows, flooding, black mould, fungus, and other habitability issues. Allegations include false statements by an unregistered landlord, blocked evidence in tribunal proceedings, and failures by public bodies to address reported hate crime, antisocial behaviour, and environmental health concerns. The situation has been described as a human rights emergency due to cumulative failures across multiple agencies.
Interaction with DPHS Aberdeen.
On or around 27 January 2026, contact was made with the Disabled Persons Housing Service in Aberdeen City, SC034791, a registered charity whose stated remit, per its own materials and OSCR registration, includes providing housing information, advice, and advocacy to disabled people, helping with housing options/applications, reassessments, adaptations, welfare advice, and housing law/rights.
The call sought practical assistance and liaison with the local authority for emergency support in light of the eviction threat, property conditions, disability, and lack of alternative accommodation, with all previous homelessness applications having been reportedly blocked or cancelled. The charity declined to provide the requested assistance, stating it was not within their remit, no temporary accommodation support, no court reports, no storage/van assistance, referral back to homelessness presentation processes that had already been pursued without success.
They suggested legal advice instead, despite the explicit request being for help within their advertised advisory/advocacy role for disabled people in housing need.
Concerns
This interaction raises questions about whether the charity is consistently delivering services in line with its charitable objects and publicly stated remit, particularly for disabled individuals in acute crisis. Broader patterns of alleged systemic failures including evidence handling in tribunals, local authority actions described as ultra vires, and barriers to support, form part of ongoing legal proceedings.
Notice of Intention
I hereby give public notice of my intention to formally report these concerns to the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) regarding DPHS Aberdeen SC034791.
This will include whether the charity is fulfilling its purposes, properly utilising its resources for the benefit of its intended beneficiaries (disabled people in housing need), and complying with its duties under the Charities and Trustee Investment Scotland Act 2005. Supporting evidence, including a record of the interaction and the charity’s own descriptions of its services, will be provided.
This notice forms part of the building of a transparent public record in connection with wider matters currently before the courts. I remain committed to lawful processes and accountability.
Any party with relevant information or wishing to respond is invited to do so constructively.
Dated: 6th July 2026
James Fraser
Racism Hate Crime Organised Crime. @PoliceScotland@DPHS
The use of "two tier policing" as an understanding of the problem is so wrong and must be stopped from being used at once.
This is RACISM in the Police services. When RACISM can be seen in the officers legal challenge upon the abused then accused this then defeats "all" legal challenges but where are the lawyers that know all this? Certainly not delivering for what they are paid for.
It is RACISM and all charges proffered would collapse if lawyers uphold the law.
All other convictions are unsafe and should be appealed.
@BestDefence
For 40 years you practised as a criminal defence lawyer in Scotland,
regularly appearing in Sheriff Courts including in the Falkirk area. You have written extensively about the realities of the justice system through your Robbie Munro novels.Yet when serious, documented concerns are raised about multiple layers of conflict of interest, including the Lord Advocate’s dual role, the transition of senior Law Officers into the judiciary while family members already sit as judges, centralisation of information across police, courts and government, undue influence in court proceedings, and the failure of the profession to robustly challenge legislation that weakened core protections, your response is simply “What conflict?”
I have spent years attempting to obtain proper legal representation in the face of repeated alleged racial abuse, false citations, and systemic inaction by Police Scotland and other public bodies. Multiple solicitors declined to act. The barriers to justice for ordinary citizens in these circumstances are real and well recorded in my documentation.
If an experienced criminal defence lawyer of your standing cannot
recognise or is unwilling to acknowledge these conflicts, that itself speaks volumes about why the system has been allowed to operate in this way for so long. I remain open to genuine, constructive discussion with any retired or practising solicitor who is prepared to engage honestly on these issues, the independence of the judiciary, the fitness of the Sheriff Court and Tribunal Service, and the restoration of proper safeguards.
Polite requests for representation were ignored for decades.
Dismissive one-line comments do not answer the substantive quetions.
James Fraser
@TruthingToday.
I learned the law as well you know. Its not hard, but when Sheriffs simply do not listen then the racist agenda is set, seen, and very well recorded by me!
Any talks on the law in Scotland is welcome.
God id my witness and watched every single move and yet i pray for you.
Public Challenge to “What Conflict?”
A Catalogue of Documented Systemic Conflicts of Interest in Scottish Justice.
To @Best_Defence and any solicitor asking “What conflict?” in response to legitimate concerns about Dorothy Bain KC’s appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice.
