Author Archives: Iain Nisbet

So, here they are, the seven redacted paragraphs from the Binyam Mohamed case. The UK Government are now okay about them being in the public domain because the US has effectively put them in the public domain and, in any … Continue reading →

Yet more developments in the ongoing saga of the “Lockerbie Bomber” Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi are discussed in my Yell.com blog post: Lockerbie release criticised by Justice Committee. With news of the justice committee’s divided censure of the Justice … Continue reading →

There has been much discussion here and there on the subject of Liberty’s claim that introducing a new Bill of Rights to the UK would be constitutionally awkward. As the Scotland Act and the Good Friday agreement both have the … Continue reading →

A new campaign to promote Consumer Focus Scotland‘s series of specialist consumer guides has been launched. The guides provide detailed information and advice on a range of issues important to consumers in Scotland, and include my very own “A-Z of … Continue reading →

According to the BBC News website, East Renfrewshire Council have decided not to appeal against Lord Uist’s recent decision which ruled their admissions policy to St. Ninian’s (and as a result their consultation exercise to alter the school’s catchment area) … Continue reading →

Absolvitor is shocked, suprised and saddened to read of “bunfights”, “skulduggery” and “ambition, jealousy and outrage” at the Supreme Court – all over who would be the new Justice at the country’s highest court. According to Frances Gibb at The … Continue reading →

Just a brief note to say thanks very much to Professor Lorne Crerar and Rod McKenzie, both of Harper Macleod who, together with Bill Dunlop (another Scot) formed the independent ERC appeal committee which downgraded Lee Byrne’s two match ban … Continue reading →

According to UPI, a Scottish teen who threatened his granny’s parrot was ordered by an Edinburgh Sheriff to buy her some chocolates by way of apology. Stefan McKinsley, 19, pled guilty to breach of the peace on Monday 1 February … Continue reading →