tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post1678118932536221570..comments2024-02-10T00:21:20.822-08:00Comments on The Gigamole Diaries: Disciplinary tribunals are not law courts -....errrmmmm..... so what's the point?gigamolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18328852130774608540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-32640398664174703342009-06-29T00:27:01.144-07:002009-06-29T00:27:01.144-07:00Absolutely. Thanks for point it out. I wasn't ...Absolutely. Thanks for point it out. I wasn't aware how law DTs were organized, and quite horrified to find out.gigamolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328852130774608540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-62036740251005430842009-06-28T20:20:49.429-07:002009-06-28T20:20:49.429-07:00In law/criminal/civil courts, the legal system is ...In law/criminal/civil courts, the legal system is such that it appoints 1 (or 3) judge(s) and these r deemed the best-trained pple to adjudicate legal matters. But when we talk abt professional self-regulatory tribunals, we should not hold the same mindset that the judge/snr lawyer must also the best person to chair and lead a committe to safeguard public interests or professional ethics. Would you agree?Krukenburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-89565460885170509962009-06-26T19:21:18.646-07:002009-06-26T19:21:18.646-07:00I suppose compared to the number of judges require...I suppose compared to the number of judges required for the death penalty the death penalty, the DT won't need more than one.<br /><br />I think it means either lawyers have an exceptional ability to make error free judgments, or that the number of errant lawyers far exceed those of the medical profession.gigamolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328852130774608540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-20511169901305706812009-06-26T03:47:51.397-07:002009-06-26T03:47:51.397-07:00Neither do i...but i chanced upon this: http://www...Neither do i...but i chanced upon this: http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20071206-39957.htmlKrukenburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-68170096432462610872009-06-26T03:44:14.964-07:002009-06-26T03:44:14.964-07:00Totally agree with you, Krukenburg...
But I don&#...Totally agree with you, Krukenburg...<br /><br />But I don't know too much about DTs for other professions. In my mind what is good for the goose must be equally good for the gander. So let this perhaps prod the public into re-examining the way other tribunals function.gigamolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328852130774608540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-12075294860348109582009-06-26T03:37:32.148-07:002009-06-26T03:37:32.148-07:00Why do we say that "medical professionals, be...Why do we say that "medical professionals, being a tight-knit group, will lack the courage to adequately discipline their colleagues", yet on the other hand, we seem pretty comfortable for 1 SC or a retired judge (and no lay persons) to be in the DT for complaints against lawyers? No lay persons.Krukenburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-40203052269954982902009-06-25T03:34:54.123-07:002009-06-25T03:34:54.123-07:00Sparkle,
I actually have absolutely no idea what ...Sparkle,<br /><br />I actually have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.<br /><br />Actually on re-reading my post in the light of day, I find that I may have been somewhat hasty in what I wrote, and was quite horrified that it actually sounds kinda offensive. Even to me.(Shamefacedly admit it, yeah, I am guilty). Didn't mean to be... not to SMA President nor the SMC. Methinks they are doing their best. So my unreserved apologies.<br /><br />When I started blogging, I made it a point to be focused on ideas rather than people, and made it a principle not to be personal or offensive. I kinda lapsed.<br /><br />My intention really was to put an alternative perspective on the table and to provoke a debate on the issue rather than to have all the doctors close ranks and chorus a rejection of the possibility of a lay person chairing the SMC. And I think there are actually currently not a lot of good reasons why it should never be that way. And there's certainly quite a bit of public perception that more transparency is needed and more assurance that the profession is capable of self regulation.<br /><br />Would a lawyer necessarily be worse than a doctor in that position? I don't think so.gigamolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18328852130774608540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125857314165645951.post-60256723123177944892009-06-25T00:41:34.690-07:002009-06-25T00:41:34.690-07:00Gigamole,
You show your ignorance in your blog.
B...Gigamole,<br /><br />You show your ignorance in your blog.<br />Better read up before you blog such comments again.<br /><br />There were lots of responses to the ST which went unpublished - you go and think why.<br /><br />Lukshumayeh was a lawyer struck off the Bar and he gets press in bigger font on ST???????<br /><br />Sparklesparklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16999988331256137158noreply@blogger.com