The conflicts are numerous, long-standing, and obvious to anyone with even basic knowledge of the Scottish legal system and the rule of law. Any solicitor who cannot see them is not qualified to practise in this jurisdiction. Any solicitor who sees them and remains silent, or actively enables them, is part of the problem.
Here is a clear inventory of the core conflicts that have undermined justice in Scotland for years:
The Lord Advocate / Judicial Overlap
The former Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC is now a serving Senator of the College of Justice. Her husband, Lord Turnbull, is a long serving Senator in the Inner House.
When she was appointed Lord Advocate, he stood down from criminal and government related cases. The same principle of apparent bias and the need for robust recusal applies in reverse now she sits as a judge. Pretending no conflict exists insults public intelligence.
The Dual Role of the Lord Advocate
For decades the Lord Advocate has combined the roles of chief prosecutor, head of COPFS and senior legal adviser to the Scottish Government and also Cabinet member. This built in conflict of interest has been criticised repeatedly. It places the same individual in a position to advise on legislation while directing prosecutions, including cases involving the Government itself.
Centralisation of Information and Data Sharing
Policies associated with centralisation of information and data systems across Police Scotland, courts, COPFS, and Government (including periods under Michael Matheson’s justice and related portfolios) have created unprecedented conflicts. State bodies now share vast amounts of personal data while individuals face barriers to effective challenge or protection. This has enabled patterns of abuse by public bodies with little independent oversight.
Undue Influence in the Courts
Solicitors advising sheriffs, often through signals, “grunts and coughs,” or private discussions on how cases should proceed. Newly qualified or inexperienced solicitors moving directly into procurator fiscal roles. Sheriffs appearing to defer to counsel rather than applying independent judicial knowledge.
These practices erode the appearance, and reality of impartial justice.
Legislative and Procedural Failures Without Challenge.
Major changes such as the Court Reform Scotland Act 2014, provisions in the Criminal Justice Licensing Scotland Act 2010, including expanded breach of the peace concepts, and related reforms were introduced with minimal effective challenge from the profession.
Core protections under common law and the Human Rights Act have been significantly weakened in practice, with little resistance from those best placed to object.
Systemic Failures in Police Scotland and Public Bodies.
Repeated failures to protect vulnerable individuals despite clear reports, combined with alleged collusion or inaction by elements within Police Scotland and local authorities (including Falkirk Council). The creation of a centralised police service has concentrated power without adequate independent safeguards.
The Housing and Property Chamber and Tribunal Service.
These bodies have been described as not fit for purpose, with procedural irregularities and conflicts that disproportionately affect ordinary citizens while powerful interests face little resistance.
These are not theoretical or minor issues. They are structural. They have allowed patterns of abuse, harassment, and victimisation to continue with apparent impunity. Solicitors and the wider legal profession had, and still have) a professional duty to challenge such conflicts in the public interest. Sitting back while the system was hollowed out does not meet that duty.
I have documented these matters extensively over many years, including reports to Police Scotland since 2017 gathered specifically to evidence institutional failures.
There is no time bar on many of these issues. The criminality is ongoing.
To any solicitor who still claims “What conflict?”: Educate yourself or step aside. The public deserves better than wilful blindness or complicity.
I remain willing to discuss these matters openly and factually with any retired or practising solicitor who is serious about restoring integrity to Scottish justice. Podcasts, meetings, or written exchanges are welcome.
The system is not beyond repair, but it requires honest acknowledgment of these conflicts first.
Posted by Bert Fraser’s Laddie. Victim of Racism Hate Crime and Organised Crime. @TruthingToday
6 July 2026
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I'm reposting this because I believe it is one of the biggest threats to democracy in Britain right now.
I've warned about Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) (Devolution)and regionalisation for years. Please support Madeline Hunt and the National Residents for Civic Accountability while there is still time. This is a solution.
If LGR goes ahead, power will move further away from local communities and into the hands of large regional authorities led by directly elected mayors. Once these structures are in place, reversing them will be far harder.
LGR concentrates power, weakens local accountability, and embeds policies driven by Net Zero with little meaningful public consent.
This is being pushed through and few people realise we will lose what little democracy we have left.
Westminster is giving it's power over to these mayors, in areas such as police and crime commissioning, health and social care, finance , civic responsiblity.
Whatever your politics, don't ignore this. If you value local democracy, transparency and accountability, now is the time to act—not after the decisions have already been made, we still have time.
