Author Archives: Iain Nisbet

Bingo blog Unlucky for Some reports that the future of land based bingo clubs in Scotland are now at serious risk. Bingo players throughout Scotland are said to be very concerned with the present situation after the UK Government “in … Continue reading →

A NHS Nurse with over 40-years experience has been sacked after he suggested two “patients” might go to Church to relieve stress during a role play session on a training course. Committed Christian, Anand Rao, aged 71, was taking part … Continue reading →

Brendan MacFarlane is an 11 year boy from Perth who sings Ray Charles songs on YouTube. He’s also taking his mother to court, in order to follow the well trodden path to reality show stardom. Brendan has a spot on … Continue reading →

In this poast (sic), I just wanted to bring you up to date with my latest court outing, which just so happened to be an exciting, adventurous and – above all – victorious jolly to the Sheriff-Principal in Glasgow and … Continue reading →

Just a quick note to mark the completion this week of Stage 2 of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Bill. I will probably be writing a full article for the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland once … Continue reading →

If there really are 8 Jedi in Strathclyde Police, how come the crime detection and clean up rates are so low? Also, since it is now apparently fine to declare a fictional religion to your employer, is it also okay … Continue reading →

At last! News reaches me from the ever faithful BBC News website that the French have captured some pirates. Rather than meekly handing over millions of dollars in ransom, the French warship “Nivôse” (part of an EU piracy patrol) captured … Continue reading →

One in the eye for all those who claim that Britain is turning into a USA-style “compensation culture”, from the Evening Times of all places. Michelle Orchard had sued a 13 year old boy who injured her whilst playing tag. … Continue reading →

Just a brief round-up of some interesting posts I found recently on other legal blogs. First, Techno Llama has an interesting and amusing post about the PRS and Google/YouTube. A sample for you: “If purpose and intent are of importance … Continue reading →