Author Archives: Iain Nisbet

An article in the This Day Online website (“African Views on Global News”) and an amusing extract from the welcome address for budding lawyers entering law school in Nigeria. ” Gentlemen, We use the above term with no apologies whatsoever … Continue reading →

From today’s Herald letters page: Judith Gillespie is right to be concerned about commercial sponsorship in schools (“Watchdog embraces business cash for schools”, The Herald, March 19). The legal duty on schools is to provide an education which is directed … Continue reading →

The Herald reports on a novel solution to the thorny problem of teenage pregnancies – more nudity! This counter-intuitive suggestion comes as part of a formal submission to the Scottish Government on child welfare – courtesy of the British Naturist … Continue reading →

The Morning Call website in Pennsylvania, USA reports on an usual defence to a drink driving charge. The law doesn’t apply to him, he claims, because he is a “sovereign man”. He continued, “I don’t live in the state of … Continue reading →

According to BBC News, Glasgow City Council and South Ayrshire Council are facing legal action over claims they discriminate against shops which sell Buckfast Tonic Wine. J Chandler & Co, which distributes the popular drink, said it had evidence officials … Continue reading →

I learn from the online edition of the Jerusalem Post that a group of activists from the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) who disrupted a concert by the Jerusalem String Quartet in Edinburgh during the 2008 Festival have been charged … Continue reading →

I simply couldn’t let the birth of Govan Law Centre boss, Mike Dailly’s new blawg, “Vox PopLex” pass without comment. So I haven’t. The blawg offers “life & law from a public interest perspective” – sounds good, no? And the … Continue reading →

Welcome to a new law firm website, Martin & Company from South Ayrshire. You’ll also find them listed under various areas of law, including Civil Legal Aid.