Well done Rachel and Madeline.
#LGR #Devolution #LocalDemocracy #Regionalisation
@Best_Defence@heraldscotland On 17 June 2021, it was confirmed that Lord Turnbull would not hear criminal cases or cases involving the Scottish Government when his wife, Dorothy Bain QC, became Lord Advocate.
There is a potential for the appearance of a conflict of interest, particularly in the eyes of the public, but it is a manageable one under Scotland’s established judicial ethics and recusal rules. It is not an automatic or disqualifying barrier.
Additional conflicts for all arises from the centralisation of all information's supporting conflicts for all.
A full-time carer in Scotland claims he and the vulnerable woman he has supported since she was 17 have endured a 20-year campaign of fabricated prosecutions, police misconduct and denial of legal representation that has left both their lives in ruins.
According to the carer’s detailed, recorded account, dozens of criminal and civil cases have been brought against them across Sheriff Courts from Lanarkshire to Aberdeen, Peterhead and Falkirk , cases he says were built on false statements and witnesses who later admitted in court they were told what to say.
Despite compiling thousands of hours of audio and video recordings, transcripts, emails and court documents proving fabrication, the carer says he has been unable to secure independent legal representation for two decades. Solicitors repeatedly refused to act. Court appointed lawyers allegedly manipulated instructions, avoided key issues and in some cases fabricated consultation notes.
He alleges Police Scotland have systematically ignored or suppressed the evidence he has handed them, including proof of perjury, organised harassment by neighbours and officials, and what he describes as coordinated attempts to destroy their housing and health. Instead, he claims, the focus has repeatedly been on trying to section them under mental health legislation and to have assistance dogs killed.
The carer states that both he and the woman in his care have suffered strokes, severe malnutrition, bone deterioration and other serious health damage while being starved of proper medical care and forced into near-total isolation for years to avoid further false allegations.
False eviction proceedings, alleged theft of all their belongings, deliberate property damage and disconnection of services have all been documented on recordings, he says, yet authorities have taken no meaningful action.
Court staff, police officers and even other solicitors have privately told him, according to his account, that they cannot believe these cases were ever allowed to reach court. He has wall charts covered in dots marking every appearance, a visual record of what he calls a sustained illegal assault on a carer and a vulnerable woman.
The carer maintains he has never been rude or disruptive in any court. He has always presented evidence of false testimony and has lived as a recluse since 2015, in an attempt to stop the flow of fabricated complaints. It has not worked.
He now holds a vast archive of contemporaneous evidence that he says proves systemic failures at every level: the inability to obtain proper legal representation, the refusal of police to investigate credible allegations of perjury and targeting, and the apparent weaponisation of mental health services.
This is not a single bad case. This is two decades of alleged police enabled destruction of two lives, one a full-time carer, the other a woman whose education, work with animals and entire future were allegedly stolen through repeated false allegations and official inaction.
The evidence exists.
The recordings exist.
The transcripts exist.
The question is no longer whether these things happened according to the carer, but why Scotland’s justice system has allowed it to continue for 20 years without proper investigation or accountability.
Starved for over 6 years the carer is almost dead.
The woman's life is over and will never be restored without ministerial intervention.
Is there a Scottish Solicitor prepared to take the cases?
🚨🚨🚨WHAT? …. Oh this is so bad from Labour and the globalist civil service.
They’ve proposed a “transformation review” in it the Civil Service could become an unelected, unaccountable, autonomous centre of power!
If these changes happen, it will mean unelected officials could ignore, frustrate or even override elected ministers through their own statutory powers or constitutional status.
It looks like Labour is trying to ensure only their agenda will ever be delivered in the UK, regardless of what party is voted into government.
Britain would have unelected quangos and bureaucrats holding power over our elected Government.
If changing the Government no longer changes government policy, then what’s the point in elections…. See? 🚨🚨🚨
I have a regular customer who is very senior within the NHS. She said that racism *is* massively on the rise, and it seems to be all she deals with now. But, she said, its not racism from white British people as the impression is given in these reports and surveys, its cross-ethnic racism.
There are fractions between different Asian groups that refuse to work with each other, or within African groups that bully each other, or the Asians won't work with the Africans, or abuse against the East Asians like Phillipino or Vietnamese. And then, of course, the British nurses that get abuse from non white ethnic groups, both patients and staff.
Widespread racism in Sandwell and Birmingham maternity care, review finds - BBC News https://t.co/XuYlh7xxD8